At the end of last year the stock Rubber (outside the regulated as) amounted to 520,000 tons, or months supply reckon on the average offtake of the year, having risen no less than 115,000 tons n the preceding seven months much more than the industry needs in November the quota for Jan Mar, was cut down from the current per cent. to 70 per cent. On this—production would be apr ly 255,000 tons. The actual figures of shipments are now available and tot: l up to 239.600 consumption during the same period the excess of 33,600 tons serving further to expand stocks.
For the present quarter, the release is 60 per cent. on which footing pr duction may be estimated as follow.
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