Cambodia has seen a 91 percent rise in dry rubber exports in the first half of 2014 as revenue from the exports increased only 3 percent due to global decline of rubber prices. During the January-June period this year, the…
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South and East Asia rubber news
Training on rubber plantation assists AgNor farmers
The Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Agusan del Norte was grateful to the Department of Agriculture (DA) and JCA Rubber Employees Multi-Purpose Cooperative (JARBEMCO) for the successful conduct of training on rubber production and tapping system that benefited the farmers of the…
Indian Rubber Board requests to cultivate Jharkhand and other states
Rubber Board has submitted a proposal to the Centre highlighting the potential for rubber cultivation in areas affected by extremist activities in some parts of the country. In an informal chat with presspersons on the sidelines of a meeting of…
Indian rubber farmers request to halt imports
The Hindu Business Line reports, “The Indian Rubber Growers Association has asked the center to suspend rubber imports, considering the fall in prices. When the prices fell in 1999, the government had stopped imports under advance licence scheme through a…
Kerala MP requested the Centre to set up rubber university
A Kerala MP has requested the Centre to set up a rubber university in his state, noting that carbon sequestration potential of rubber trees is greater than most other species used in afforestation programmes. Kerala Congress (M) leader Jose K…
Indian minister urged rubber procurement agencies to be more cautious
Finance minister K M Mani has urged procurement agencies, Rubbermark and Marketfed, to intensify procurement of rubber in the wake of steep fall in the price of rubber. “Rs 10cr has already been set apart by the government for procuring…
Wokha district in India starts prospecting for rubber
While the huge reserve of “black gold” (petroleum) in Wokha district remains untapped due to differences between the state government and land owners, people of this district have already started prospecting for “”white gold” or rubber. And the rush for…
Vietnam Ministry of Finance plans to cut rubber export tax to zero
Vietnam Briefing reports, “In an effort to help Vietnamese companies compete in the world market, the Ministry of Finance is considering cutting the rubber export tax to zero from the current rate of one percent. On November 11, 2013, Vietnam’s…
Indian natural rubber imports surged despite rise in local output
The Economic Times reports, “India’s natural rubber imports in June surged 41.5 percent from a year ago to 32,550 metric tons despite a rise in local output, the state-run Rubber Board said, as a drop in global prices prompted local…
Association of Planters of Kerala criticizes rubber policy committee
The Association of Planters of Kerala (APK) has come out against the composition of the expert committee constituted by the Union Government to formulate the ‘national rubber policy’. The Association alleged that natural rubber growers have been ignored and relegated…