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NATURAL RUBBER (NR) PRICES
(Regional Rubber Market Price - RRMP)
25 March 2024    RRMP 178.47 US Cents/Kg (-3.48 US Cents)    14-Day Moving Average 182.31 US Cents/Kg (+0.28 US Cents)
PHYSICAL SPOT PRICES
OF THAILAND, INDONESIA AND MALAYSIA (TIM)
25 March 2024    RSS3 254.93 US Cents/Kg (92.39 THB/Kg) STR20 177.31 US Cents/Kg (64.26 THB/Kg)    SIR20 164.00/span> US Cents/Kg (25,904 IDR/Kg)    SMR20 164.25 US Cents/Kg (766.50 MYR/Kg )

Regional Rubber Market Price (RRMP)

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US Cents/Kg

25 March 2024

Market Updates

Markets showed signs of positive sentiment, on 1) inflation appearing less concerning, 2) bearish USD, 3) China’s reopening its borders and fast resuming economic activities and 4) a decline in NR production during the wintering seasons.

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Natural Rubber Market Review and Mid-Term Outlook

"The Daily Composite Price (DCP) has trended downward throughout the year 2022. As the Russia/Ukraine war intensified, negative market factors continued to dominate the global market. Market experts expect that the recovery path of the global economy will be improved."
International Rubber Consortium
14 December 2022

The Daily Composite Price (DCP) has trended downward throughout the year 2022. It went down from the high of 189.95 US cents/kg on 23 February 2022 to the low of 122.99 US cents/kg on 31 October 2022, a whopping 35% decline due to the unexpected Russia/Ukraine war in March 2022. The yearly average price was 161.23 US cents/kg (compared to 171.92 US cents/kg in 2021).

As the world was recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic with optimistic economic growth expected for 2022, the war erupted between Russia and Ukraine and had prolonged since February 2022. As the war intensified, negative market factors continued to dominate the global market, such as the supply disruption, energy crisis, food crisis in Europe, currency and financial crises, and global inflation. These market factors dampened the economic outlook and optimism about economic recovery, causing global demand to decline.

Although NR production peaked in H2 2022, NR production in TIM might not increase at large scale due to 1) the leaf disease, 2) erratic weather conditions, 3) increasing temperature, 4) low fertilizer input caused by elevated costs, 5) drought and 6) tappers leaving plantations earlier because of low NR prices. The latest NR statistics report by ANRPC forecasts NR production to be 14.343 million tons and NR consumption to be 14.805 million tons for 2022, showing a deficit of 462,000 tons.

NR production in Thailand is expected to be lower during the wintering periods in April, May and June 2023, which would further reduce the amount of NR produced in the country. The same trend will most likely be true for Indonesia. Malaysia is expected to see a 10% decline in NR production during the wintering season in H1 2023.

Market experts expect that the recovery path of the global economy will be improved, with less political uncertainty, de-escalation of the Russia/Ukraine war, controlled inflation in view of lower crude oil prices, monetary/fiscal stimulus adopted by inflation-affected nations to support global economic growth and China’s relaxation of its Covid restrictions. Thus, the market is expected to see better demand for NR while production is forecast to pick up slowly; this fundamental factor will help to improve market sentiment in NR markets. 

IRCo Programmes and Activities

To achieve a long term price trend that is stabilised,
sustainable and remunerative to the farmers

To maintain a supply-demand balance to ensure adequate
supply of natural rubber in the market at fair prices