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Information on rubber
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| Partners |
| Characteristics | - Description and technical features - Origin and history |
| Crop |
- Plant profile (Hevea brasiliensis) |
| Quality |
- Industry standards |
| Uses |
- The main uses of natural rubber |
| Market | - Production - Consumption - Trade flows |
| Marketing chain | - Domestic marketing: Estates v. smallholdings - External marketing: Open v. direct trading - Marketing structures in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand |
| Companies | - Companies - Directories |
| Technology | - Natural rubber processing into different
rubber categories - Rubber goods manufacturing |
| Prices | - Physical market - Futures market |
| Economic Policies | - International Natural Rubber Agreements (INRA) - International Tripartite Rubber Organisation (ITRO) - Socio-economic, environmental and policy aspects |
Selected sources of statistics
Worldwide
coverage
FAOSTAT Database - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
World Commodity Survey, various issues
UNCTAD Commodity Price Bulletin
UN Comtrade - United Nations Statistics Division
Rubber Statistical Bulletin - International Rubber Study Group (IRSG)
Rubber Industry Report - IRSG
Rubber Statistical Yearbook - IRSG
Key Rubber Indicators - 2000 - IRSG
World Rubber Statistics Handbook, Vol 6, 1975-2001 - IRSG
World Commodity Forecasts - The Economist Intelligence Unit
Worldwide Rubber Statistics - International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers, Inc (IISRP)
Quarterly Natural Rubber Statistical Bulletin - Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC)
Economic and Statistical Review - ANRPC
Regional/national
coverage
Malaysian Rubber Statistics - Malaysian Rubber Board
Monthly Rubber Statistics - Department of Statistics, Malaysia
Indian Rubber Statistics - Indian Rubber Board
Thailand Rubber Statistics - Rubber Research Institute of Thailand
Information Sources on the Natural and Synthetic Rubber Industry, 1979 - UNIDO Guides to Information Sources No. 34
Rubber Industry Atlas, 2001 - IRSG Secretariat publication
Directory of Rubber Organisations, 2000 - IRSG Secretariat publication
Asian Rubber Handbook & Directory - 2003 - RubberAsia - Dhanam Publications
Inter-governmental
organisations
Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC)
FAO (ESC) Commodities and Trade Division: Rubber and Other
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
International Rubber Study Group (IRSG)
International Rubber Research & Development Board (IRRDB)
UNIDO, Sectoral Support and Environmental Sustainability Division
Rubber
boards
Malaysian Rubber Export Promotion Council (MREPC)
Professional,
trade and research organisations
All India Rubber Industries Association (AIRIA)
Association of International Rubber Trade (AIRT)
British Rubber Manufacturers' Association (BRMA)
Bureau de Liaison de l'Industrie du Caoutchouc (BLIC)
Centre for Rubber Research and Technology (CRRT), Thailand
Chinese Rubber Industry Association
European Association of Flexible Polyurethane Foam Blocks Manufacturers (EUROPUR)
European Tyre & Rim Technical Organisation (ETRTO)
French Rubber Manufacturers Association (FRMA)
Indian Rubber Manufacturers Research Association (IRMRA)
Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining, UK (IoM)
International Rubber Conference Organisation (IRCO)
Malaysian Rubber Products Manufacturers' Association - (MRPMA)
Malaysia Automotive Component Parts Manufacturers Association - (MACPMA)
Plastics and Rubber Institute of Australasia (PRI)
RAPRA Technology (RAPRA), India
Rubber Association of Canada (RAC)
Rubber Manufactures Association (RMA), United States
Sociedad Latino Americana de Tecnologia del Caucho (SLTC)
Thai Rubber Association (TRA)
Tire Industry Association (TIA)
Tire Industry Council (TiC), United Kingdom
Tun Abdul Razak Research Centre (TARRC - Malaysian Rubber Board)
Magazines
on rubber
Crain Communications (publishing company)
Prices
* Spot prices in selected natural rubber producing countries
Malaysian daily rubber physical prices issued by Malaysian Rubber Board
Thailand, daily prices issue in Thai by Rubber Research Institute of Thailand
Thailand rubber prices by type and grade issued by International Rubber Consortium, Limited (IRCo)
Indian and International rubber prices issued by the Indian Rubber Board, Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry
India, natural rubber prices by grade (Indian Rubber Journal)
India, natural rubber prices and price information
* Futures prices issued by selected exchanges
Delayed (intra-day) prices issued by SICOM (Singapore Commodity Exchange)
Rubber prices and trading volumes (Rubber prices and trading volume issued by Tokyo Commodity Exchange)
Information on rubber index issued by the C-COM (Central Japan Commodity Exchange)
* The exemple of an on-line exchange (without clearing house):
Inter-Continental Rubber Exchange acts as an electronic information exchange
Other
general sources of information on rubber
American Chemical Society, Rubber Division
The Rubber Research Group (Department of Materials at QMUL, UK)
Rubber-Stichting Information Center for Natural Rubber
This profile was last updated on June, 12, 2007
