Area explored and production of natural rubber in China’s Hainan province grew strongly in the first quarter.

Natural rubber production in Hainan province, China, showed strong growth in the first quarter of this year, supported by an increase in the area under cultivation. According to data released by SunSirs – a Chinese commodity monitoring and research agency – and analyzed in… new bi-weekly report from DATAGROThe area effectively exploited for tapping reached 390,800 mu (approximately 26,000 hectares) between January and March 2026, a 26.6% increase compared to the same period last year. As a result, natural rubber production totaled 2,900 tons during the period, a 24.4% year-on-year increase. "The simultaneous expansion of the production area and supply tends to increase the availability of the commodity in the Chinese market, which may exert downward pressure on the physical prices of natural rubber," points out the report. DATAGROThis signals that, in the futures market, however, contracts remain supported in the short term. Hainan province is historically the largest producer of natural rubber in China, followed by Yunnan, Guangdong, and Guangxi (an autonomous region).

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