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Malaysia's natural rubber output fell in January.


Malaysia Malaysia (məlā`zhə), independent federation (2005 est. pop. 23,953,000), 128,430 sq mi (332,633 sq km), Southeast Asia. The official capital and by far the largest city is Kuala Lumpur; Putrajaya is the adminstrative capital.  produced 116,986 mt of natural robber in January 2005, down 1.9% year-on-year, according to according to
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 Malaysia's Statistics Department. It said the output in January represented a 3% increase from the previous month.

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 sector contributed 93.6% of total production, while the balance of 6.4% was produced by the estate sector.

Malaysia exported 151,408 mt of NR in January this year, an increase of 44.4% from the previous month. The main rubber type exported was Standard Malaysian Rubber (SMR (Specialized Mobile Radio) The communications services used by police, ambulances, taxicabs, trucks and other delivery vehicles. Throughout the U.S., approximately 3,000 independent operators are licensed by the FCC to offer this service, which provides always-on ), which accounted for 74% of total exports. During January, Malaysia shipped 30,229 mt of NR to mainland China, and exported 15,205 mt to Germany.

Other major importers were Japan with 12,911 mt, the U.S. with 9,819 mt, South Korea with 9,617 mt and Brazil with 7,029 mt.

Imports of NR in January 2005 dropped by 8.2% to 39,554 mt from the previous month.
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Title Annotation:Perspectives
Publication:Rubber World
Date:Mar 22, 2005
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