ISBN: - 978-93-88936-09-5 of rubber is also spread to non-traditional areas in states of Maharastra, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and West Bengal. • A product remained in an unprocessed or partly processed state is called primary product. NR is primary though some sort of processing is done to produce smoked rubber sheets. This is because the processing does not change the essential characteristics of rubber. • The natural rubber from the inception to the present period has been produced under the directions and control of various governments. In the early period it was collected by imperial states like Spain, France, and England. Later its production and exchange was under the control of state governments. However the interests of all these efforts were to gain maximum surplus for the capital employed in rubber related business. 34
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