Natural Rubber Production Up 36.7 Pct In July - DOSM
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 12 (Bernama) -- Natural rubber (NR) production increased by 36.7 per cent in July 2025 to 35,884 tonnes compared with 26,249 tonnes in June 2025, according to the Statistics Department (DOSM).
Chief statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin said on a year-on-year basis, NR production fell by 5.5 per cent (July 2024: 37,960 tonnes).
He said production in July 2025 was mainly contributed by the smallholders' sector (86.8 per cent), while the estates’ sector accounted for 13.2 per cent.
"Total NR stocks in July 2025 increased by 1.6 per cent to 171,061 tonnes, from 168,448 tonnes in June 2025," Mohd Uzir said in a statement following the release of the Monthly Rubber Statistics, Malaysia, July 2025.
He added that rubber processors' factories contributed 85.1 per cent of the stocks, followed by the rubber consumers' factories (14.8 per cent) and rubber estates (0.1 per cent).
On exports, he said Malaysia's NR amounted to 37,198 tonnes in July 2025, an increase of 25.2 per cent as against June 2025 (29,719 tonnes).
China remained the main destination for NR exports, accounting for 47.3 per cent of total exports in July 2025, followed by Germany (15.0 per cent), India (6.7 per cent), the United States (US) (6.1 per cent) and Egypt (3.0 per cent).
"The export performance was driven by NR-based products such as gloves, tyres, tubes and rubber thread. Gloves were the main exports, with a value of RM1.3 billion in July 2025, up 49.3 per cent compared with RM0.9 billion in June 2025," he said.
Meanwhile, DOSM said analysis of the average monthly price showed that concentrated latex recorded an increase of 2.3 per cent (July 2025: 571.30 sen per kg; June 2025: 558.66 sen per kg), while scrap rose four per cent (July 2025: 586.68 sen per kg; June 2025: 564.13 sen per kg).
Prices for all Standard Malaysian Rubber (SMR) also increased, between 2.3 per cent and 8.8 per cent.
The World Bank Commodity Price Data reported that prices for Technically Specified Rubber (TSR) 20 rose 4.4 per cent, from US$1.61 per kg to US$1.68 per kg, while Singapore/ Malaysia rubber increased 3.3 per cent, from US$2.16 per kg to US$2.23 per kg.
According to the Malaysia Rubber Board Digest published in July 2025, the Kuala Lumpur Rubber Market gained earlier in the month before gradually declining towards the end.
The gains were supported by concerns over NR supply due to heavy rainfall in major producing regions, rising demand, progress in US trade deals, and optimism over China’s stimulus measures.
Market sentiment was also buoyed by moderate rubber demand anticipated by the Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC) and developments in the global automobile industry, it added.
-- BERNAMA