In the first seven months of 2023, Indonesia exported a total of 1.081 million tons of natural rubber (excluding compound rubber), down 17% year-on-year. Among them, the combined export of standard rubber was 1.053 million tons, down 17% year-on-year; the export of tobacco flake rubber was 24,000 tons, down 19% year-on-year; and the export of latex was 0.25 million tons, up 75% year-on-year.
From January to July, exports to China totaled 139,000 tons of natural rubber, an increase of 45%; mixed rubber exports to China totaled 12,000 tons, an increase of 1.7%.
Taken together, Indonesia's first seven months of natural rubber, mixed rubber exports totaled 1.093 million tons, down 17% year-on-year; total exports to China 151,000 tons, an increase of 40% year-on-year.