In conjunction with the Thai Rubber Association (TRA) and Thai Latex Association Rubber Dinner, which was held on 9th May 2025, the ASEAN Rubber Business Council (ARBC) organized a hybrid meeting and a sharing session on 10th May 2025. The Council had organized the 31st Meeting of Technical Committee and Contract Matters (TCCM) and A Sharing Session on the Implementation of Sustainability Programme by ARBC members at Shangri-La Hotel, Bangkok. The meeting provided a platform for members to exchange views of common issues concerning rubber trade matters impacting all members. Among the important matters discussed in the meetings were international rubber trade contracts and updates of implementation of sustainability programmes for each members in meeting the EUDR’s requirements, the. Both the 31st TCCM and Sharing Session were chaired by Mr. Tan Swee Hua from Federation of the Rubber Trade Associations of Malaysia (FRTAM).
Representatives from association members of ARBC that attended the meetings physically and line were from Rubber Trade Association of Singapore (RTAS), Thai Rubber Association (TRA), Rubber Trade Association of Indonesia (GAPKINDO), Association for Rubber Development of Cambodia (ARDC), Myanmar Rubber Producers & Planters Association (MRPPA) and MRE/FRTAM. MRE which is a unit under the Malaysian Rubber Board (MRB) is a permanent secretariat for ARBC.
