Malaysia’s national rubber (NR) production in April 2015 dropped 40.8% to 35,850 tonnes compared with the previous month, the statistics department said. On a year-on-year (y-o-y) basis, the production recorded a decrease of 1.4%. The department, in a statement today,…
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