Natural rubber also called india rubber latex amazonian rubber caucho or caoutchouc as initially produced consists of polymers of the organic compound isoprene with minor impurities of other organic compounds plus water thailand and indonesia are two of the leading rubber producers.
Rubber tree exporting countries.
The 4 digit harmonized tariff system code prefix for natural rubber is 4001.
Malaysia indonesia and thailand the three largest natural rubber nr producing countries in the world agreed today to implement the agreed export tonnage scheme aets to reduce natural rubber exports from their countries by 200 000 to 300 000 tonnes in the face of depressed nr prices.
Indonesia exports its rubber mainly to countries such as usa singapore china brazil and japan.
Rubber tree saplings take 7 10 years to mature before the barks are removed to harvest natural rubber a sticky cream like sap which is used to produce tyres and other goods.
The first seven months of 2020 has witnessed an 8 9 year over year y y fall in the world production and a 14 0 y y fall in world consumption of natural rubber.
4 4 billion 31 5 vietnam.
Rubber trees have an economic life period of around 32 years in plantations.
The seeds were then transported to the countries of south asia and southeast asia where the plant began to be cultivated.
The rubber produced is then processed and graded for quality.
Most of the harvested rubber approximately 90 is exported and the rest is used in domestic manufacturing industries and automotive sector.
Year over year exported natural rubber fell by 0 5 from 2018 to 2019.
Us 5 billion 35 8 of total natural rubber exports indonesia.
The association of natural rubber producing countries anrpc is happy to release its natural rubber trends statistics august 2020.
That amount reflects an average 1 2 drop in value since 2015 when natural rubber shipments were worth 13 2 billion.
Overall the value of natural rubber imports for all buyer countries declined by an average 5 8 since 2015 when natural rubber purchases cost 14 4 billion.
Rubber tree roots natural rubber exports by countries below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of natural rubber during 2015.
Rubber tree roots global sales from natural rubber exports by country totaled us 13 1 billion in 2019.
The main locations for production are riau java lampung and north and south sumatra.
The global rubber trade is an inherently cyclical one.
Vulcanization was discovered in 1839 and this led to a more widespread use of rubber.
Cultivation of rubber trees.
