KPK attributes this to smallholders, most of whom produce less-labour intensive cup lumps instead of latex

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 26 — The government does not plan to replace the rubber commodity with kenaf or bamboo, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof.

SUNGKAI, Oct 23 — The monthly RM200 participation incentive payment is among the four incentives for rubber smallholders who switch to latex production under the Latex Production Incentive (IPL) programme.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 29 — The Rubber Production Incentive (IPG) for smallholders has been activated for Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak based on the September 2023 production, said the Malaysian Rubber Board (MRB).

KUALA LUMPUR, June 16 — Top Glove Corp Bhd believes that a return to the black is unlikely to happen in the last quarter of its 2023 financial year (FY2023) despite an improved outlook projected for average selling prices (ASPs) of its gloves and declining lower natural gas prices as well as raw materials.

BALING, June 11 — The government is identifying methods to help and encourage rubber smallholders to switch to producing latex from scrap rubber and crêpe rubber.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 9 — Malaysia's natural rubber production eased 0.1 per cent month-on-month (m-o-m) to 27,188 tonnes in March 2023 from 27,209 tonnes in February 2023.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 12 — Malaysia’s natural rubber (NR) production decreased by 7.6 per cent to 27,209 tonnes in February 2023 from 29,451 tonnes in January 2023, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM).

BAGAN DATUK, April 1 — The Ministry of Rural and Regional Development (KKDW) through Risda will add another latex production depot to increase the production of the commodity in this country.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 11 — Malaysia’s natural rubber (NR) exports rose 5.3 per cent to 62,332 tonnes in September 2021 compared to 59,172 tonnes in August 2021, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, July 14 —  Malaysia’s natural rubber production increased to 22.4 per cent to 28,164 tonnes in May 2021 compared to 23,013 tonnes in the previous month, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, June 15 — The production of natural rubber decreased by 33.5 per cent year-on-year (YoY) to 23,013 tonnes in April 2021 compared to 34,616 tonnes in April 2020, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM) said.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 10 — The production of rubber increased by 17.1 per cent in December 2020 to 49,825 tonnes compared to 42,554 tonnes in the previous month, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM) said.