{"id":4403,"date":"2026-04-23T13:03:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T13:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/23\/worlds-biggest-condom-maker-set-to-increase-prices-because-of-iran-war\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T13:03:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T13:03:40","slug":"worlds-biggest-condom-maker-set-to-increase-prices-because-of-iran-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/23\/worlds-biggest-condom-maker-set-to-increase-prices-because-of-iran-war\/","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s biggest condom maker set to increase prices because of Iran War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2026-04-23 13:03:39<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>The world\u2019s largest condom manufacturer may raise prices by 30 per cent, citing disruption caused by the ongoing Iran war.<BR><br \/>\nKarex, which produces about a fifth of the world\u2019s condoms, said the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has significantly increased manufacturing and supply-chain costs.<BR><br \/>\nThe company manufactures more than five billion condoms annually across facilities in Malaysia and Thailand, supplying major contraceptive brands, including Durex and Trojan, as well as the UK&#8217;s National Health Service (NHS).<BR><br \/>\nHowever, the war has triggered sharp increases in the cost of key raw materials, including latex, nitrile, aluminium foil and silicone oil used in packaging.<BR><br \/>\nChief executive Goh Miah Kiat told the Financial Times: &#8220;The situation we are now facing with war in the Middle East is quite sudden and there is not much time for us to prepare.<BR><br \/>\n&#8220;Some of our raw materials are increasing in pricing rather quickly and we have no choice but to transfer some of the cost to our clients.&#8221;<BR><br \/>\nPrices for petroleum-based latex have risen by around 30 per cent this year, while nitrile butadiene &#8211; a synthetic rubber &#8211; has doubled. <BR><br \/>\nShipping delays and rising energy costs have further compounded the strain.<BR><br \/>\nGoh added: &#8220;We think the situation will probably linger for quite a bit.&#8221;<BR><br \/>\nHe also warned that Karex&#8217;s price increases would likely extend across its full product range, including lubricants and medical supplies.<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Visit Bang Bizarre (main website) <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xtbac.js\" data-video=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026-04-23 13:03:39 The world\u2019s largest condom manufacturer may raise prices by 30 per cent, citing disruption caused by the ongoing Iran war. Karex, which produces about a fifth of the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4404,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bizarre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4403"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4405,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4403\/revisions\/4405"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}