India's NR production up; SR output down in July

ERJ staff report (DS)

Kottayam, India -- India produced 64,300 tonnes of natural rubber (NR) in July 2011, compared to the production of 58,500 tonnes during July 2010. On the synthetic rubber (SR) front, however, production during July 2011 decreased to 8,929 tonnes from 9,279 tonnes during June'11.

The data comes from the latest (September) edition of Rubber Statistical News, published by India's Rubber Board.

In NR, cumulative

production during April 2011 to

July 2011 was 240,000 tonnes

compared to 225,250 tonnes during

the corresponding period of the

previous year, recording a growth

of 6.5 percent.

The total production

of SR during April'11 to July'11

increased to 36,938 tonnes compared

to 35,144 tonnes during the same

period of the previous year.

Consumption of SR marginally

decreased to 36,355 tonnes during

July 2011 as against 36,945 tonnes

during June 2011. Consumption of SR

during the first four months of the

current financial year increased to

145,930 tonnes compared to 132,925

tonnes during the corresponding

period of the previous year.

The rate of growth in

consumption in the auto tyre

manufacturing sector during the first

four months of the current financial

year was 10.9 percent as against 5 percent

attained during the same period of the

previous year, where as the non-tyre

sector registered a negative growth of

5.1 percent compared to a positive growth

of 1.7 percent during the same period last

year.

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Rubber Statistical News (Sept 2011 edition) from India's Rubber Board