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The Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC) reported on 18 October that the global demand for natural rubber (NR) has seen 0.8 percent growth reaching almost 7 million tons, whereas its supply dropped over 8 percent to some 5.8 million tons during the first six months of this year. NR market, however, is still pressured by US-China trade row and unstable situation in Middle East. This can further affect natural rubber trends. There have been speculations on the market that the Fed would have cut rates that would particularly target equity sector. Nonetheless, the Fed kept its rate unchanged. The factor of the US-China trade war forced traders to maintain conservative trading positions.

The Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC) released Natural Rubber Trends & Statistics for April 2019. The total volume of natural rubber (NR) produced in the world amounted to 3.954 million tonnes during the first four months of 2019. It fell 5.1% from 4.165 million tonnes recorded during the same period in previous year. The world consumption of NR have improved during this reference period. It grew 1.0%, year-to-year, from 4.544 million tonnes to 4.591 million tonnes.

The Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC) reports that in 2018, world production of natural rubber (NR) accounted for 13.960 million tonnes, which means an increase of 4.6% in output compared to 13.350 million tons in the last year tons. Meanwhile, the world demand recorded an increase of 5.2% (in year-to-year terms) amounting to 14.017 million tons in 2018. According to ANRPC, this led to a deficit in demand of 57,000 tons of NR during the period.

The Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC) is happy recently released its Natural Rubber Trends & Statistics June 2020. The Association reports that the key factor behind the abnormal fall in the prices of natural rubber (NR) since mid-January is the huge drop in the world demand caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The world consumption of NR dropped by 15.7% during H1 2020 (Jan-Jun 2020) as per the revised estimates. The Association claims that in China alone, the country accounting 40% of the world demand, the consumption fell by 20.1% during H1 2020.

The Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC) reports that the world production of natural rubber (NR) fell 8.7%, year-over-year, during Jan-Aug 2020 to 7.778 million tons. Accounting a 3.8% fall anticipated in the remaining four months of the year, the total production during the full year 2020 is anticipated at 12.901 million ton reflecting a 6.8% fall from the previous year. This revised outlook of the world supply in 2020 is 1.9 percentage points lower than the outlook reported a month ago which was 13.149 million ton by representing a 4.9% fall.

According to the recent press release by the Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC), after assuming the position as the Secretary-General on 1 December 2019, one of Mr. Premadasa’s priorities has been to ensure that ANRPC’s publication “Natural Rubber Trends & Statistics” reaches the users in the shortest time along with insightful analytical observations and early signals of the emerging trends. As a major step in the efforts to achieve this, ANRPC is now releasing the backlogs from August to December 2019 as a single issue.

The Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC) releases the Monthly Natural Rubber (NR) Statistical Report, September-October 2023 (combined issues). During this period of September and October, the snapshot of the recent trend of global NR market are available at ANRPC’s website. The escalation of geopolitical tensions and adverse weather conditions, particularly during the monsoon season in NR-producing countries, such as Thailand, have played a pivotal role in shaping market sentiment.

By 2026, all the natural rubber used in Pirelli’s European factories will be FSC™-certified. This commitment ensures that the rubber plantations are managed to preserve biodiversity and benefit local communities. The FSC™ chain of custody certification guarantees that the certified material is segregated from uncertified material from the plantation to the tire maker.

The Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC), in line with its recent outlook, says that the natural rubber (NR) prices started recovering since the last week of April driven by the positive sentiment due to the relaxation of the COVID-19 containment measures and lockdowns, reopening of economic activities across countries, positive developments in crude oil market, and a substantial contraction in the global production of NR. The recovery is likely to continue, albeit at a slow pace and subject to a set of risk factors.