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The Rubber Authority of Thailand (RAOT) expects the rubber price in the second quarter to remain stable at Bt63 to Bt65 per kilo.

Output of rubber is expected to increase by 1.82 per cent in 2022 over the previous year, the Rubber Authority of Thailand (RAOT) said.

The Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry on Sunday released guidelines and strategies for the Thai rubber sector to penetrate the global market.

The Natural Rubber Policy Committee has in principle approved a 10.6-billion-baht price guarantee scheme for rubber farmers in a bid to alleviate their burden.

Thailands rubber exports shot up by over 50 per cent year on year during the first five months of 2021, the Ministry of Commerce said.

SET-listed rubber producer Sri Trang Agro-Industry estimates global demand for natural rubber will rebound to 13.4 million tonnes this year, a rise of 7 per cent from last year.

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Police raided a warehouse in Pathum Thani on Thursday after getting a tip-off about an operation in which used rubber gloves were being cleaned and resold.

The Rubber Authority of Thailand (RAOT) is spending Bt700 million to upgrade rubber-processing plants as part of its Smart Farmer programme, RAOT chairman Prapan Boonyakiat said on Wednesday.

The rubber price is expected to rise for the next few months as production declines and demand increases, experts said.

The price of rubber rose as the worst flooding in 30 years in the South, where most of the rubber is grown, has had a direct impact on rubber supply in Thailand.

The price of rubber latex bounced back to Bt48 per kilo on Thursday after plummeting from Bt70-71 to Bt41-Bt42 earlier this week.