KUALA LUMPUR, April 12 (Bernama) — Natural rubber (NR) exports in February slipped 9.7 per cent to 61,599 tonnes from January, the Statistics Department said Friday.
Standard Malaysian Rubber (SMR) contributed 93.7 per cent of total exports, with 65.4 per cent of that comprising SMR 20, the department said in a statement.
The NR was exported mainly to China (50.7 per cent), followed by Germany (13.5 per cent), South Korea (3.9 per cent), Iran (3.6 per cent), the United States (2.5 per cent), Portugal (2.2 per cent), Brazil and Finland with two per cent, respectively.
Natural rubber imports in February declined by 17.3 per cent or 15,801 tonnes to 75,680 tonnes from the previous month, with the bulk of it mainly from Thailand (60.5 per cent) and Vietnam (12.7 per cent), making up 73.2 per cent in overall imports.
Natural rubber production for the month under review fell 12.8 per cent to 77,137 tonnes than the previous month.
— BERNAMA
