245,500 tons of rubber per year to be collected by 2020
Rubber production in Cambodia is expected to increase by 245,500 tons per year by 2020, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF). MAFF Minister Chan Sarun said on Aug 30 that Cambodia will have 365,000 hectares for rubber production as the amount of available land increased by 181,040 hectares in the first six months of 2011. In the first six months of 2011, 21,511 tons of rubber worth US$1,022 million were exported abroad. Rubber was introduced to Cambodia in 1910 on 150 hectares of land in Kampot’s Prey Tob area during French colonial rule.
