Uneven recovery for glove players


RHB Research expects glove makers’ profitability to recover year-on-year by end-2024.

PETALING JAYA: The recovery of the Malaysian rubber glove industry remains uneven, as indicated by April’s weak export data, says RHB Research.

According to the research firm, this implied that demand has still not caught up to industry expectations of inventory normalising to pre-pandemic levels.

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