MARDEC Bhd will increase it annual production of natural rubber to 250,000 tonnes by next year in view of the rising trend in the commodity’s price, group chief executive Datuk Dr Mahmood Abdul Kadir said.
He said demand for natural rubber was expected to rise further due to the increase in prices of crude oil from which synthetic rubber is produced.
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