Natural Rubber Out put increases

Natural rubber production in the country has substantially registered a high growth this year, according to the rubber board’s provisional data. As per the data natural rubber production increased by 43% to 62000 tonnes in June 2008 compared to 43480 tonnes in the last year. During the period under review, the export of natural rubber has more than doubled to 8500 tonnes, compared to 4105 tonnes. The consumption, however, increased by 5% nearly to 8.6 lakh tonnes in the year ago period.