India releases NR statistics for May

ERJ staff report (DS)

Kottayam, India -- The Indian Rubber Board has published the July edition of Rubber Statistical news which covers statistics up to the end of May 2011.

Natural Rubber (NR) production

in India during May 2011 was

59,700 tonnes as against

56,400 tonnes during May

2010. The cumulative production

during the first two months of 2011-12

was 116,500 tonnes compared to

109,900 tonnes during the

corresponding period of the previous

year registering a growth of 6.0 percent

Consumption of NR by the rubber

goods manufacturing industry in the

country during May'11 was 80,120 tonnes

as against 81,375 tonnes during

April'11. The total natural rubber

consumption for the first two months

of the current financial year was

161,495 tonnes as against 157,400 tonnes with a growth of

2.6 percent.

The total consumption in the

auto tyre sector was 106,936 tonnes

during the above two months,

recording a growth of 7.2 percent over the

corresponding two months of the

previous year.

Production of Synthetic Rubber (SR)

during May'11 slightly increased to

9,468 tonnes from 9,262 tonnes

during April'11. The total production

of SR during April'11 and May'11

increased to 18,730 tonnes as

against 17,702 tonnes during the

same period of the previous year.

Consumption of SR during May'11

was 35,740 tonnes as against

36,890 tonnes during April'11. The

total consumption of SR during the

initial two months of 2011-12 was

72,630 tonnes as against 65,925 tonnes

during the corresponding period of

the previous year.

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July edition of Rubber Statistical news from Indian Rubber Board