Rubber production increases by 6% in May

17 Jun 2011 Evaluate

The country’s rubber production has increased in the month of May by 5.9 per cent to 59,700 tonnes against 56,400 tonnes produced in same period a year ago, mainly due to increase in tapped areas and better climatic conditions. It is being estimated that the country’s natural rubber production this year could be a record nine lakh tonnes with output likely to register a 5.8 per cent growth. Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANPRC) had estimated that the production will increase 5.6 per cent in the first quarter of the calendar year and in the second quarter the growth is projected at 7.2 per cent.

Rubber production starts only after seven-year period of plantation, once it gains maturity, hence it is being expected that more and more areas will come under tapping in the years to come, with estimated over 15,000 hectares of new rubber plantations coming under tapping next year against 14,000 hectares this year. High market prices of the commodity has brought more areas under tapping and also increased the intensity of tapping in several other countries.

Rubber prices has risen rampantly in last few quarter on the demand growth, both at domestic as well as global front, though usually the domestic rubber prices have been dictated by international price trends. Global prices have continued to rally on the back of decreased production from some major producing countries. But in recent times there has been slight decline witnessed in the rubber demand, the slowdown in consumption indicates that rubber prices are unlikely to rise much in the coming days. Also there has been a firm increase in rubber stocks available in the country. They increased to 2,49,470 tonnes in May 2011 as against 1,87,750 tonnes during the year-ago period. But with the onset of intense monsoon rains, rubber production is expected to enter a lean phase and prices are expected to remain firm in the coming months.

However, indications are that there will not be any major spurt in consumption and data shows that in May, consumption fell 81,000 tonnes, down 1.8 per cent compared with April. Although, there is a wide gap between production and demand, a slower growth in consumption and increase in tapped area will enable production to catch up.

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