Indian natural rubber production is projected to grow 3.1% in 2025, reaching 903,000 tons, according to a forecast by SunSirs, a Chinese commodities monitoring and research agency.
The increase was driven by Technically specified rubber (TSR) production jumped 8.5% during the period, to 205,000 tons. Production of ribbed smoked rubber (RSS) grew 2.7%, to 575,000 tons, while production… Latex production decreased by 0.9%, to 106,000 tons. Production of other rubber categories fell by 15%, to 17,000 tons.
THE SunSirs also projects that natural rubber consumption in India has reached 1.438 million tons last year, an increase of 2.6% compared to the 1.402 million tons recorded in 2024.
Indian synthetic rubber production grew 5.8% in 2025, to 602,000 tons, according to the Chinese agency. Individually, styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) production totaled 319,000 tons (+4.6%), polybutadiene rubber (PBR) totaled 140,000 tons (+6.9%), and other categories reached 143,000 tons (+7.6%).
It is also projected that synthetic rubber consumption in the Asian country increased by 5.8% from 2024 to 2025, reaching 891,000 tons.
The main driver of demand, the Indian tire industry, consumed 901,000 tons of natural rubber last year, a 6% year-on-year decrease, while consumption of the synthetic raw material jumped 7% to 620,000 tons.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.