Malaysia’s natural rubber (NR) production increased 11.4% to 29,673 tonnes in October 2025 from 26,647 tonnes in September, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM). The agency said the rise was largely driven by the smallholders sector, which contributed 86.5% of total output, while estates accounted for the remaining 13.5%.
Despite the month-on-month increase, year-on-year data showed a decline in production. Output in October fell 22.7% compared with the same month in 2024, when production totaled 38,400 tonnes, the department said.
Total NR stocks declined 8.9% to 145,438 tonnes in October from 159,646 tonnes in September. Rubber processing factories held the majority of inventories at 80.1%, followed by rubber consumer factories at 19.8%, while rubber estates accounted for 0.1%.
Exports of NR rose sharply, increasing 57.8% to 52,932 tonnes in October from 33,549 tonnes in September. China remained the largest destination, absorbing 55.3% of total exports. Germany followed with a 9.4% share, while the United Arab Emirates took 8.7%, the US 8%, and Egypt 2.7%.
Rubber-based product exports were led by gloves, which recorded a value of RM1.2 billion in October. This showed a 12.4% increase from RM1.1 billion in the previous month.
Average monthly prices weakened during the period. Concentrated latex declined 1.4% to 569.84 sen per kg in October from 577.89 sen per kg in September, while scrap rubber slipped 0.7% to 600.44 sen per kg from 604.53 sen per kg. Prices for all Standard Malaysian Rubber grades fell within a range of 0.4% to 1.9%.
Global price data from the World Bank showed that Technically Specified Rubber 20 decreased 1.5% to US$1.71 per kg from US$1.74 per kg. Prices for SGP/MYS also fell 4.9% to US$2 per kg from US$2.11 per kg.