Malaysian natural rubber production increases 2.5% in April 2005.Natural rubber production in April 2005 increased by 2.5% to 67,302 metric tons compared with the production in March 2005, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Statistics Department in Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur (kwä`lə l  m`pr), city (1990 est. pop. .
Production of the commodity, however, was down by 11.4% when compared with the same period of last year, the department said in a statement detailing the monthly rubber statistics. The department said the smallholding smallholding Noun a piece of agricultural land smaller than a farm smallholder n Noun 1. smallholding - a piece of land under 50 acres that is sold or let to someone for cultivation sector contributed 95.1% to the production, while the remaining 4.9% came from the estate sector. Exports of natural rubber in April 2005 totaled 92,945 metric tons, a drop of 7.5% compared with the previous month, and 2.5% year-on-year. The main rubber type exported was the 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 93.1% of the total exports. For the first four months, exports of natural rubber were mainly to China (111,589 metric tons), Germany (43,626 metric tons), the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. (24,456 metric tons), Korea (24,416 metric tons), France (17,602 metric tons) and Iran (15,063 metric tons). Total exports to these six countries accounted for 64.1% of the overall natural rubber exports, according to the department. Meanwhile, imports of natural rubber in April amounted to 31,884 metric tons, a decline of 21.5% when compared with March imports, and 5.9% when compared with April 2004. The Statistics Department reported that imports from January to March were mainly from Thailand (76.3%), the Philippines (7.9%), Myanmar (6.6%) and Indonesia (5.9%). Domestic consumption of natural rubber in April 2005 meanwhile decreased by 4.4% to 33,164 metric tons compared to the previous month. It was also down 6.9% compared with April 2004. The major consuming industries were rubber gloves rubber gloves rubber npl → gants mpl en caoutchouc (59.1%), rubber thread (15.1%) and tires and tubes (12.9%). Stocks of natural rubber held as of the end of April 2005 were 157,351 metric tons, a drop of 11% compared with the previous month, and down by 9.85% compared with the same period of last year. Meanwhile, the average monthly price of bulk latex latex, emulsion of a polymer (e.g., rubber) in water (see colloid). Natural latexes are produced by a number of plants, are usually white in color, and often contain, in addition to rubber, various gums, oils, and waxes. in April 2005 went down marginally by 0.3% to 350.23 sen compared with the previous month, but it was up 1.4% when compared with April 2004. The price of Standard Malaysian Rubber decreased by 2.3% to 459.6 sen from March 2005, and similarly it was also decreased by 5.8% compared with April 2004. Meanwhile, the number of workers in rubber estates in April 2005 dropped by 1.7% to 11,820 persons compared with the previous month. The drop was 12.4% when compared with April 2004. The department also said productivity of yield tapped in April 2005 was 66.4 kilograms per hectare hectare (hĕk`târ, –tär), abbr. ha, unit of area in the metric system, equal to 10,000 sq m, or about 2.47 acres. , down by 2.9% when compared with March 2005. |
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