Southland
Holding
Co., Ltd
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Thai NR Industry
Since 1991, Thailand had overtaken to be the world's largest producer and exporter of natural rubber and annual production growth had been 4-7% in the last 5 years.
Rubber is one of the country's top 10 export commodities. In year 2004, Thailand produced 2.83 million tonnes or 34% of the world's production of 8.41 million tonnes of natural rubber. The Thai NR industry consisted of about 200 rubber factories and 100 exporting companies. There are more than 3 million farmers (nearly 5% of the population in Thailand) working in over 2 million hectares of rubber plantation.
Smallholders sell their rubber in the form of un-smoked sheets, cup lumps or latex to a few hundred outlets comprising local dealers or the bigger district dealers who then re-sell them to processors/exporters. The Thai NR industry is supported by many governmental and private institutions, namely: Public: Private: NR production in Thailand totaled 2.83 million tonnes comprising -
RSS
1.33
million
tonnes Exports are to 67 countries including Europe (23%), China (20%) Japan (20%), Malaysia (13%), USA (10%) and South Korea (7%)
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Rubber
was
introduced
to
Thailand
in the
early
1900s. 
97%
of the
plantations
are
smallholdings
with areas
of 2-4
hectares
located
mostly in
the
southern
and
north-eastern
provinces
of
Thailand.
The
average
yield of
NR is 1560
kg/ha/year
in
Thailand.