In conjunction with the Thai Rubber Association (TRA) Annual Dinner 2019 that was held on 3 May 2019, the ASEAN Rubber Business Council (ARBC) had organized two meetings: 25th Assembly of the ARBC and the 25th Meeting of the Technical Committee on Contract Matters (TCCM) at Centara Grand Central World, Bangkok, Thailand on 4 May 2019. Among matters deliberated in the both meetings were international rubber trade contracts, statistics of natural rubber (NR), matters pertaining to international rubber trade as well as the administrative matters of the council.
Hosted by TRA, the meeting was attended by representatives from association members of ARBC such as Thai Rubber Association (TRA), Rubber Association of Indonesia (GAPKINDO), Rubber Trade Association of Singapore (RTAS), Malaysian Rubber Exchange (MRE)/Federation of the Rubber Trade Association of Malaysia (FRTAM), Vietnam Rubber Association (VRA) and the Association for Rubber Development of Cambodia (ARDC). MRE which is a Unit under Malaysian Rubber Board (MRB) is a permanent secretariat for ARBC.