Natural rubber output up 4.3% in Sept at 77,500 tonnes

NEW DELHI: Increased area under rain guarding system and favourable weather condition surged India's natural rubber production by 4.3% in September to 77,500 tonnes as compared to the same month last year. The country had produced 74,300 tonnes of rubber in September, 2009, the Rubber Board said in a statement.

The statement, however, did not mention the details of how much acreage increased under rain guarding system, which prevents rain from interfering with the rubber collection. During the April-September period this fiscal, the production of natural rubber (NR) increased to 3.75 lakh tonnes from 3.48 lakh tonnes in the same period last year.