India's rubber production increased in November

ERJ staff report (DS)

Kottayam, Kerala, India - Natural Rubber (NR) production

in India during

November 2011 increased to

94,400 tonnes as against the

production of 90,500 tonnes during

November 2010. Cumulative

production from April 2011 to

November 2011 was 575,100 tonnes

compared to 548,150 tonnes during

the corresponding period of the

previous year registering a growth of

4.9 percent.

In Synthetic rubber, November's production was 8,636 tonnes, while the cumulative production in the first eight months was was 71,978 tonnes compared to

72,041 tonnes during the same period

of the previous year.

Consumption of NR by the rubber

goods manufacturing industry in the

country during November'11 was

82,440 tonnes compared to

76,495 tonnes during October'11.

Total consumption during the first

eight months of 2011-12 was

634,420 tonnes compared to 628,240 tonnes recording a growth of

1.0 percent only. The growth in

consumption by the auto tyre sector

during April'11 to November'11 was

5.0 percent as against 4.3 percent during the

same period of the previous year.

At

the same time, the non-tyre sector

registered a negative growth of 5.9 percent

compared to a negative growth of

1.2 percent during the same period last year.

The NR consumption provisionally

estimated for December'11 is

84,000 tonnes.

Consumption of

SR increased to 36,345 tonnes during

November'11 compared to 31,275 tonnes

during October'11. The cumulative

consumption of SR during the first

eight months of 2011-12 increased to

280,695 tonnes compared to

270,755 tonnes during the corresponding

period of the previous year.

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