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Rubber in Tripura

India's second rubber state. This guide covers where rubber grows in Tripura, when it reaches the market, where and how it is sold, and who buys it.

AgricultureIndustry.in › Cash and Plantation Crops › Rubber in Tripura
Main districtsWest Tripura, Sepahijala, Gomati, Dhalai
SeasonTapping mostly September–February.
Government buyingNo MSP; private trade
ResearchCollege of Agriculture, Lembucherra, Agartala
Export routeLand routes to Bangladesh (Chittagong)
StateTripura farm trade guide

About Rubber

India is a leading natural rubber producer and an even bigger consumer, because of its tyre industry. Kerala grows most of the crop.

Where Rubber Is Grown in Tripura

The main rubber districts of Tripura are West Tripura, Sepahijala, Gomati, Dhalai. Tripura is India's second-largest natural rubber producer and grows rice, pineapple (the Queen variety is GI-tagged), jackfruit and vegetables.

Season in Tripura

Tapping mostly September–February. Exact arrival dates in Tripura depend on local sowing and the monsoon, so check current arrivals before planning purchases.

How Rubber Is Sold in Tripura

Produce is sold through local markets and traders, with rubber marketed through the Rubber Board network and state agencies.

Key markets for Rubber in Tripura

State Agencies in Tripura

Rubber has no minimum support price, so it is bought almost entirely by private traders, processors and exporters. State marketing bodies regulate the markets and support farmer producer organisations.

Quality and Price Notes

Most small growers in Kerala make ribbed smoked sheets: latex is coagulated with acid in pans, rolled into sheets, and dried in smoke houses. Sheets are graded RSS1 to RSS5 by cleanliness and colour; RSS4 is the benchmark grade quoted daily by the Rubber Board. Factories make ISNR (Indian Standard Natural Rubber) block rubber, preferred by tyre makers, and centrifuged latex for gloves, balloons, foam and condoms.

Indian rubber prices follow the Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur markets, adjusted for import duty and freight. Tyre demand from the auto industry, monsoon disruption of tapping in Kerala, and labour shortages decide the domestic balance. When domestic prices fall below world prices, growers cut tapping; when they rise, imports grow.

With little new land in Kerala, the Rubber Board and tyre companies are expanding plantations in Tripura, Assam, Meghalaya and Mizoram, where rubber is replacing shifting cultivation on hill slopes.

Buyers, Processors and Exporters

These companies and bodies buy, process or export rubber across India, including from Tripura. Tap a name for details.

Research and Advice in Tripura

New varieties, crop advice and seed for rubber growers in Tripura come from the state agricultural universities below and from the Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) in each district.

Check today's rubber prices in Tripura

Rubber in Other States

Kerala · Karnataka · Tamil Nadu · Assam

Related: Rubber – all India · Tripura · All crops

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