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Rubber Statistical News - March 2002

The Trend

Production of Natural Rubber(NR) increased during January 2002 to 73,030 tonnes from 70,550 tonnes during January 2001. However, the increase in production was nominal at 0.6 percent during the first ten months of 2001 - 02 as compared to the corresponding period of the previous year. the production during the period April 2001 to January 2002 was 564,400 tonnes as against 560,785 tonnes during the same period in previous year. The production provisionally estimated for February 2002 is 32,000 tonnes.

Consumption of NR increased marginally to 54,950 tonnes during January 2002 from 54,425 tonnes during December 2001. The total consumption of NR during the first ten months of 2001 - 02 showed only a marginal increase of 0.3 percent as compared to the corresponding period of the previous year. Total consumption during the period April to January 2002 was 530,735 tonnes as against 529,065 tonnes during the same period of the previous period . In the general rubber goods sector consumption increased by 2.5 percent where as in the auto-tyre sector it registered a decline of 2.0 percent during the ten-months period. Consumption provisionally estimated for February 2002 is 53,000 tonnes.

With the import of 5,268 tonnes of NR during January 2002, the total quantity of NR imported by rubber goods manufacturing industry in the country during the first ten months of 2001 - 02 came to 42,404 tonnes as against 8083 tonnes during the corresponding period in the previous year. The export during January 2002 was 857 tonnes and the total stock as at the end of January 2002 was 247,990 tonnes.

Production of synthetic rubber(SR) decreased to 5,775 tonnes during January 2002 from 6,161 tonnes during December 2001. however, the total production of SR during the ten months period from April 2001 to January 2002, which was 56,116 tonnes, showed an increase 4.1 percent over the corresponding period of the previous year. Consumption of SR increased to 15,210 tonnes during January 2002 from 14,805 tonnes during December 2001. The total quantity consumed during the period from April 2001 to January 2002 showed an increase of 1.3 percent, to 144,450 tonnes from 142,545 tonnes during the same period in the previous year.

The trend in the prices of different grades of NR at Kottayam market for the period from March 2001 to March 2002 and the annual averages in 2001-02 are given in the following table.

Price of Rubber in Kottayam Market. (Rupees per quintel)
Month		RSS 1	RSS 2	RSS 3	RSS 4	RSS 5	Latex (60%)(drc)	E B C 2x
March	2001	3047	2961	2828	2667	2578	3683	2484
April	2001	3037	2937	2824	2679	2614	3692	2489
May	2001	3674	3574	3443	3295	3117	4200	2839
June	2001	3769	3669	3523	3353	3158	4708	2862
July	2001	3787	3688	3550	3389	3237	4638	2831
August	2001	3956	3848	3736	3601	3347	4367	2844
September	2001	3578	3465	3309	3154	3019	4025	2689
October	2001	3537	3437	3301	3209	3079	4002	2626
November	2001	3478	3368	3281	3209	3079	4326	2568
December	2001	3415	3300	3250	3209	3079	4418	2390
January	2002	3435	3340	3267	3209	3079	4604	2433
February	2002	3494	3394	3294	3209	3079	4733	2633
March	2002	3535	3435	3335	3214	3079	4733	2693
Average for	2001 - 2002	3558	3455	3343	3228	3081	4371	2658

PRODUCTION (Metric Tonnes)
	Jan. 2002 (1)	Jan. 2001 (2)	April 2001 to Jan. 2002 (3)	April 2000 to Jan. 2001 (4)	April 2000 to March 2001 (5)	Percentage increase(+)/decrease (-) during Apr. 2001 to Jan. 2002 compared to Apr. 2000 to Jan. 2001 (6)
NATURAL RUBBER
Solid Block Rubber	5145	5425	53435	49290	60225
Latex Concentrates (DRC)	7355	6555	54975	56655	65975
Pale Latex Crepe	190	220	1340	1680	1975
RSS	55130	53250	413775	412525	455175
Others	5210	5100	40875	40635	47055
Total	73030	70550	564400	560785	630405	(+) 0.6
SYNTHETIC RUBBER (P)
Styrene Butadiene (SBR)	1290	1367	12629	10394	13342
Poly Butadiene(BR)	3600	4100	34344	33720	40670
Others	885	1037	9143	9807	11448
Total	5775	6504	56116	53921	65460	(+) 4.1
Total NR & SR	78805	77054	620516	614706	695865	(+) 0.9

CONSUMPTION (Metric Tonnes)
	Jan. 2002 (1)	Jan. 2001 (2)	April 2001 to Jan. 2002 (3)	April 2000 to Jan. 2001 (4)	April 2000 to March 2001 (5)	Percentage increase(+)/decrease (-) during Apr. 2001 to Jan. 2002 compared to Apr. 2000 to Jan. 2001 (6)
NATURAL RUBBER
Solid Block Rubber	8145	5220	69260	51115	61680
Latex Concentrates (DRC)	6105	5885	60210	58150	70870
Pale Latex Crepe	230	245	1940	1870	2250
RSS	37445	38180	370700	390125	463280
Others	3025	2910	28625	27805	33395
Total	54950	52440	530735	529065	631475	(+) 0.3
Out of which Auto Tyre Manufacturers	26000	24703	253141	258270	305718	(-) 2.0
SYNTHETIC RUBBER
SBR	4750	4515	46220	45360	54935
BR	4395	4290	41385	41835	49810
Others	6065	5525	56845	55350	65925
Total	15210	14330	144450	142545	170670	(+) 1.3
Out of which Auto Tyre Manufacturers	7968	7492	79685	83841	98362	(-) 5.0
Total NR & SR	70160	66770	675185	671610	802145	(+) 0.5
Out of which Auto Tyre Manufacturers	33968	32195	332826	342111	404080	(-) 2.7

IMPORT (P) (Metric Tonnes)
	Jan. 2002 (1)	Jan. 2001 (2)	April 2001 to Jan. 2002 (3)	April 2000 to Jan. 2001 (4)	April 2000 to March 2001 (5)
NATURAL RUBBER	5268	334	42404	8083	8970^R
SYNTHETIC RUBBER
SBR	5285	3185	36585	30896	38554
BR	475	805	9277	14755	17175
Others	4254	5223	45262	46512	51194^R
Total	10014	9213	91124	92163	106923^R
Total NR & SR	15282	9547	133528	100246	115893^R
EXPORT (P)	857	1028	1946	11449	13356

STOCK AT THE END OF JANUARY 2002

NATURAL RUBBER	(Tonnes)		(Tonnes)
With Growers	101700	Ribbed Smoked Sheets	189720
With Dealers & Processors	95140	Estate Brown crepes and remilled crepes	9920
		Latex (drc)	11860
With Auto tyre units (C)	20345	Pale Latex crepes	705
With Other Manufacturing Units (C)	30805	Block Rubber	10495
		Scraps (drc)	25185
		Other Grades	105
Total	247990	Total	247990
(Rounded)
(C: Including transit)
SYNTHETIC RUBBER
Producers	9175^p	SBR	11855
Auto Tyre units	8125	others	18305
Other manufacturing units	12860
Total	30160	Total	30160
P - Provisional, R - Revised

RECLAIMED RUBBER
	Jan. 2002� (1)	Jan. 2001� (2)	April 2001 to Jan. 2002(3)	April 2000 to Jan. 2001 (4)	April 2000 to March 2001�� (5)
Production @	5320	5020	53325	52380	62120
Consumption	5365	5080	53705	52830	62260
Out of which Auto Tyre Manufacturers �	1139	1159	10840	11210	13256
Stock with Manufacturers (end of month / year)	2950	3020			3330
@ Indigenous purchase by manufacturers

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