Singapore (Platts)--8Nov2012/435 am EST/935 GMT
India's natural rubber production in October reached 86,300 mt, down 3% from 89,300 mt a year earlier, provisional data released late Wednesday by the local Rubber Board showed. Heavy rains in Kerala, southwest India, reduced the tapping of rubber trees in October, the board said. Due to the lower production, India increased its imports of natural rubber to 18,326 mt in October, more than double the 8,574 mt shipped to the country in the corresponding month last year.Article continues below...Request a free trial of: Asian PetrochemicalscanAsian Petrochemicalscan provides weekly market updates, commentary and assessments ranging from naphtha feedstocks to aromatics, olefins, and polymers in Southeast Asia, Korea, Taiwan and Japan.
India's natural rubber production in October reached 86,300 mt, down 3% from 89,300 mt a year earlier, provisional data released late Wednesday by the local Rubber Board showed. Heavy rains in Kerala, southwest India, reduced the tapping of rubber trees in October, the board said. Due to the lower production, India increased its imports of natural rubber to 18,326 mt in October, more than double the 8,574 mt shipped to the country in the corresponding month last year.
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The country imports natural rubber from Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam.--Clement Choo, clement_choo@platts.com --Edited by Geetha Narayanasamy, geetha_narayanasamy@platts.com
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