INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

Detailed explanation-1: -a. Malaysia: Malaysia generally produces rubber in the Malay peninsula and accounts for almost 10 percent of the total production of rubber in the world. It produces almost 1.27 million metric tonnes of rubber every year and holds the third rank in rubber production.

Detailed explanation-2: -Thailand produced 4.83 million metric tons of natural rubber in 2021, which accounted for approximately 35 percent of global natural rubber production that year. This made Thailand the world’s leading natural rubber producing country.

Detailed explanation-3: -Malaysia contributes to 46 percent of total rubber production in the world and produces about 1-5 million tons of rubber annually.

Detailed explanation-4: -Fourth. Hint: World rank area production value among the world’s leading natural rubber producing countries, (in tonnes) are Thailand (4, 305, 069), Indonesia (3, 107, 544), Vietnam (946, 865), India (900, 000).

Detailed explanation-5: -Natural rubber production increased by 17.7 per cent in January 2022 (49, 087 tonnes) as compared to December 2021 (41, 690 tonnes).