Global synthetic rubber consumption totaled 618,000 metric tons in the year of April 2020 to March 2021. This was a reduction of five percent from the previous financial year. The volume of general synthetic rubber goods consumed worldwide fell 15 percent in 2020/2021, while the consumption of auto tires and tubes increased 0.4 percent. Global synthetic rubber production decreased by 4.3 percent in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic,
Consumption of synthetic rubber worldwide from 2016/2017 to 2020/2021, by end use
(in metric tons)
*Figures are provisional.
Financial year runs from April to March of each year.
This statistic has been assembled using several editions of the report.
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Rubber Board. (July 22, 2021). Consumption of synthetic rubber worldwide from 2016/2017 to 2020/2021, by end use (in metric tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 25, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/888329/world-consumption-distribution-of-synthetic-rubber/
Rubber Board. "Consumption of synthetic rubber worldwide from 2016/2017 to 2020/2021, by end use (in metric tons)." Chart. July 22, 2021. Statista. Accessed May 25, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/888329/world-consumption-distribution-of-synthetic-rubber/
Rubber Board. (2021). Consumption of synthetic rubber worldwide from 2016/2017 to 2020/2021, by end use (in metric tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 25, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/888329/world-consumption-distribution-of-synthetic-rubber/
Rubber Board. "Consumption of Synthetic Rubber Worldwide from 2016/2017 to 2020/2021, by End Use (in Metric Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Jul 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/888329/world-consumption-distribution-of-synthetic-rubber/
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