Last year, the international natural
butyl inner tube prices are unusually high, inspired rubber tapping and enthusiasm of the types of glue, set off a major rubber-producing country in Southeast Asia rubber planting frenzy not seen for many years, have issued production plans.
On February 15, natural rubber prices have hit a historical record of the 43,000 dollars/ton, although Japan earthquake has cut, but on March 23 main RU1109 futures contract prices exceeded 36,000 yuan/ton. Such high prices have prompted gum generally extend time, improve tapping frequency.
Natural rubber is a seasonal product, usually entering after February, due to the low output of rubber tree, gum usually stop tapping. Rubber-tapping to the end of February this year, however, even for over-age also tapping rubber trees and low output, actual production of natural rubber this year are expected to be higher than normal capacity.
Farmers extend tapping time, Viet Nam in February of this year production of 30,000 tonnes of natural rubber in 2010, representing a 4,400 tons over the same period increased 6 times. Association of natural rubber producing countries (ANRPC) has multiple times in a row to improve rubber output is expected this year, early January forecast 2011 world's natural rubber production growth over last year 5%, February 28, a digital correction of 8%, 10.066 million tons. According to the data of the ANRPC, rose drove some rubber producer plans to increase the yield of 2011, Malaysia plans to increase production of 11.8%, plans to increase production in Cambodia in recent 60%, Indonesia plans to increase production of 10%, Viet Nam is expected to yield 4%, Thailand is expected to yield 10%.
Due to the growth of more than 7 years before tapping of rubber tree, a longer cycle, when rubber prices at 20,000 yuan/ton, economic efficiency is lower than cash crops such as oil palm, frustrate the enthusiasm of farmers to plant rubber. The situation in Malaysia and India are particularly serious, had been tapping of the new generation workers on the ground began to transfer phenomena in the field of non-agricultural employment. Now rubber is much higher than the cost of rubber production, 2010 gum make pots of pot, and kind of glue initiative to improve, also has a capital of enlarged type of rubber. Rubber-producing countries also started putting the expansion plan.
Thailand Government of rubber cultivation in a 3-year scheme was launched at the beginning, an increase of 800,000 Lai (10,000 Barclays = 14.4 hectares) planted area, which rubber plantation area will increase by 500,000 in the northeastern Berkeley, 150,000 increase in Northern Lai, Eastern, Central and South increasing 150,000 Lai, 2017 is expected to yield increase of 220,000 tons of rubber. Thailand Government will provide technical support to participation of farmers in the scheme, including the first 3 years of cheap rubber seedlings and fertilizers. Indonesia plans to about 400,000 hectares of rubber tree refurbished, improve the productivity of rubber so that annual production capacity from 901 kilograms to 1500 kilograms per hectare, fighting for the next year as the world's largest producer of rubber. Cambodia Rubber Industries Association announced last July, Viet Nam will invest an additional US $ 200 million for the expansion of the rubber plantation area in Cambodia. Cambodia rubber planting in China tire enterprises investment boom occurred, there have been several rubber project under negotiation. Malaysia also appears part of the oil palm plantation crops of rubber, rubber planting area is rendered on the rise.
Waves of rubber spread species not seen in South-East Asia for many years, although little impact on rubber supply in the short term, but 7 years later when new planting rubber tapping has a positive effect on the rubber of the world supply and demand balance. Southeast Asian Governments expressed support for the rubber farming spread kind of rubber, but with more planning than in the past, and guided. Thailand resource and Environment Ministers danlong said, given the current rubber farmers keen to reclaim the natural woodland, planting rubber, serious deforestation around globe phenomenon, if the Government does not stop in time, 10 years after the destruction of natural forests will face all dangers. Therefore, the 2011 Thailand Government changing the law to recover part of the illicit cultivation of the rubber plantation and greening, maintain ecological balance, guide specification for rubber cultivation, and healthy development.
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