Natural rubber (NR) production dropped 27.6% in April 2016 to 41,786 tonnes
Natural rubber (NR) production dropped by 27.6 per cent in April 2016 to 41,786 tonnes compared to March 2016. Smallholding sector is the main contributor of NR production which is more than 90 per cent.
Average monthly price of latex concentrate increased 64.62 sen per kilogramme to 473.14 sen per kilogramme as compared to March 2016. Standard Malaysian Rubber 20 recorded an increased in the average monthly price of 55.45 sen per kilogramme to 572.43 sen per kilogramme.
Exports of Malaysian NR in April 2016 was 56,204 tonnes went up by 4.9 per cent as compared to March 2016. The five main destinations of NR exports were China followed by Germany, Iran, U.S.A. and Taiwan.
Meanwhile, domestic consumption of NR in April 2016 decreased by 2.2 per cent to 40,863 tonnes from previous month. Nevertheless, year-on-year comparison showed an increased by 2.7 per cent. The rubber gloves industry remain as main domestic consumption with more than 70 per cent.
At the end of April 2016, the level of NR stocks reduced by 11.2 per cent to 213,041 tonnes as compared to previous month.
Table 1 present the principal statistics of rubber for April 2016 while Chart 1 shows the monthly time series.
Table 1: Principal Statistics of rubber, April 2016
Chart 1: Monthly production, exports, imports, domestic consumption and stocks of natural rubber 2015/2016
*Notes:
Data for April 2016 is provisional. The data will be updated based on the latest available figures and subsequently published in the May 2016 publication.
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