Vietnam: Rubber exporters neglect domestic buyers

Viet Nam is now the world's fourth leading latex rubber exporter, with exports last year totalling 780,000 tonnes and generating a record turnover of US$2.3 billion. With latex prices up by 82 per cent over the previous year, 2010 export turnover was nearly double 2009 levels. Overzealous exporters, however, have required local industries to import latex from other countries for domestic

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