In Malaysia,
In the last decade, the world NR industry has undergone very rapid and fundamental
changes with the appearance of many new players, in particular the growth of some
traditional suppliers and the emergence of new ones. Much of the changes and
consequent challenges, both internally and externally, have impacted on Malaysia's
comparative and competitive advantage in NR cultivation.
Notwithstanding this, the Malaysian rubber industry has evolved through the years
and transformed itself into a more integrated industry where the rapid developments
of the mid- and downstream industries have made the industry a multi-billion ringgit
one. This was vastly aided by the introduction of the three Industrial Master Plans
which gave greater impetus to the growth of the rubber and rubberwood
manufacturing sectors. The rubber cultivation industry or the upstream sector became
a major raw material supplier to two value-added resource-based industries. With this......
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