employees move newly made tyres at a factory in nantong jiangsu province china april 28 2019 picture taken april 28 2019 reutersstringer attention editors this image was provided by a third party china out kochi indias rubber goods industry fears a surge in imports from china in the wake of breakdown of the latters trade talks with the united statesreports indicate that rubber goods are among the chinese products on which the us is likely to impose higher tariff if chinas access to the us is blocked then india with its large consumer market is next on its radar said rajiv budhraja director general of the automotive tyre manufacturers association advt indias tyre sector which accounts for the major chunk of rubber goods industry is currently partially insulated from the chinese threat through antidumping duty on truck and bus tyres in addition the government had raised import duty on radial car tyres from china to 15 per cent from 10 per cent however budhraja said tyres from china are reaching india through thailand where the former has manufacturing facilities tyre imports from thailand to india have been on the risemore than the tyre sector however it is the nontyre sector that is feeling jittery over the failure of the us and china to reach an agreement import of lower quality goods at cheaper prices from china has increased pressure on the local industry said vikram makkar president all india rubber industries association makkar said that unlike the tyre sector the nontyre sector has been at a disadvantage owing to an inverted duty structure and no antidumping duty to provide relief rubber products like belts hoses and other components used in auto infrastructure and white goods segments will be hit the hardest and the cascading effect will be felt on defence and railways too he saidindias organised rubber goods industry may get an opportunity to grab a larger share of the us market in the absence of china but that is only a small percentage majority of the industry will feel the negative effect of increased import from china said makkar read alsonatural rubber production falls to second lowest levels in recent yearsapollo opens first tyre service centre in malaysia et bureau published on may 14 2019 at 0643 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etauto app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app rubber goods industry tyre makers uschina trade war rajiv budhraja vikram makkar raw materials homenewsindustryrubber goods industry fears rise in imports from china