Indonesia’s Rubber Production to Drop 15% in 2019 Due to Disease
24 July 2019, Reuters Indonesia’s natural rubber output is expected to drop 15% in 2019 compared to 2018’s production of 3.76 million tonnes due to a fungal disease, a senior agricultural ministry official said on Wednesday. “The (disease causing) fungus has attacked around 381,900 hectares (of plantations) and is predicted to spread further,” said Kasdi […]
Media Release by the International Tripartite Rubber Council (ITRC) on 1 July 2019, Krabi, Thailand
The Senior Officials from Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia under the framework of the International Tripartite Rubber Council (ITRC) met on 27 June 2019 in Krabi, Thailand. The meeting discussed the current global natural rubber (NR) fundamentals under the schemes of ITRC namely the Supply Management Scheme (SMS), Demand Promotion Scheme (DPS) and Agreed Export Tonnage […]