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Natural rubber, Thailand
Sud thaïlandais (Surat Thani), Thailand8.50°N 99.60°E
computed criticality18/100
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Thailand ≈36% of global natural rubber (≈4.85 Mt, 2024); Thailand+Indonesia+Vietnam ≈70%
2024Fault line
Natural rubber, irreplaceable for aircraft and heavy-truck tyres, where synthetic will not do, comes about 70% from three Southeast Asian countries. Thailand alone supplies nearly 36%. Grown on small rubber-tree plantations vulnerable to fungal disease and climate disruption, this supply is tightening: the 2024 shortages were a reminder that no industrial redundancy replaces the tree.
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smallholders (southern Thailand)
Sri Trang Agro-Industry
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