Prices of natural rubber in Karnataka fall by 26.31% in 14 years

Prices of earthy rubber successful Karnataka person fallen by 26.31% successful the past 14 years, from ₹247 per kg successful 2011 to ₹182 per kg successful 2025.

Senior economist Vigneshwar Varmudi said astir 27% of compound rubber is imported to the state astatine zero percent import work chiefly from ASEAN and SAPTA countries. This is the main crushed for the prices of earthy rubber falling and not maintaining stableness successful the home market, helium said.

Mr. Varmudi said that galore growers successful the State person begun cutting rubber trees owed to terms clang and are replacing rubber plantations with arecanut and different operation activities.

Natural rubber growers of Karnataka astatine a State-level league astatine Ujire successful Dakshina Kannada connected Saturday urged the Union authorities to hole the basal terms of rubber for imports astatine ₹258 per kg and summation the import work connected compound rubber from the contiguous complaint of zero to 5% to the maximum complaint of 25% to prevention the home rubber growers. They urged the State authorities to hole ₹258 per kg arsenic minimum enactment terms for earthy rubber.

Karnataka State Rubber Belegarara Hitarakshana Vedike organised the conference.