Vietnamese Rubber:
Harvested area: 232,000 ha.
Production: 300,700 tons.
Harvest period: Year-round.
Main Varieties: Agamic strain: RRIC 121, RRIM 712, PP 260, LH 82/158, LH 82/156, LH 82/182.
Natural Rubber in block form is classified into 6 grades: SVR CV60, SVR CV50, SVR 3L, SVR 5, SVR 10 and SVR 20.
Intimex Company is a well-known rubber exporter in Vietnam with average annual export of Natural Rubber of over 2,500 metric tons. For example, in exporting rubber, we exported 4,512 tons in 2001 and 2,920 tons in 2002. Vietnamese National Standards are applied to Natural Rubber processed in block form, latex and field grade materials such as cup lump or coagulum. Vietnam rubber is exported to many countries and areas world-wide. China and Singapore are biggest customers. Other regular markets include: Russia, Korea, Germany, Malaysia, Spain and East European countries. In the future, America and Australia will become important partners of Vietnam and Intimex also.
We wish to co-operate with domestic and foreign organizations to develop Vietnam rubber industry.