Before now natural rubber producers have always been advice by experts to reduce production/supply whenever there is fall in price of natural rubber. The recent fall in the price of natural rubber is not as a result of over supply/low demand of the produce but as a result of the trade war between the USA and China. What advice will you give to the natural rubber producers
King Leopold's Ghost gave me an example of how Rubber was profitable business. The use of slave labor and abuse to gain this was horrific.It was a problem back then as it is today.
My advise to the natural rubber producers is to remind China about the atrocities and history of natural rubber and comply peacefully diminishing the past and creating a better reputation for the future,
Considering the situation at hand, individual rubber producers might have less to do. The question is who regulates the rubber price? If the price is not a demand and supply regulations as you indicated, another question is whether any international organization has a role in the price regulation. I have not followed rubber issues recently but I think much need to be brought to light before we can suggest what rubber producers should do.
WAIT AND SEE if the fall of orice is due to the recent spat between China and the US because this is a macro issue. Individual rubber producers are at micro level who feel the trickle down effect of condition changes in the market. The present trade war may put Chinese producers on a slow track, but this trade spat will not endure for long because gthe economies of China and US are interconnected and inter-dependent .... protracted trade war will result in mutual losses.
ADVICE TO FARMERS is to keep producing and stock production inventory, then sell when the price returns to its prior higher level. For now sell enough quantity to cover expenses. Postpone gratification always has a larger pay off.