ABBREVIATIONS
LIST OF FIGURES
LIST OF TABLES
 

PART I: WORLD
I – World rubber production-consumption
1. World rubber production in 2011
World natural rubber production
Rubber production in Thailand
Rubber production in Indonesia
Rubber production in Malaysia
The world synthetic rubber production
2. The world rubber consumption in 2011
Overview
Natural rubber consumption in large consumers
Synthetic rubber consumption in large consumers
3. Dominant factors over world rubber production-consumption in 2011
Natural disaster and car industry
Global tyre and tube industry
Crude oil price
II – World rubber and rubber product trade in 2011
1. Overview
2. Main trade flows
3. World rubber and rubber product export in 2011
Natural rubber
Synthetic rubber
Rubber tire
4. World rubber and rubber product import in 2011
Natural rubber
Synthetic rubber
Rubber tire
5. Price volatility and dominant factors over world natural rubber price in 2011
 

PART II: VIETNAM
I – Vietnam’s natural rubber production-consumption in 2011
1. Vietnam’s rubber production in 2011
2. Natural rubber consumption in Vietnam in 2011
3. Some policies related to Vietnam’s rubber production in 2011
II – Vietnam’s natural rubber trade in 2011
1. Domestic market
2. Rubber and rubber product import in 2011
3. Rubber and rubber product export in 2011
4. Rubber and rubber product export price volatility
 

PART III: VIETNAM’S RUBBER COMPANY IN 2011
I – Raw rubber manufacturing companies
II – Rubber tire manufacturing companies
PART IV: OUTLOOK
I – Economic outlook for 2012
II – Rubber outlook in 2012
1. World
2. Vietnam
APPENDIX: DATA
 

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Global rubber production-consumption in 2000 – 2011 (million tons) 
Figure 2: The world natural rubber production, years 2000 – 2011 (thousand tons)
Figure 3: The world rubber yield, years 2000 – 2010 (ton/ha)
Figure 4: Rubber planted area in Thailand, years 2000 – 2011 (thousand ha) 
Figure 5: Thailand’s natural rubber yield, years 2000 – 2011 (ton/ha)
Figure 6: Rubber production and farm gate rubber price in Thailand, years 2000 – 2011 (thousand tons and Bath/kg)
Figure 7: Natural rubber production in Indonesia, years 2000 – 2011 (thousand tons)
Figure 8: Natural rubber production and yield in state-owned sector and private sector in Indonesia, years 2005 – 2010 (thousand tons and tons/ha)
Figure 9: Harvest rubber area in Indonesia, 2000 – 2010 (million ha)
Figure 10: Rubber planted area and production in Malaysia, years 2000 – 2011 (thousand tons and million ha)
Figure 11: Natural rubber yield and production of small scaled sector and state owned sector in Malaysia, years 2000 – 2011 (thousand tons and ton/ha)
Figure 12: The world synthetic rubber production, years 2000 – 2011 (thousand tons)
Figure 13: Synthetic rubber production in some large producers, years 2003 – 2010 (thousand tons)
Figure 14: The world natural and synthetic rubber consumption, years 2000 – 2011 (thousand tons)
Figure 15: Natural rubber consumption in China, the US, India, Japan and Malaysia, years 2003 – 2011 (thousand tons)
Figure 16: Synthetic rubber consumption in China, the US, Japan and India, years 2003 – 2011 (thousand tons)
Figure 17: European Brent crude oil (FOB) (US$/barrel)
Figure 18: World rubber and rubber product trade, years 2001 – 2010 (US$ billion)
Figure 19: World natural rubber export value, years 2001 – 2011 (thousand tons)
Figure 20: Natural rubber export volume of Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia by quarter, years 2007 – 2011 (thousand tons)
Figure 21: Natural rubber export value of Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia by quarter, years 2007 – 2011 (US$ million)
Figure 22: World synthetic rubber export value, years 2001 – 2011 (US$ billion) 
Figure 23: Synthetic rubber export value of Germany, the US, Japan and Korea by quarter, years 2007 – 2011 (US$ million)
Figure 24: World rubber tire export value, years 2001 – 2011 (US$ billion)
Figure 25: Rubber tire export value of China, Japan, Germany and the US by quarter, years 2007 – 2011 (US$ million)
Figure 26: Natural rubber import volume of China, the US, Korea and Malaysia by quarter, years 2007 – 2011 (thousand tons)
Figure 27: Natural rubber import value of China, the US, Japan, Malaysia and Korea by quarter, years 2007 – 2011 (US$ million)
Figure 28: Synthetic rubber import value of China, the US, Germany and France by quarter, years 2007 – 2011 (US$ million)
Figure 29: Rubber tire import value of the US, Germany, Canada, France and UK by quarter, years 2007 – 2011 (US$ million)
Figure 30: RSS3, SMR20 rubber price, years 2008 – 2011 (US$/ton)
Figure 31: USD/Bath exchange rate by month, years 2010 – 2011
Figure 32: USD/JPY by month, years 2010 – 2011
Figure 33: Rubber area and production in Vietnam, years 2000 – 2011 (thousand ha and tons)
Figure 34: Rubber latex production in Vietnam, years 2000 – 2011 (ton/ha)
Figure 35: Vietnam’s tire production, years 2003 – 2010 (million)
Figure 36: Latex price in Vietnam by month, years 2010 – 2011 (VND/TSC)
Figure 37: Vietnam’s rubber import volume and value, years 2006 – 2011 (thousand tons and US$ million)
Figure 38: Vietnam’s rubber import volume and value by month, years 2010 – 2011 (thousand tons and US$ million)
Figure 39: Natural and complex rubber import value of Vietnam, years 2007 – 2011 (US$ million)
Figure 40: Rubber tire and vulcanized rubber product import value of Vietnam, years 2007 – 2011 (US$ million)
Figure 41: Shares of Vietnam’s rubber and rubber product providers in 2011 
Figure 42: Rubber and rubber product import value of Vietnam from Thailand, Korea, Cambodia, China and Taiwan in 2011 (US$ million)
Figure 43: Rubber and rubber product export volume and value of Vietnam, years 2007 – 2011 (thousand tons and US$ billion)
Figure 44: Rubber and rubber product export structure of Vietnam in 2011
Figure 45: Rubber and rubber product export volume and value of Vietnam by month, years 2010 – 2011 (thousand tons and US$ million)
Figure 46: Rubber and rubber product export value of Vietnam to China by month, years 2008 – 2011 (US$ million)
Figure 47: Rubber and rubber product market structure of Vietnam in 2011
Figure 48: Natural rubber export volume and value of Vietnam to China by month, years 2008 – 2011 (thousand tons and US$ million)
Figure 49: Vietnam’s natural rubber export value to Malaysia, Taiwan, Germany, Korea and India by month, years 2009 – 2011 (ton)
Figure 50: New tire export value of Vietnam to large destinations, years 2008 – 2011 (US$ million)
Figure 51: Rubber and rubber product export price of Vietnam by month, years 2010 – 2011 (US$/kg)
Figure 52: Natural rubber average export price of Vietnam by month, years 2008 – 2011 (US$/ton)
Figure 53: US$/VND exchange rate by month, years 2010 – 2011
Figure 54: Forecast on RSS3 FOB and RSS3 SICOM prices in 2012 (US$/ton) 
Figure 55: Domestic natural latex price forecast in 2012 (VND/TSC)
Figure 56: Forecast for natural rubber export price of Vietnam in 2012 (US$/ton)
 
 

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: The global rubber production, consumption and stocks in 2008 – 2011 (thousand tons)
Table 2: The world natural rubber production-use, years 2008 – 2011 (thousand tons)
Table 3: Synthetic rubber production-use and stocks, years 2008 – 2011 (thousand tons)
Table 4: Main rubber and rubber product trade flows in the world in 2010 (US$ million)
Table 5: Import of natural rubber products in 2010 (thousand tons)
Table 6: The world synthetic rubber export flow in 2010 (US$ million)
Table 7: World tire export in 2010 (US$ million)
Table 8: World natural rubber supply-demand balance, years 2008 – 2011 (thousand tons)
Table 9: Some VRG’s main criteria in business and production plan, years 2001 – 2015
Table 10: Consumption volume and selling price of some raw rubber manufacturing companies in Vietnam
Table 11: Revenue, pre-tax profits and ROE of some raw rubber manufacturing companies in 2010 – 2011
Table 12: Vietnam’s revenue, pre-tax profits and ROE of some tire manufacturing companies in 2010 – 2011
Table 13: World economic outlook in 2012 (%)
Table 14: World natural rubber price and stocks forecast (US$/ton and ton)
Table 14: List of export tariff rate on rubber products in 2012