As Thailand emerges from its most severe political unrest in 18 years, the impact on businesses is mounting. The troubles also took a toll on its rubber industry, of which it is the largest supplier in the world, and it is slowly picking up from where it left off, says Yogender Malik in this article on the country. Having overcome its recent civil unrest, the largest producer of natural rubber (NR) in the world is seeing declining prices, on the back of 30% higher production of up to 200,000 tonnes in June/July after a decline in output in April/May, according to the Thai Rubber Association (TRA).
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