China, US remain largest buyers of Indonesia's NR

摘要

Despite the recent drop in Indonesia's NR exports to China, the US and Japan, the three countries remain the largest markets for natural rubber from that country. The US and China are feeling the effects of their recent economic slowdown but the two countries, as well as Japan, are still the largest buyers of NR from North Sumatra," according to Edy Irwansyah, Secretary of the North Sumatra branch of the Indonesian Association of Rubber Companies (Gapkindo). North Sumatra is one of the largest producers and exporters of NR in Indonesia, which is the world's second largest producer of the commodity.