Overview

Natural rubber (NR) production decreased 19.7% in May 2016 to 33,565 tonnes

Natural rubber (NR) production decreased by 19.7 per cent in May 2016 to 33,565 tonnes compared to April 2016. The main contributor  of  NR  production  is  from the smallholding sector at 92.0 per cent.

Average monthly price of latex concentrate increased 11.86 sen per kilogramme to 485.00 sen per kilogramme as compared to April 2016. Standard Malaysian Rubber 20 recorded a decrease in the average monthly price of 29.45 sen per kilogramme to 542.98 sen per kilogramme.

In May 2016, exports of Malaysian NR was 51,146 tonnes dropped by 9.0 per cent as compared to April 2016. The five main destinations of NR exports were China, Germany, Iran, U.S.A. and Korea.

Meanwhile, domestic consumption of NR in May 2016 reduced by 3.2 per cent to 39,599 tonnes from previous month.  Nevertheless,  year-on-year comparison showed an increased by 1.0 per cent. The rubber gloves industry remain as main domestic consumption with 71.4 per cent.

The level of NR stocks at the end of May 2016, declined  by 12.6  per cent to 186,209 tonnes as compared to previous month.

Table 1 present the principal statistics of rubber for May 2016 while Chart 1 shows the monthly time series.
 

*Notes:

Data for May 2016 is provisional. The data will be updated based on the latest available figures and subsequently published in the June 2016 publication.

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THE OFFICE OF CHIEF STATISTICIAN MALAYSIA
DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS, MALAYSIA
14 July 2016

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