Malaysia
natural rubber production
increased
by 5.9 per cent in June 2025
PUTRAJAYA,
AUGUST 12, 2025 – The
Department of Statistics, Malaysia (DOSM) released the Monthly Rubber Statistics, Malaysia, June 2025. This publication
consists of statistics on production, imports, exports, domestic consumption,
stocks, prices, number of employees, salaries & wages and productivity of
rubber estates.
Chief Statistician Malaysia, Dato’ Sri Dr. Mohd Uzir
Mahidin said, Natural Rubber (NR) production increased by 5.9 per cent in June
2025 (25,679 tonnes) as compared to May 2025 (24,256
tonnes). Year-on-year comparison showed that the production of NR decreased by 14.1
per cent (June 2024: 29,881 tonnes).
Production of
NR in June 2025 for Malaysia was mainly contributed by smallholders sector (84.7%)
as compared to estates sector (15.3%).
Total stocks of NR
in June 2025 decreased by 11.4 per cent to 164,189 tonnes as compared to 185,324
tonnes in May 2025. Rubber processors factory contributed 85.2 per cent of the stocks followed by rubber
consumers factory (14.7%) and rubber estates (0.1%).
Exports of Malaysia's
NR amounted to 29,719 tonnes in June 2025, decreased 17.3 per cent as
against May 2025 (35,939 tonnes). P.R. China remained as the main destination for NR exports which accounted 33.9
per cent of total exports in June 2025 followed by Germany (18.1%), the United
Arab Emirates (9.6%), the United
States of America (7.3%) and India (3.8%). The exports performance was contributed by
NR-based product such as gloves, tyre, tube and rubber thread. Gloves were the main exports of rubber-based products
with a value of RM1.2 billion in June 2025, a decrease of 1.7 per cent as compared to May
2025 (RM1.3 billion).
Analysis of the
average monthly price showed that Concentrated Latex recorded a decrease of
9.0 per cent (June 2025: 558.66 sen per kg; May
2025: 613.80 sen per kg) while Scrap decreased by 7.0 per cent (June
2025: 564.13 sen per kg; May 2025: 606.67 sen per kg). Trend of prices for all
Standard Malaysian Rubber (S.M.R) showed a decrease between 8.9 per cent and 10.7 percent.
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