India has seen rubber production outpacing consumption in the last couple of years. While increasing production is in the long-term interests of the national economy, discouraging exports by way of higher duties at this stage may be counter-productive. It will, indeed, impact the domestic auto sector. Let us also keep in mind that a number of major foreign auto companies are planning to make India their export hub. India’s USP is easy availability of cheap production inputs. But you will blunt this by making natural rubber exports costlier.   - Editor

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While there are, indeed, many journals each dealing with a particular commodity there are few that cover a whole range of commodities. CommodityToday, we hope, will fill that vaccum.

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