Natural rubber production rose by 12% to 4.28 LT in April-November period

02 Jan 2017 Evaluate

The production of natural rubber rose by 12% to 4.28 lakh tonnes (LT) during April-November period of this fiscal compared to 3.82 LT of production in the corresponding period of the previous year. According to Rubber Board data, the consumption of natural rubber also grew by 6.2% to 692,430 tonnes during the first eight months of the 2016-17, against 651,790 tonnes in the year-ago period. Imports increased by 8% to 338,121 tonnes during April-November period of this fiscal from 313,389 tonnes in the corresponding period of the previous year, while exports rose to 1,287 tonnes from 434 tonnes during the period under review.

Natural rubber production rose by 19% in November to 63,000 tonnes from 53,000 tonnes in the same month of 2015. The consumption grew to 88,000 tonnes in November 2016 from 77,880 tonnes in the year-ago period. Imports increased by 22% during November at 43,123 tonnes from 35,226 tonnes in the same month of 2015, while exports rose to 637 tonnes from 88 tonnes during the period under review. Natural rubber stocks stood at 2.7 LT at the end of November.

During the 2015-16 fiscal, production of natural rubber fell 13% to 562,000 tonnes, from 645,000 tonnes in the previous year. The country’s natural rubber production is expected to rise by 16% to 654,000 tonnes during 2016-17.


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