Mumbai, March 20 -- The demand for reclaim rubber globally is inching up year after year and the trade war between China and the US has opened a window for export of reclaim rubber to USA, says Rajendra Gandhi, Managing Director, Gujarat Reclaim & Rubber Products Ltd. (GRP), one of the largest producers of reclaim rubber globally.

In an interview to Rubber Asia, he however adds that the Indian reclaim rubber industry is at the crossroads today as it is facing challenges on several fronts. There is overcapacity in the general purpose reclaim rubber and butyl reclaim rubber and factors such as stagnancy in the economy, unabated imports of tyres from China, wild fluctuations in the foreign currency etc. have added to the industry's woes.

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