This week, the raw rubber prices in the silicone market also showed a soaring trend. Leading rubber enterprises were the first to raise prices by 500 yuan/ton, reaching a new high of 15000 yuan/ton, and other rubber enterprises followed suit by raising prices.
Behind this round of upward trend is the orderly production reduction of upstream monomer units and the layout of production reduction of raw rubber units. While the supply side is tightening, orders for terminal silicon products remain stable, and demand is steadily improving. This has led to an increasing bullish sentiment among rubber mixing companies towards raw rubber, with some even pre stocking their inventory.

Especially before the price increase of leading raw rubber, rubber mixing enterprises actively completed the monthly basic stock quantity to cope with possible price increases in the future. This behavior not only boosted the order volume of other rubber factories, but also effectively alleviated the inventory pressure of rubber enterprises.
As of February 25th, the mainstream quotation for raw rubber has reached 15000-15200 yuan/ton, and the average price in February also reached 15000 yuan/ton, a significant increase of over 1000 yuan/ton compared to the previous month, with an increase of up to 8.7%.
In the short term, although the competition among rubber mixing enterprises is fierce, the order taking situation is relatively stable. They maintain an essential stock of raw rubber, coupled with previously undelivered orders, so there is no pressure to ship raw rubber at the moment. Therefore, rubber companies have a strong willingness to raise prices, and prices are expected to continue to rise in the future.