Japanese Rubber Futures Post First Weekly Gain in Five Weeks; Vietnam Purchase Prices Hold Steady

In the week ending November 13, 2026, Japanese rubber futures rose for the first time in five weeks. December rubber futures on the Osaka Exchange closed at 433.2 yen per kg, up 4.44% for the week; the April 2027 contract closed at 441.7 yen per kg, up 4.15% for the week. A weaker yen and a rebound in Tokyo stocks supported prices.

Rubber futures price trends in Thailand and Japan.（VietVance）

On November 13, Thailand’s export quotation for RSS3 rubber at Laem Chabang rose to 93.5 baht per kg, up 1.19% from the previous week. The January 2027 rubber contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange closed at 19,555 yuan per tonne, up 5.02% for the week; the February 2027 rubber contract on the Singapore Exchange was quoted at 249.5 US cents per kg, up 1.1% on the day.

The yen traded at around 159.89 per US dollar that day, near its weakest level since early September. A quarterly report from the European tire industry organization Tyres Europe showed that European replacement tire sales for passenger cars and light trucks fell 1% in the third quarter. In the first eight months of the year, European tire imports from China fell 32% year on year, while Southeast Asian suppliers’ market share rose from 7% to 24%.

Rubber purchase prices in Vietnam remained stable. Bình Long’s factory purchase price was 540 Vietnamese dong per TSC degree per kg, while its production teams paid 530 Vietnamese dong per TSC degree per kg; mixed latex (DRC 60%) was priced at 18,000 Vietnamese dong per kg. MangYang’s purchase price for liquid latex was about 458 to 463 Vietnamese dong per TSC degree, while mixed coagulated latex was about 404 to 459 Vietnamese dong per DRC degree.

Source: VietVance