India produced more rubber in June

ERJ staff report (DS)

Kottayam, India -- India's production of rubber -- both synthetic and natural in the three months to June 2011 was higher than in the same period of 2010.

Production of Natural Rubber

(NR) in the country during June

2011 was 59,200 tonnes

compared to the production of

56,850 tonnes during June 2010.

The

cumulative production during the first

quarter of the current fiscal year was

175,700 tonnes compared to

166,750 tonnes during the

corresponding period of the previous

year recording a growth of 5.4 percent.

The aggregate

production of synthetic rubber (SR) during the first three

months of 2011-12 increased to

28,009 tonnes compared to

26,956 tonnes during the same period

of the previous year.

Consumption of SR

during the first quarter of the current

f i n a n c i a l y e a r i n c r e a s e d t o

109,575 tonnes compared to 99,160

tonnes during the corresponding

period of the previous year, recording

a growth of 10.5 percent.

The rate of growth in

consumption in the auto tyre

manufacturing sector during the first

quarter of the current financial year

was 10.2 percent as against 7.7 percent attained

during the same period of the previous

year, whereas, the non-tyre sector

registered a negative growth of 5.3 percent

compared to a positive growth of 4.1 percent

in the same period of the previous

year. The consumption provisionally

estimated for July'11 is 82,000 tonnes.

The data was published in India's Rubber Statistical news dated August 2011.

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Rubber Statistical News from India Rubber Board