Indian natural rubber production totaled 44,000 tons in April of this year – the first month of the 2026/27 marketing year – a volume 4.2% lower than that recorded in March, but equal to that produced in the same month last year, according to data from… Indian Rubber CouncilThe Indian Council, a body linked to the Ministry of Trade and Industry, published this Wednesday (17). Domestic consumption of the raw material remained at 113 thousand tons from the third to the fourth month of this year – in April 2025, India had consumed 118 thousand tons of the commodity. Imports, in turn, totaled 44,197 thousand tons in April, a monthly growth of 57.0% and an annual growth of 4.6%. Also according to data from the Council, Indian stocks of natural rubber totaled 292 thousand tons at the end of April, a volume lower than that observed at the end of March (317 thousand tons) and even lower than that recorded in the same month of 2025 (350 thousand tons).
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.