Latex goods account for 83.1% of total exports for rubber products in Q1 2022

KUALA LUMPUR: The rubber export performance for the first quarter (Q1) of 2022, witnessed latex goods accounted for 83.1 per cent of total exports of rubber products, with the gloves subsector remaining as the largest export revenue generator for the rubber industry, said Malaysian Rubber Council (MRC).

It said in a statement the gloves subsector however showed a decrease of 66.2 per cent equalling to RM6.04 billion in the first three months of 2022, from RM17.86 billion in the same period last in 2021.