Component
Synthetic rubber
Synthetic elastomer from crude oil, used for seals, gaskets, shoe soles, and tire compound.
Criticality
Medium
Unit cost
$2.1K
Quality
50 / 100
US saturation
66.9
Made in US
2,000,000 tonnes
Current demand
3,000,000 tonnes
US exports
160,000 tonnes
Opportunity score
42.5
Domestic vs international supply
Planned US investment, next 5 years
$200M
Expected extra output: 24,000 tonnes per year
Used by
- Brake assembly
- Check valve
- Condensate drain
- Conveyor belt
- Door gasket
- Dryer belt
- Faucet seal
- Footwear
- Hermetic compressor
- Hydraulic cylinder
- Hydraulic pump
- Insulating glass unit
- Mechanical seal
- Oven seal
- Piston air end
- Pump
- Reversing valve
- Rotary compressor
- Screw air end
- Scroll compressor
- Steering rack
- Supply hose
- Suspension
- Tank drain
- Thermostatic expansion valve
- Tire
- Transmission
- Vacuum brush
- Vacuum hose
- Washer hose
- Washer suspension
Product paths
- Air compressor map
- Clothes dryer map
- Commercial dryer map
- Commercial refrigerator map
- Commercial washer map
- Conveyor map
- Dehumidifier map
- Dishwasher map
- E-bike map
- Elevator map
- Espresso machine map
- Faucet map
- Footwear map
- Forklift map
- Fridge map
- HVAC rooftop unit map
- Heat pump map
- Hydraulic press map
- Ice machine map
- Insulating glass unit map
- Oven map
- Pallet jack map
- Passenger car map
- Pool pump map
- Robot vacuum map
- Room air conditioner map
- Vacuum cleaner map
- Washing machine map