(a) the quantity and value of natural rubber exported from the country during each of the
last three years and the current year, country-wise;
(b) whether the farmers have requested for additional incentives/support to facilitate the
export of natural rubber to offset the losses suffered due to fall in the domestic prices of the said commodity; and
(c) if so, the details thereof alongwith the response of the Government thereto?
MINISTER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY(SHRI KAMAL NATH)
a)to c): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 107 FOR
ANSWER ON 24TH FEBRUARY 2009 REGARDING “ EXPORT OF NATURAL RUBBERâ€
(a) : The details of the quantity and value of Natural Rubber(NR) exported from the country
during each of the last year three years and the current year, country-wise, are as under:-
Country 2005-06 2006-07p 2007-08p Quan- Value Quan- Value Quan- Value tity tity tity (tonnes) (Rs‘000) (tonnes) (Rs‘000) (tonnes) (Rs‘000)
China 26521 1691729 16592 1654157 20222 1807846
Sri Lanka 7556 496359 4760 418513 2789 227446
Malaysia 6363 481289 10412 1097676 12092 1117024
Germany 5680 258628 2658 179704 2480 157526
Belgium 2501 194920 2324 148944 2873 182442
Turkey 2355 127893 1751 103398 1178 85213
Vietnam 2271 163609 2641 268050 208 16215
UK 2098 121510 1238 79527 1177 71048
USA 1954 97795 1567 125413 4888 307633
Spain 1634 91101 1204 95540 1052 65774
South Korea 1360 83006 608 66451 776 77131
Nepal 1201 91819 656 67489 685 60570
Others 12336 683254 10134 832515 9933 767211
Total 73830 4582912 56545 5137377 60353 4943079