Monthly Rubber Statistics Malaysia July 2017

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1. EMBARGO : Only to be published or disseminated at 1200 hours, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS MALAYSIA PRESS RELEASE MONTHLY RUBBER STATISTICS MALAYSIA, JULY 2017 Production of natural rubber (NR) increased 8.7 per cent in July 2017 Production of NR in July 2017 increased by 8.7 per cent to 54,994 tonnes as compared to 50,614 tonnes in the previous month. The main contributor of NR production is from smallholding sector which is more than 90 per cent. Average monthly price of latex concentrate dropped 55.51 sen per kilogramme to 517.57 sen per kilogramme as compared to June 2017. Standard Malaysian Rubber 20 recorded an increased in the average monthly price of 32.53 sen per kilogramme to 635.24 sen per kilogramme. Exports of NR in July 2017 recorded at 47,136 tonnes went up by 5.5 per cent as compared to the previous month. Five main destinations of NR exports were China, Germany, Iran, USA and Finland. Domestic consumption of NR in July 2017 was 40,852 tonnes against 39,211 tonnes in June 2017 with an increased by 4.2 per cent. Rubber gloves industry remains as the main domestic consumer with consumption of 72.9 per cent. Level of NR stocks at the end of July 2017 declined by 3.4 per cent to 192,196 tonnes as compared to the previous month.
4. *Notes: Data for July 2017 is provisional. The data will be updated based on the latest available figures and subsequently published in the August 2017 publication. Released By: THE OFFICE OF CHIEF STATISTICIAN MALAYSIA DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS, MALAYSIA 13 September 2017 Contact person: Ho Mei Kei Public Relation Officer Corporate and User Services Division Department of Statistics, Malaysia Tel : +603-8885 7942 Fax : +603-8888 9248 Email : mkho[at]stats.gov.my