<strong>Natural Rubber Prices in North Sumatra Rise to IDR 8,500 – IDR 9,500/Kg, Farmers Say Still Far From Ideal Price Level</strong>

Natural Rubber Prices in North Sumatra Rise to IDR 8,500 – IDR 9,500/Kg, Farmers Say Still Far From Ideal Price Level

June 12, 2023 The price of natural rubber at the farm level in North Sumatra (SUMUT) is now at IDR 8,500/kg from the previous IDR 7,000/kg. But despite the increase, this price is still far from the farmers' ideal price of IDR 15,000/kg. Since the beginning of 2023, the average price of rubber is still below the farmers' ideal price in the IDR 7,000 to IDR 8,000/kg range. Even farmers...
<strong>Indonesia Natural Rubber Production Drops, Rubber Industry Forced to Import</strong>

Indonesia Natural Rubber Production Drops, Rubber Industry Forced to Import

June 21, 2023 Natural Rubber Industry sector experiences a decline for domestic natural rubber production supply since 2017. As a result, total export for natural rubber products has decreased. Executive Director of the Rubber Association of Indonesia (GAPKINDO), Erwin Tunas, said the average yearly export decline was 10%. It is predicted that this will continue this year. Indeed, rubber exports have decreased, so on average, it has almost hit 10%...
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...
Soft-Launching Sustainable Natural Rubber Platform of Indonesia (SNARPI)

Soft-Launching Sustainable Natural Rubber Platform of Indonesia (SNARPI)

"New National Platform for Sustainable Natural Rubber" Concern for the national sustainable development of natural rubber will have a new national platform through the Sustainable Natural Rubber Platform of Indonesia, which is abbreviated as SNARPI, whose existence was announced on April 30, 2021, by the Deputy for Food and Agribusiness Coordination, Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia. The initial launch or soft-launching of SNARPI was carried...
Hit by La Nina, Production and Export for Natural Rubber in North Sumatra is Depressed

Hit by La Nina, Production and Export for Natural Rubber in North Sumatra is Depressed

The increasing rainfall intensity due to the La Nina phenomenon has reduced the production of rubber commodities in North Sumatra. Executive Secretary of the Rubber Association of Indonesia (GAPKINDO) for North Sumatra Edy Irwansyah said the decline in rubber production due to this natural phenomenon occurred since October 2020. This caused the crumb rubber processing factory to experience difficulties in supplying raw materials so that the volume of rubber exports...
GAPKINDO Conducts an El Nino and La Nina Webinar

GAPKINDO Conducts an El Nino and La Nina Webinar

The Rubber Association of Indonesia (GAPKINDO) held a webinar with the theme of the Extreme Climate Phenomenon El Nino and La Nina: Its impact on the production and availability of rubber raw materials crumb rubber industry. The activity, which was held on March 24, 2021, presented a keynote speaker, namely Dr. Dodo Gunawan (Head of the Center for Climate Change Information, Agency for Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics), Dr. Thomas Wijaya...
Natural Rubber Commodities in West Sumatra are starting to be replaced by Coconut

Natural Rubber Commodities in West Sumatra are starting to be replaced by Coconut

The West Sumatra Provincial Government no longer uses rubber as one of the leading commodities. Even starting in 2021, the West Sumatra Horticultural and Plantation Food Crops Office have not allocated rubber plants assistance. Head of the Office of Horticultural Food Crops and Plantation of West Sumatra, Syafrizal, said there were many reasons to no longer concern to plant natural rubber commodity. This, according to Syafrizal, was done because, among...
Thailand Floods Become Momentum for Smallholder Farmers in South Sumatra to Boost Exports

Thailand Floods Become Momentum for Smallholder Farmers in South Sumatra to Boost Exports

Indonesia and Thailand are the world's two largest rubber exporting countries. It is just that Thailand is experiencing a critical phase due to a decrease in the amount of rubber production due to Pestalotiopsis leaf fall disease (PGDP) and floods that have hit several rubber-producing areas covering an area of ​​0.8 million hectares (ha). Head of Processing and Marketing of Products, South Sumatra Plantation Service, Rudi Arpian, said the incident...
Ministry of Industry Republic of Indonesia Supports National Natural Rubber Downstream Industry

Ministry of Industry Republic of Indonesia Supports National Natural Rubber Downstream Industry

The Ministry of Industry (Kemenperin) is committed to encouraging the rubber processing industry sector to be more productive and competitive and diversify products by spur the rubber product downstream program. This is supported by Indonesia's potential to become the second-largest natural rubber producer in the world. Head of the Industrial Research and Development Agency (BPPI) of the Ministry of Industry, Doddy Rahadi, said the national rubber processing industry sector's contribution...
This year, The Absorption of Natural Rubber is Projected to Only 550,000 Tons

This year, The Absorption of Natural Rubber is Projected to Only 550,000 Tons

The Indonesian Rubber Council (DEKARINDO) projects that this year's rubber absorption will only be around 550,000 tons, down about 22 percent compared to last year's absorption of 711,360 tons. In line with this projection, the Central Statistics Agency noted that until the third quarter of 2020, the rubber and plastic rubber goods industry's performance still contracted 9.61%. Chairman of the Indonesian Rubber Council (Dekarindo) Azis Pane said that currently, the...
Boost Purchase of Local Products, Option to Buy Natural Rubber for Asphalt Rises Again

Boost Purchase of Local Products, Option to Buy Natural Rubber for Asphalt Rises Again

The government will spur the purchase of domestic products amid the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). This is included in the policy formulated by the Committee for Handling COVID-19 and National Economic Recovery. Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto as Chairman of the Committee after a closed meeting on Monday (27/7), said that one of the products the government will buy through the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR)...
GAPKINDO Emphasized that Sustainable Rubber must pay  more attention on smallholder’s economy

GAPKINDO Emphasized that Sustainable Rubber must pay more attention on smallholder’s economy

The initiative of several tire factories in the world to make natural rubber sustainable through the Global Platform for Sustainable Natural Rubber was questioned by GAPKINDO (Rubber Association of Indonesia). In that letter to the Director of GPSNR, Stefano Safi, former director of the RSPO, GAPKINDO, stated how rubber's future can be sustainable amidst deteriorating economic conditions. Restrictions in many countries have affected tire manufacturers as well. They postponed the...
Legislator: Purchasing Smallholder Farmers’ Natural Rubber by the Ministry of Public Works and Housing Can Be An Alternative for Infrastructure Development Model

Legislator: Purchasing Smallholder Farmers’ Natural Rubber by the Ministry of Public Works and Housing Can Be An Alternative for Infrastructure Development Model

The member of House of Representatives for Commission V Muhammad Rifqinizami Karsayuda hopes the farmers' rubber purchasing program by the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) can be a model for infrastructure development in the region. He suggested that the Ministry of PUPR give a role model for the purchase of rubber farmers to PUPR agencies at provincial and district/city levels throughout Indonesia. Legislators from the Indonesian Democratic...
Reprimand Concerning Natural Rubber Purchasing by Members of Parliament, Minister Basuki added Riau Into the List

Reprimand Concerning Natural Rubber Purchasing by Members of Parliament, Minister Basuki added Riau Into the List

Minister of Public Works and Housing (PUPR) Basuki Hadimuljono conveyed an apology to members of the House of Representatives. The latter protested because rubber produced by farmers in Riau Province was not purchased in the Covid-19 impact mitigation refocussing program at the Ministry of Public Works and Housing. In his presentation at a joint meeting of the House of Representatives Commission V on Monday (05/11/2020), Minister Basuki explained that the...
Nearly No Demand During Pandemic, Car Selling Down 90%

Nearly No Demand During Pandemic, Car Selling Down 90%

Covid-19 pandemic inflicted a significant blow to the automotive sector. Vehicle sales in April 2020 fell by 90.6% compared to the same month in the previous year due to weakening purchasing power and lack of demand. The Association of Indonesian for Automotive Industries (GAIKINDO) noted that car sales in April 2020 declined 90.6% to only 7,871 units compared to the same month in the previous year, which reached 84,056 units....
In the Middle of Pandemic, Rubber Factory Still Operates

In the Middle of Pandemic, Rubber Factory Still Operates

The West Kalimantan Plantation Office confirmed that the rubber factory in its area was still operating amid the COVID-19 outbreak. The Head of the West Kalimantan Plantation Office, Heronimus Hero, accompanied by the Chairman of the West Kalimantan Indonesian Rubber Company (GAPKINDO), Jusdar and other entourage visited a rubber processing factory at PT Hok Tong Pontianak. The visit was to ensure that the rubber factory amid the COVID-19 outbreak in...