Malaysia natural rubber production decreased by 20.3 per cent in March 2025
Natural Rubber (NR) production decreased by 20.3 per cent in March 2025 (28,712 tonnes) as compared to February 2025 (36,005 tonnes). Year-on-year comparison showed that the production of NR increased by 6.5 per cent (March 2024: 26,966 tonnes). Production of NR in March 2025 for Malaysia was mainly contributed by smallholders sector (90.9%) as compared to estates sector (9.1%).
Total
stocks of NR in March 2025 increased by 4.1 per cent to 215,054 tonnes as
compared to 206,665 tonnes in February 2025. Rubber processors factory contributed
87.6 per cent of the stocks followed by rubber consumers factory (12.3%) and
rubber estates (0.1%).
Exports of Malaysia's
NR amounted to 52,573 tonnes in March 2025,
decreased 4.1 per cent as against February 2025 (54,847
tonnes). P.R. China remained as the main
destination for NR exports which accounted 47.7 per cent of total exports in March
2025 followed by Germany (8.0%),
%), the United States of
America (7.4%), the United Arab Emirates (6.3%) and Egypt (3.3%). 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 RM1.3 billion in March 2025, an increase of 9.5 per cent as
compared to February 2025 (RM1.2 billion).
Analysis of the average monthly price showed that Concentrated Latex recorded an increase of 0.4 per cent (March 2025: 696.05 sen per kg; February 2025: 693.13 sen per kg) while Scrap decreased by 1.1 per cent (March 2025: 761.92 sen per kg; February 2025: 770.44 sen per kg). Trend of prices for all Standard Malaysian Rubber (S.M.R) is mixed between increased 0.4 per cent and decreased 1.9 per cent.
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