Malaysia’s natural rubber (NR) production in April 2019 was 33,864 tonnes, a decrease of 5.2% as compared to 35,726 tonnes as recorded in April 2018. Month-on-month (m-o-m) comparison showed the production of NR shrank by 32.4% from 50,109 tonnes in March 2019.
Exports of Malaysia's natural rubber amounted 55,930 tonnes, increased by 5.0 per cent against 53,265 tonnes in March 2019.
China is the main destination of exported natural rubber, 41.9 per cent of the total exports in April 2019 followed by Germany (14.4), Finland (7.4%), Iran (6.1%) and U.S.A (3.3%). Stocks of natural rubber recorded in April 2019 was 183,096 tonnes, decreased by 9.5 per cent from 202,246 tonnes in March 2019.Total domestic consumption of natural rubber was 43,737 tonnes a decrease of 0.6 per cent against 43,981 tonnes as reported in March 2019. Natural rubber is widely used in the manufacturing of rubber glove industry with a consumption of 33,048 tonnes or 75.6 per cent of the total domestic consumption.