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Malaysia’s Export of Rubber Gloves - World
- Share of nitrile gloves of Malaysia’s total glove export increased from 46% to just 55% in 4 years
Nitrile, 46% NR, 54% Nitrile, 50% NR, 50% Nitrile, 51% NR, 49%
Year 2012 Year 2013 Year 2014 1H Year 2015
Nitrile, 55% NR, 45%
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Intensified competition
Market outlook
Developed markets had improved growth in import of natural rubber gloves due to latex price collapse Emerging markets like South America and China registered strong growth in both types of rubber gloves albeit from a low base. Note that many emerging markets exhibited high double digit nitrile glove growth Malaysia’s export ratio of natural rubber to nitrile glove has reached 49:51 for 2014 & 45:55 for 1H2015 US latex:nitrile import ratio for year 2014 was 22:78; 1H2015 USA nitrile grew 20% EU latex:nitrile import ratio for year 2014 was 43:57 Malaysian rubber glove exports (1H2014) 23,567 million pieces & (1H2015) 25,980 million pairs or 10.2% higher 1H2015 Nitrile glove export grew 20% & Latex glove export grew 0%
2012 (mil pairs) 2013 (mil pairs) 2014 (mil pairs)* % change (2013 to 2014)* Destination Latex Nitrile Latex Nitrile Latex Nitrile Latex Nitrile USA 3,446 9,649 3,346 10,801 3,158 11,525 (5.6%) 6.7% EU 5,865 5,352 6,105 7,231 6,003 8,104 (1.67%) 12.07% Japan 737 1,394 721 1,757 773 1,750 7.21% (0.39%) South America 3,106 175 3,903 185 4,692 277 20.21% 49.72% China 542 182 789 293 1,009 339 27.88% 15.69%
Table: Malaysia Export of Rubber Gloves (source: MREPC)
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