The downturn in the rubber market make rubber farmers helpless abandoned cut, even into Betel nut, vegetables and other economic crops. Chinese Securities News reporter recently found in Hainan research, due to the rubber price fell below the rubber farmers psychological price, "abandoned cut" phenomenon is very common, some areas "ten households nine abandoned", resulting in 2014 private rubber yield decline.
Rubber is a kind of commodity, China rubber planting area reaches 17100000 mu, annual output of 864800 tons, but still can't get rid of a lot of imports of rubber industry current situation, still there are 80% dependent on imports. 2012 in the "bear market" background, since the price of more than 70, glue, more than China rubber farmers suffered the pain of decline, Thailand are the main producers also suffers loss. Price has forced Thailand, Malaysia rubber yield in major production areas is expected to decline, the supply and demand situation will slowly repaired, glue price is expected to gradually stabilized.
"Fall" of rubber tree
In January 5, 2015, Hainan's winter is suffused with a chill, Chinese Securities News reporters came to the city 50 kilometers away from Haikou of Hsinchu Town, ding'an. Hainan Island is located in the Northeast central, Torin Wenchang, here is the production of rubber District of Hainan.
The garage in the village a muddy path, can be seen from time to time on both sides of the rubber tree was blown down by a typhoon. And China Securities News reporter peer survey township cadres said, in the past after the typhoon will immediately put down the rubber tree up, but this year, the tree will fall rubber farmers almost don't care.
More than "abandoned" Fu ", abandoned cut" has become a common phenomenon in the local, only to the agricultural large county -- Ding'an County, Hsinchu Town, originally a year can be tapping for 8 months, in 2014 only cut 1 months, and 26000 acres of forest, open cut area only about half.
See reporters in Hsinchu Zhen Lu Di Cun, a rubber plantation, he lifted his eyes rubber forest overgrown with weeds, shrubs almost half person is tall, in front of the rubber tree do not cut off the scratches. According to the cadre peer Township said, is mainly adhesive glue price too low, farmers are not management, and also give the tapping.
"In 2012, semi product rubber purchase is 37000 yuan / ton, in 2013, private rubber average 15000 yuan / ton, this year the finished rubber is only 9000 yuan / ton, semi product rubber is only 6000 yuan / ton." The fifty year old village cadres explained.