ISBN: - 978-93-88936-09-5 Latex is coagulated in suitable containers into thin slabs of coagulum and sheeted through a set of smooth rollers followed by a grooved set and dried to obtain sheet rubber. Sheet rubbers are classified into two; Ribbed Smoked Sheets and air Derived Sheets (Pale Amber Unmasked Sheets). A major quantity of rubber in India (about 71 per cent) is marketed in the sheet form at present, as it is the oldest and the simplest method of processing latex into a marketable form. (b) Synthetic rubber Natural rubber is an all purpose rubber but due to its shortage during the Second World War period many types of synthetic rubbers were developed. They are classified as general purpose rubbers and speciality rubbers. (c) Reclaimed rubber Reclaimed rubber is manufactured by treatment of old and worn out tyres, tubes and other used rubber articles with certain chemical agents at a high temperature/pressure. Reclaimed rubber is used in the manufacture of goods usually in blend with natural or synthetic rubber. The manufacturing industry in India consumed 102,435 tonnes of reclaimed rubber during 2014-15. 5.2 (F) Brokerage and commission In Kanyakumari district as it has been stated that there are more than 200 retailers have obtained license for dealing in latex from the government through the rubber board. They are called upon to maintain proper accounts for the number of sheets produced every day from the local planters and the money paid out to them. 5.2 (G) Fluctuations in Rubber Price The price for rubber products plays a crucial role in fostering the growth of the rubber industry in Kanyakumari district. The most important rubber product are the rubber sheet, as it is well known a rubber sheet of standard size and quality weight of 1 kg with a view to find out the changes in the prices of rubber sheets day after day, month after month and year after year. The investigator has taken pains to collect details about the prices of rubber sheets from well-established producers since 1995. 5.3 (H) Inadequate Supply of Rubber The demand for rubber product is high. During 1950, India was an exporter of natural rubber and the position reversed. Thereafter day by day rubber based industries are increasing. Therefore the demand for rubber is increase. The problem faced by the rubber producers in Kanyakumari district is that they are unable to crop up with the unprecedented increase in the demand for rubber in certain environment. 5.3 (I) Price of rubber The prices of NR is currently the most significant issue of the global rubber industry and trade, as NR has now become more of a social commodity affecting the livelihood over 30 million 132
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