Distribution of global production
The global production of natural rubber totaled 13,6 million tons in 2019. Asia represents 90% of the this production.
Africa: development potential for rubber production
With a growing share of 8% of the world’s production, West Africa offers an ideal development potential for the production of rubber with its favourable climatic conditions, large areas of available non forest land and farm workers.
African rubber, which stands at 1.1 million tons, is finding a natural outlet in the European market.