Carbon Black Shipments Down 3.4% for 2016

Shipment volume of carbon black for 2016 fell 3.4 percent year-on-year, dropping to 562,188 tons, according to records compiled by the Japanese Carbon Black Association. By category, shipments of carbon black for tire use were down 4.5 percent from the previous term, while that for general rubber declined by 2.0 percent. This resulted in a total shipment volume of carbon…