The latest data shows that in the first quarter of 2023, Vietnam exported a total of 129,000 tons of natural rubber, a year-on-year decrease of 20% from 161,000 tons last year. Among them, the export of standard rubber was 86,000 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 19.6%; the export of smoked sheet rubber was 12,000 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 33%; the export of latex was 29,000 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 19.4%.
In the first quarter, Vietnam exported a total of 260,000 tons of mixed rubber, a year-on-year increase of 3.6% from 251,000 tons last year. Among them, the mixed export of SVR3L was 55,000 tons, an increase of 5.8% year-on-year; the mixed export of SVR10 was 202,000 tons, an increase of 3.6% year-on-year; the mixed export of RSS3 was 4,300 tons, an increase of 13% year-on-year.
In the first quarter, Vietnam's natural rubber exports to China totaled 31,000 tons, a year-on-year increase of 63% from 19,000 tons last year.
In the first quarter, Vietnam's mixed rubber exports to China totaled 260,000 tons, a year-on-year increase of 3.6% from 251,000 tons last year. Among them, the mixed export of SVR3L was 55,000 tons, a year-on-year increase of 5.8%; the mixed export of SVR10 was 202,000 tons, an increase of 3.6% year-on-year; the mixed export of RSS3 was 3,200 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 11%.
On the whole, Vietnam exported 389,000 tons of natural rubber and mixed rubber in the first quarter, a decrease of 5.6% from 412,000 tons in the same period last year; a total of 291,000 tons were exported to China, an increase of 7.8% from 270,000 tons last year.