Technically Specified Rubber

STR

Natural rubber (NR), in its milky sap, is collected from the rubber tree (hevea brasiliensis) from making an incision in the tree’s bark (rubber tapping). NR can be kept in its liquid form through the use of chemicals to prevent coagulation and is commonly used for dipping products such as gloves, balloons and condoms. In the solid form, the rubber sheets or crumbs are used in the manufacture of solid rubber based products such as tyres. More Details

SIR

Indonesia’s rubber cultivation area exceeds 3 million hectares. Indonesia produces 2 million tonnes of rubber per year in North and South Sumatra, Riau, Jambi and West Kalimantan, placing the country second place in world rubber production after Thailand. Primarily for the tyre industry, 85% of Indonesia’s rubber output is exported, mainly to Singapore, China, Japan, USA and Brazil.

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SMR

Currently the fifth largest natural rubber producer in the world, Malaysia aims to expand rubber plantation areas by 2020 and increase its output of natural rubber, through the Rubber Production Incentive Scheme and infrastructure improvement to boost latex collection.



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SVR

Vietnam is ranked third in natural rubber export, behind Thailand and Indonesia, with 7.5% of the world’s total rubber export. Currently, China is Vietnam’s major rubber export partner with 47% of total export value.



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