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Statistics & Planning Department

Rubber Board, Kottayam-686 002
Kerala, India
Email:stat@rubberboard.org.in
Phone: 0481-2574903
VOL . 73 . No . 2 . July 2014

THE TREND

roduction of natural rubber (NR) in India fell 10.2

per cent on year to 53,000 tonnes during May
2014 due to unusually severe drought felt in the
countrys traditional rubber-growing region. The total
quantity produced during April and May 2014 was down
7.1 per cent from the same period a year ago. However,
during June 2014, the country is estimated to have
produced 63,000 tonnes, markedly up from the quantity
of 38,000 tonnes produced during the same month a
year ago.
Consumption of NR rose 2.8 per cent to 83,800 tonnes
during May 2014 from 81,500 tonnes consumed a month
ago (April 2014). The total quantity consumed during the first
two months (April and May 2014) of the current fiscal was
up 0.6 per cent at 165,300 tonnes from 164,305 tonnes
consumed during the same period a year ago. While the
consumption fell 0.5 per cent in the dominant auto-tyre
manufacturing sector, it rose 2.8 per cent in the general
rubber goods sector during April-May 2014. According to
preliminary estimate, the country has consumed 86,000
tonnes of NR during June 2014.India imported 34,702
tonnes of NR during May 2014 compared to 20,948
tonnes imported during May last year as per the NOC

issued by the Rubber Board for customs clearance. The

volume imported during the first two months of the current
fiscal was 63,842 tonnes as against 35,344 tonnes
shipped-in during the same period a year ago. Exports
of NR fell during May 2014 to 31 tonnes from 185 tonnes
exported during May last year. The total volume exported
during April and May this year was 59 tonnes compared to
the corresponding quantity of 1,723 tonnes in the previous
year. With the above trends in production, consumption,
import and export, the closing stock estimated for
May 2014 is estimated at 205,000 tonnes.
As regards synthetic rubber (SR), the production fell
during May 2014 to 10,678 tonnes from 13,690 tonnes
produced a month ago. The first two months of the
current fiscal showed a 40.1 per cent rise in the countrys
production of SR to 24,368 tonnes from 17,390 tonnes
it produced during the same period in the previous year.
Consumption of SR rose during May this year to 43,870
tonnes from 40,705 tonnes consumed a month ago. The
total quantity of SR, which the country consumed during
April and May 2014, was up 5.6 per cent at 84,575 tonnes
compared to 80,100 tonnes consumed during the same
period a year ago.

PRICE OF NATURAL RUBBER (Rupees per 100 Kg)

RSS 5

Month/ Year
July

RSS 4

Domestic

RSS 3

Latex (60% drc)

International Domestic

International

ISNR 20

SMR 20

Domestic International

2013

18515

19177

15477

24992

16576

17452

13244

August

"

18646

18994

16171

26663

17102

17252

14856

September

"

17879

18313

16976

22765

18523

16928

15547

October

"

15700

16331

15704

20594

17353

15484

14459

November

"

14766

15600

15612

17892

16952

14825

14369

December

"

14630

15500

15929

18615

17260

14810

14356

January

2014

14639

15269

14563

21158

15397

14950

13383

February

"

14502

14702

13420

19928

14885

14433

11891

March

"

14510

14802

13928

18808

15427

14290

11765

April

"

13967

14380

13256

19137

14843

13389

10855

May

"

14052

14341

12345

19327

14218

13500

10142

June

"

14130

14546

12460

20310

14472

13260

10226

July

"

13493

14115

12123

18237

14465

12287

10218

Note: Domestic price refers to Kottayam market, international RSS 3 price refers to Bangkok market and international price of latex and
SMR 20 to Kuala Lumpur market.

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PRODUC TION AND CONSUMPTION OF NR & SR

(Metric Tonnes)

Type wise Production &

Consumption of NR & SR

May
2014

May
2013

(1)

(2)

April 2014 April 2013 April 2013 Percentage

&
&
to
increase (+)/
May 2014 May 2013 March 2014 decrease(-)
of (3) & (4)
(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

P ROD UC TION
Natural Rubber (NR)
Ribbed Smoked Sheet (RSS)

39945

43005

78350

79905

622540

Solid Block Rubber

6330

9040

12740

18305

106815

Latex Concentrates (drc)

3980

4065

7695

8110

68075

Others

2745

2890

5215

5680

46570

53000

59000

104000

112000

844000

Styrene Butadiene (SBR)

2070

2136

7108

3519

22105

Poly Butadiene(BR)

7760

6000

15420

12380

80685

848

791

1840

1491

10096

Total

10678

8927

24368

17390

112886

40.1

Total NR & SR

63678

67927

128368

129390

956886

-0.8

Total

-7.1

Synthetic Rubber (SR)p

Others

CON SUMP TION *

Natural Rubber (NR)
Ribbed Smoked Sheet (RSS)

45670

53860

92485

108690

560230

Solid Block Rubber

29355

19610

56205

39775

322250

Latex Concentrates (drc)

7015

6030

13170

12135

77515

Others

1760

1825

3440

3705

21525

Total

83800

81325

165300

164305

981520

0.6

Out of which Auto Tyre Manufacturers

55992

54869

110558

111061

652434

-0.5

Styrene Butadiene (SBR)

17190

18605

33865

37280

220950

Poly Butadiene(BR)

14135

13090

27340

26030

158260

Others

12545

8470

23370

16790

104365

Total

43870

40165

84575

80100

483575

5.6

Out of which Auto Tyre Manufacturers

29931

28663

58597

57363

349001

2.2

Total NR & SR

127670

121490

249875

244405

1465095

2.2

Out of which Auto Tyre Manufacturers

85923

83532

169155

168424

1001435

0.4

Synthetic Rubber (SR)p

*: indigenous and imported

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P R O D U C T I O N CO N S U M P T I O N A N D S TO C K O F R R
(Metric Tonnes)

May
2014

May
2013

April 2014 &

May 2014

April 2013 &

May 2013

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

April 2013
to
March 2014
(5)

Production @

11610

9460

21600

18650

124325

Consumption

10875

9500

21055

19040

123725

Out of which Auto Tyre Manufacturers

4277

3800

8521

7769

49559

Stock with Manufacturers

(end of month/year)

8300

6765

Production consumption and stock

of Reclaimed Rubber (RR)

@: indigenous purchase by manufacturers

I M P O R T / E X P O R T & S TO C K O F N R & S R
(Metric Tonnes)

Import (p)
Natural Rubber

34702

20948

63842

35344

325190

Synthetic Rubber

36352

32683

67052

61480

371839

Total NR & SR

71054

53631

130894

96824

697029

31

185

59

1723

5398

Export (p)
Natural Rubber

S TO C K AT T H E E N D O F M AY 2 0 1 4
(Metric Tonnes)

Natural Rubber
With Growers

55000

Ribbed Smoked Sheet

With Dealers & Processors

72500

Solid Block Rubber

37080

With Auto Tyre units

57460

Latex(drc)

20550

With other manufacturing units

20040

Others

23650

Total

205000

Total

123720

205000

: including transit
Synthetic Rubber
With Producers
With Auto Tyre units
With other manufacturing units
Total
p:provisional

8873
33582
9980
52435

SBR

31340

Others

21095

Total

52435

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MONTH-WISE IMPORT OF NATURAL RUBBER

(Tonnes)
Month

2012-13

2013-14p

April

17509

14396

May

20884

20948

June

20726

23001

July

21059

32235

August

17684

43221

September

14779

47899

October

18466

28880

November

23968

25246

December

18366

24307

January

24505

20603

February

9497

19535

March

9921

24919

217364

325190

Total
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COUNTRY-WISE IMPORT OF NATURAL RUBBER

(Tonnes)
Country

2012-13

2013-14p

Indonesia

99051

146246

Thailand

39793

81854

Vietnam

51273

69220

Malaysia

6198

7262

Sri Lanka

4717

3079

South Africa

8616

2134

Cambodia

1532

1450

Nigeria

3750

1310

Bangladesh

1218

784

Others

1217

11851

217364

325190

Total
p:provisional

Compiled by Statistics & Planning Department, Rubber Board

Published By M. G. Sathees Chandran Nair, Dy. Director (P&PR), Rubber Board, Kottayam-686 002
Phone: 2301231; Fax: 2571380, E-mail: stat@rubberboard.org.in