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Carbon black supply-demand gap widens from 14% last year to 20% in 2018. Atmama. Takashi: The Indian tire industry has requested the government to allow the tire industry to import carbon black duty-free. Many tire companies in the country have been forced to impose anti-dumping duties on Chinese imports to regulate exports and address the shortage in the market due to shortage of carbon black supply in the country. In a statement to the Department of Commerce, the Automotive Tire Manufacturers Association (ATMA), factories will be closed in the near future. The gap between demand and supply of carbon black in the domestic market reached 14% in FY 2016-17. This figure increased to 20% in fiscal 2018, industry sources said. Mohan, Head of Supply Chain and Resources, ATMA “In fact, the domestic tire industry often faces natural rubber (NR) fears of an overall supply shortage. The shortage of carbon black will only further exacerbate the difficulties of the tire industr...

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