my country is a big consumer of natural rubber, but its demand is highly dependent on imports.

Natural rubber is a natural polymer compound with polyisoprene as the main component. It is mainly collected from rubber trees and made through solidification, drying and other processing procedures. As an important strategic material and industrial raw material, natural rubber has excellent resilience, insulation, water resistance and plasticity, and is widely used in aerospace, navigation, health care, automobile tires and other fields. The natural rubber industry is the basic industry of the national economy. In recent years, with the growth of my country’s economy, the market demand for natural rubber has continued to release.

According to the “2022-2026 China Natural Rubber Industry Import and Export Market Analysis and Research Report—One Belt and One Road Special Series” released by the Industrial Research Center It shows that natural rubber is greatly affected by factors such as weather and insect pests. At the same time, the outbreak of the new coronavirus pneumonia epidemic in 2020 will also have a certain impact on the development of the natural rubber industry. In 2020, the global natural rubber industry output was around 12.8 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 7.6%. With the recovery of the global economy and the expansion of rubber tree planting area, the output of the natural rubber industry has resumed growth. In the first half of 2021, the global natural rubber industry output was 5.95 million tons.

Rubber trees are native to the Brazilian Amazon River Basin and have now expanded to nearly 50 countries and regions in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. At this stage, Southeast Asia is the world’s largest rubber tree planting area and the world’s main natural rubber production area. Specifically, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam and India are the top four natural rubber producers in the world. Among them, Thailand’s natural rubber production reached 2.16 million tons in the first half of 2021, accounting for approximately 36.3% of the global total production.

Natural rubber is the main raw material for the production of tires. my country is a major automobile production and sales country. The domestic market demand for natural rubber continues to rise. In 2020, my country’s natural rubber demand will be close to 3 million tons. my country is a major consumer of natural rubber. Due to insufficient domestic natural rubber supply, my country’s natural rubber demand mainly comes from imports. In 2020, my country’s epidemic prevention and control will replace the good results earlier. Against this background, Southeast Asian natural rubber export-oriented companies will turn to my country market.

Due to climate factors, rubber tree planting areas in my country are relatively concentrated, mainly in southern regions such as Yunnan and Hainan. In recent years, the output of my country’s natural rubber industry has been growing. In the first half of 2021, the output reached 250,000 tons. my country has become the fifth largest producer after Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, and India.

Industry analysts said that natural rubber has excellent properties and has a wide range of applications. As the basic industry of the national economy, the development of the natural rubber industry Closely related to the economy, as my country’s economy grows, the market demand for natural rubber will be further released. my country is a major natural rubber consumer, but domestic production capacity is insufficient to meet market demand. Therefore, my country is highly dependent on natural rubber imports.