Month: June 2021

Foreign Importers Ask for Delayed Delivery, North Sumatra’s Rubber Exports Drop 10.3%

Foreign Importers Ask for Delayed Delivery, North Sumatra’s Rubber Exports Drop 10.3%

Export activities of rubber commodities from North Sumatra experienced a significant decline in April 2021. Executive Secretary at the Rubber Association of Indonesia (GAPKINDO) for North Sumatra Region, Edy Irwansyah, said that North Sumatra's rubber export performance in April 2021 was only 31,555 tons. It fell 10.3% compared to the previous month, which reached 35,190 tons. However, Edy said the total rubber export volume during January-April 2021 increased by 3.4%...
Asphalt Rubber Program and its Challenges for Downstreaming Industry

Asphalt Rubber Program and its Challenges for Downstreaming Industry

The fall in the price of rubber on the international market since 2015 has made domestic farmers scream because the selling price is only around Rp. 6,000 per kilogram. However, the condition has helped a little because the production can be absorbed domestically. This happened after the government decided to use rubber asphalt as a raw material for road infrastructure projects. Rubber asphalt is a mixture of asphalt with rubber-based...