KUALA LUMPUR, March 11 — Malaysia’s natural rubber (NR) output stood at 75,132 tonnes in January 2016, up 2.1 per cent from December but 8.1 per cent lower than the production recorded in the same month of 2015, the Department of Statistics said Friday.
Smallholdings contributed 92.1 per cent to total production while the estate sector accounted for the remainder.
On a month-on-month basis, smallholdings’ output increased 2.4 per cent while the estate sector posted a 1.7 per cent increase.
Exports totalled 51,503 tonnes, down 4.9 per cent from December 2015, but dropped 25.9 per cent in January 2015.
— BERNAMA
KUALA LUMPUR, March 11 — Malaysia’s natural rubber (NR) output stood at 75,132 tonnes in January 2016, up 2.1 per cent from December but 8.1 per cent lower than the production recorded in the same month of 2015, the Department of Statistics said Friday.
Smallholdings contributed 92.1 per cent to total production while the estate sector accounted for the remainder.
On a month-on-month basis, smallholdings’ output increased 2.4 per cent while the estate sector posted a 1.7 per cent increase.
Exports totalled 51,503 tonnes, down 4.9 per cent from December 2015, but dropped 25.9 per cent in January 2015.
— BERNAMA
