Due to unavailability of data on export and import of rubber, the government is unable to take concrete steps to help the farmers- Nirmala Sitharaman.
Ref:- The Economic Times news
Respected Madam,
I would like to seek your kind attention to the data of export collected from the Rubber Board which is a statutory body of Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Unfortunately Rubber Board is closing their eyes on the irregularities on Export. The main exports are with the support of political parties.http://rubberboard.org.in/exportersdisplay.asp
If Pala Rubber Marketing Society exported on Rupees 2.11 per kg (average) when the price of RSS 4 at Kottayam was Rs 92/kg on August 2006. The export from India to Malaysia also on lower rates. Rubber Board failed to maintain the export details on their sites. http://www.indiannaturalrubber.com/EXPcountry.aspx
The Import is controlled by the DGFT which is under Ministry of Commerce and Industry. It is their responsibility to provide accurate data to the ministry. As per annual rubber statistics Vol 36 on page number xii quantity of import as 217364 Tones with a value of 3887.9 Cores for the year 2012-13. In the same volume on page number 30 value of natural rubber imported from various Countries was Rs 45901 Million for the year 2012-13. I hope that the quantity of import will increase after one or two years without changing the balance stock.
Channel wise import of Natural Rubber for the month of May, June and July 2014 is not available on the net.http://www.indiannaturalrubber.com/IMPChannel.aspx The Country wise import on May 34701.660 June 32949.480 & July 43104.178 for the year 2014 as per http://www.indiannaturalrubber.com/IMPCountry.aspx
Recently Kerala CM took an initiative to sell Natural Rubber for RSS 4 at Rs. 130/kg on a talk with 12 manufacturers and bulk dealers including exemption of VAT up to 31st March 2014. Unfortunately under the pretext of visual grading system the dealers will make the profit from it. The decision is taken at the time when International price took an upward trend. The tapping rest will start after January. This decision is to help the manufacturers only by holding stock by the farmers. The price difference is sufficient for profitable duty paid import which will be consumed in India. It will provide excess stock in the market with less demand.
I request you to take appropriate action against Rubber Board on low priced export from India below Kottayam Market Price. Guide the Rubber Board to rectify the mathematical error in statistics from 2010-11 onward. And take action on DGFT form low priced import. Also I request you to implement Anti-dumping duty on low priced import from 2010-11 onwards.
Yours Faithfully
S.Chandrasekharan Nair
A small scale Rubber Grower
Mob: 09447183033
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