Monthly Rubber Statistics Malaysia - February 2018

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1. EMBARGO : Only to be published or disseminated at 1200 hours, Thursday, 12 April 2018 DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS MALAYSIA PRESS RELEASE MONTHLY RUBBER STATISTICS MALAYSIA, FEBRUARY 2018 Natural rubber in February 2018 gained 14.9 per cent Natural rubber production increased by 14.9 per cent in February 2018 to 63,246 tonnes as compared to January 2018. Meanwhile for year-on-year production decreased by 28.7 per cent. Average monthly price of Latex Concentrate and Standard Malaysian Rubber 20 (S.M.R 20) in February 2018 were 456.69 sen per kilogramme and 563.14 sen per kilogramme, decreased by 3.8 per cent and 4.2 per cent respectively as compared to January 2018. Exports of natural rubber in February 2018 was recorded at 49,627 tonnes, gained by 5.8 per cent than the previous month. Five main destinations of natural rubber exports were China, Germany, Iran, Finland and U.S.A. Domestic consumption of natural rubber shrinked by 10.5 per cent to 39,586 tonnes in February 2018 as compared to the previous month. The main industry using natural rubber was rubber glove industry at 29,654 tonnes (74.9%). Meanwhile, in terms of stocks, the level of natural rubber stocks increased by 11.4 per cent to 285,616 tonnes at the end of February 2018.
4. *Notes: Data for February 2018 is provisional. The data will be updated based on the latest available figures and subsequently published in the March 2018 publication. Released By: THE OFFICE OF CHIEF STATISTICIAN MALAYSIA DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS, MALAYSIA DrUzir_Mahidin Dr_Uzir 12 April 2018 Contact person: Ho Mei Kei Public Relation Officer Strategic Communication and International Division Department of Statistics, Malaysia Tel : +603-8885 7942 Fax : +603-8888 9248 Email : mkho[at]dosm.gov.my