Côte d'Ivoire's rubber production is expected to increase by 16% to 1.1 million tons this year

According to foreign media news on April 8, Marc Genot, president of Ivorian natural rubber producer Saph, said at the company’s project launching ceremony for a new rubber processing plant in the western region of the country, Ivory Coast’s rubber production is expected to increase by 16% to 1.
1 million this year.
Tons, the output of rubber in 2020 is about 950,000 tons
.

He said that the new rubber processing plant will invest about 31 million U.
S.
dollars, which can increase the company's annual production capacity by 60,000 tons and is expected to be put into operation within two years
.
The company's current annual rubber processing capacity is 230,000 tons, while the country's rubber processing capacity in 2020 is about 664,000 tons

The government’s previously announced temporary port data show that the country’s rubber exports in 2020 will be 1.

Côte d’Ivoire is a major rubber producer in Africa
.
Due to the relatively high income of rubber planting, more farmers in the country have chosen to switch to rubber instead of cocoa in recent years, which has led to an increase in the country's rubber production