| STATISTICAL
SUMMARY OF WORLD RUBBER SITUATION |
|
| ('000
tonnes) |
|
| |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
|
| |
Year |
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
Q4 |
Year |
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
Q4 |
Year |
|
| Natural
Rubber Production |
|
| Latin
America |
160 |
45 |
48 |
35 |
38 |
166 |
49 |
53 |
38 |
39 |
179 |
|
| Africa |
359 |
92 |
91 |
91 |
92 |
365 |
95 |
97 |
89 |
87 |
368 |
|
| S.E.
Asia (a) |
5663 |
1624 |
1414 |
1657 |
1504 |
6200 |
1709 |
1542 |
1761 |
1578 |
6590 |
|
| Other
Asia |
1209 |
296 |
287 |
314 |
391 |
1288 |
302 |
290 |
335 |
402 |
1328 |
|
| TOTAL
(b) |
7350 |
2030 |
1870 |
2110 |
2030 |
7990 |
2160 |
1980 |
2180 |
2090 |
8410 |
|
| |
|
| Natural
Rubber Consumption |
|
| North
America |
1266 |
333 |
327 |
298 |
267 |
1225 |
332 |
337 |
290 |
332 |
1290 |
|
| Latin
America |
425 |
115 |
120 |
116 |
114 |
465 |
125 |
125 |
120 |
134 |
504 |
|
| European
Union |
1182 |
356 |
340 |
319 |
318 |
1332 |
330 |
309 |
287 |
329 |
1255 |
|
| Other
Europe |
156 |
41 |
45 |
44 |
49 |
180 |
42 |
41 |
53 |
52 |
188 |
|
| Africa |
115 |
29 |
30 |
32 |
28 |
118 |
31 |
28 |
33 |
26 |
118 |
|
| Asia/Oceania |
4312 |
1158 |
1116 |
1158 |
1204 |
4635 |
1184 |
1141 |
1235 |
1313 |
4873 |
|
| TOTAL
(b) |
7540 |
2030 |
1980 |
1970 |
1980 |
7950 |
2050 |
1980 |
2020 |
2190 |
8230 |
|
| |
|
|
|
| Natural
rubber stocks |
|
|
|
| TOTAL* |
2060 |
2060 |
1950 |
2090 |
2100 |
2100 |
2210 |
2210 |
2370 |
2280 |
2280 |
|
|