# Plastic and rubber products: Chokepoints and risks

Converters moulding resins and rubber into packaging, pipes, films, tyres and seals

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/plastic_rubber/risks/

#### Chokepoints and risks

- Natural rubber concentration: ANRPC members, mostly in South-East Asia, supply about 79% of output, and India imports about 40% of its tyre makers' needs^[2](https://www.european-rubber-journal.com/article/2096778/natural-rubber-demand-grows-in-2024-signalling-potential-market-recovery)^,^[3](https://www.outlookbusiness.com/economy-and-policy/indias-tyre-export-rises-9-to-rs-25051-crore-in-fy25).
- Resin pricing follows crude oil, naphtha and Chinese capacity, which made 34.5% of global plastics in 2024^[1](https://www.connaissancedesenergies.org/afp/la-production-europeenne-de-plastique-au-bord-du-gouffre-251008).
- Regulation: single-use plastic bans, EPR targets and a possible UN plastics treaty can cut demand for some products.
- Margin squeeze for small converters who cannot pass on resin price swings.
- Disease and weather such as leaf fall and monsoon floods can cut rubber output for seasons.

## Other sections

- [Overview](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/plastic_rubber/index.md)
- [Where ₹100 goes](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/plastic_rubber/cost-mix/index.md)
- [Price links with suppliers](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/plastic_rubber/price-links/index.md)
- [Example story](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/plastic_rubber/story/index.md)
- [Value chain](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/plastic_rubber/value-chain/index.md)
- [Materials drawn on](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/plastic_rubber/materials/index.md)
- [Sources](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/plastic_rubber/sources/index.md)