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Characteristics - Description and technical features
- Origin and history
Crop

- Plant profile (Hevea brasiliensis)
- Natural rubber production
- Yields
- Pests and diseases

Quality

- Industry standards
- National standards
- ISO standards

Uses

- The main uses of natural rubber
- Natural and synthetic rubbers in tires
- Latex products

Market - Production
- Consumption
- Trade flows
Marketing chain - Domestic marketing: Estates v. smallholdings
- External marketing: Open v. direct trading
- Marketing structures in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand
Companies - Companies
- Directories
Technology - Natural rubber processing into different rubber categories
- Rubber goods manufacturing

Prices - Physical market
- Futures market
Economic Policies - International Natural Rubber Agreements (INRA)
- International Tripartite Rubber Organisation (ITRO)
- Socio-economic, environmental and policy aspects

 

Selected sources of statistics

Worldwide coverage

FAOSTAT Database - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics

UNCTAD Commodity Yearbook

World Commodity Survey, various issues

UNCTAD Trains

UNCTAD Commodity Price Bulletin

UN Comtrade - United Nations Statistics Division

Rubber Statistical Bulletin - International Rubber Study Group (IRSG)

Rubber Industry Report - IRSG

Rubber Statistical Yearbook - IRSG

Key Rubber Indicators - 2000 - IRSG

World Rubber Statistics Handbook, Vol 6, 1975-2001 - IRSG

World Commodity Forecasts - The Economist Intelligence Unit

Worldwide Rubber Statistics - International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers, Inc (IISRP)

Quarterly Natural Rubber Statistical Bulletin - Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC)

Economic and Statistical Review - ANRPC

Regional/national coverage

Malaysian Rubber Statistics - Malaysian Rubber Board

Monthly Rubber Statistics - Department of Statistics, Malaysia

Indian Rubber Statistics - Indian Rubber Board

Thailand Rubber Statistics - Rubber Research Institute of Thailand

References (directories)

Information Sources on the Natural and Synthetic Rubber Industry, 1979 - UNIDO Guides to Information Sources No. 34

Rubber Industry Atlas, 2001 - IRSG Secretariat publication

Directory of Rubber Organisations, 2000 - IRSG Secretariat publication

Asian Rubber Handbook & Directory - 2003 - RubberAsia - Dhanam Publications

Polysort's Links Directory

Clever links

Inter-governmental organisations

Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC)

FAO (ESC) Commodities and Trade Division: Rubber and Other

International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

International Rubber Study Group (IRSG)

International Rubber Research & Development Board (IRRDB)

UNIDO, Sectoral Support and Environmental Sustainability Division

Rubber boards

Indian Rubber Board

Malaysian Rubber Board (MRB)

Malaysian Rubber Export Promotion Council (MREPC)

Professional, trade and research organisations

All India Rubber Industries Association (AIRIA)

Association of International Rubber Trade (AIRT)

British Rubber Manufacturers' Association (BRMA)

Bureau de Liaison de l'Industrie du Caoutchouc (BLIC)

Centre for Rubber Research and Technology (CRRT), Thailand

Chinese Rubber Industry Association

European Association of Flexible Polyurethane Foam Blocks Manufacturers (EUROPUR)

European Tyre & Rim Technical Organisation (ETRTO)

French Rubber Manufacturers Association (FRMA)

Indian Rubber Manufacturers Research Association (IRMRA)

Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining, UK (IoM)

International Rubber Conference Organisation (IRCO)

Malaysian Rubber Products Manufacturers' Association - (MRPMA)

Malaysia Automotive Component Parts Manufacturers Association - (MACPMA)

Plastics and Rubber Institute of Australasia (PRI)

RAPRA Technology (RAPRA), India

Rubber Association of Canada (RAC)

Rubber Manufactures Association (RMA), United States

Rubbernetwork

Sociedad Latino Americana de Tecnologia del Caucho (SLTC)

Thai Rubber Association (TRA)

Tire Industry Association (TIA)

Tire Industry Council (TiC), United Kingdom

Tun Abdul Razak Research Centre (TARRC - Malaysian Rubber Board)

Magazines on rubber

RubberAsia

Indian Rubber Journal

European Rubber Journal

e-Polymers

Plastics & Rubber Weekly

British Plastics & Rubber

Rubber World

Rubber & Plastics News

Modern Tire Dealer

Tire Business

Crain Communications (publishing company)

Prices

* Spot prices in selected natural rubber producing countries

Malaysian daily rubber physical prices issued by Malaysian Rubber Board

Thailand, daily prices issue in Thai by Rubber Research Institute of Thailand

Local rubber prices of Thai markets isued by the Thai Rubber Association. Offer and bidding prices are also provided on-line.

Thailand rubber prices by type and grade issued by International Rubber Consortium, Limited (IRCo)

Indian and International rubber prices issued by the Indian Rubber Board, Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry

India, natural rubber prices by grade (Indian Rubber Journal)

India, natural rubber prices and price information

Prices of rubber in ANRPC member countries - ANRPC - The Associaton of Natural Rubber Producing Countries

* Futures prices issued by selected exchanges

Delayed (intra-day) prices issued by SICOM (Singapore Commodity Exchange)

Rubber prices and trading volumes (Rubber prices and trading volume issued by Tokyo Commodity Exchange)

Information on rubber index issued by the C-COM (Central Japan Commodity Exchange)

* The exemple of an on-line exchange (without clearing house):

Inter-Continental Rubber Exchange acts as an electronic information exchange

Other general sources of information on rubber

American Chemical Society, Rubber Division

Bouncing Balls

Polysort

Rubber Compounding

The Rubber Research Group (Department of Materials at QMUL, UK)

Rubber-Stichting Information Center for Natural Rubber

Partners

This profile was last updated on June, 12, 2007