The Rubber Board has lowered the natural rubber (NR) production outlook by nearly 10 per cent on account of an unprecedentedly intensive southwest monsoon and an abnormal leaf fall in traditional planting areas.
Addressing the 172nd meeting of the Rubber Board here on Wednesday, chairman Sheela Thomas said the NR production in the country during the current fiscal (2013-14) is likely to be 8,70,000 tonnes in place of the 9,60,000 tonnes projected earlier, denoting a fall of 9.37 per cent, amounting to 90,000 tonnes.
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