21.   Dr Lim also said that Bahau and Sungai Petani were the biggest producers of natural rubber in the peninsula.

22.   Even natural rubber, which many had once labelled as being the sunset industry, is still receiving a great deal of support from the Government.

23.   Even though there was a rise in the use of natural rubber, it was slow compared to the increased production.

24.   For decades the northern Bolivian region depended on the natural rubber industry.

25.   For the allies, it was the major source of natural rubber following the fall of Malaya in World War II.

26.   He said the natural rubber industry could be sustained only if the major suppliers united all the producers and monitored supply and demand in the global market.

27.   Inro, which groups natural rubber producers and consumers, attempts to stabilise prices within a band primarily through the operation of a buffer stock.

28.   It buys natural rubber from the market to support prices when they are too low and sells from the stockpile to contain high prices.

29.   KL Kepong is a producer and processor of palm products, natural rubber and cocoa on its plantations.

30.   Lim said the natural rubber industry could be sustained only if the major suppliers united and monitored supply and demand in the global market.