In July 2015, global Natural Rubber (NR) stock continued falling from 2.063 million MT as at end 2014 to 1.845 million MT as at end July 2015, according to the LMC’s Rubber Bulletin in July 2015.
This resulted in a deficit of 349,000 MT in the first 7 months of 2015 after the decreasing of global NR production by 1.6%, while the global NR consumption rose by 2.1%.
