Kuala lumpur: Natural rubber (NR) production increased by 36.7 percent in July 2025 to 35,884 tonnes compared with 26,249 tonnes in June 2025, according to the Statistics Department (DOSM). Chief statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin noted that on a year-on-year basis, NR production fell by 5.5 percent from July 2024, when it was 37,960 tonnes.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, production in July 2025 was primarily contributed by the smallholders’ sector, which accounted for 86.8 percent, while the estates’ sector contributed 13.2 percent. Total NR stocks in July 2025 increased by 1.6 percent to 171,061 tonnes, up from 168,448 tonnes in June 2025. The stocks were largely held by rubber processors’ factories, which accounted for 85.1 percent, followed by rubber consumers’ factories at 14.8 percent, and rubber estates at 0.1 percent.

On the export front, Malaysia’s NR exports reached 37,198 tonnes in July 2025, marking a 25.2 percent increase compared to June 2025’s 29,719 tonnes. China was the leading
destination for NR exports, constituting 47.3 percent of total exports in July 2025, followed by Germany at 15.0 percent, India at 6.7 percent, the United States at 6.1 percent, and Egypt at 3.0 percent. The export performance was largely driven by NR-based products such as gloves, tyres, tubes, and rubber thread, with gloves being the main export item valued at RM1.3 billion in July 2025, up 49.3 percent from RM0.9 billion in June 2025.

Meanwhile, DOSM reported that the average monthly price analysis showed that concentrated latex increased by 2.3 percent, from 558.66 sen per kg in June 2025 to 571.30 sen per kg in July 2025. Scrap rubber prices rose by four percent, from 564.13 sen per kg in June 2025 to 586.68 sen per kg in July 2025. Prices for all Standard Malaysian Rubber (SMR) grades also saw increases, ranging between 2.3 percent and 8.8 percent.

The World Bank Commodity Price Data indicated a 4.4 percent rise in prices for Technically Specified Rubber (TSR) 20, from US$1.61 per kg to US$1.68 per kg
, while Singapore/Malaysia rubber prices increased by 3.3 percent, from US$2.16 per kg to US$2.23 per kg.

According to the Malaysia Rubber Board Digest published in July 2025, the Kuala Lumpur Rubber Market experienced gains earlier in the month before gradually declining towards the end. These gains were supported by concerns over NR supply due to heavy rainfall in major producing regions, increasing demand, progress in US trade deals, and optimism regarding China’s stimulus measures. Market sentiment was also buoyed by moderate rubber demand anticipated by the Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC) and developments in the global automobile industry.