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TITLE
DECLARATION
CERTIFICATE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF TABLES
LlST OF DIAGRAMS AND CHARTS
LlST OF ABRREVIATIONS
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Statement of the Problem
1.3 Review of Literature
1.4 Objectives of the Study
1.5 Hypotheses of the Study
1.6 Methodology
1.7 Limitations
1.8 Chapter Scheme
2. LIBERALISATION MEASURES INITIATED IN THE INDIAN RUBBER MARKET
2.1. Introduction
2.2. Liberalisation Measures
2.2.1 Import of Polyurethane
2.2.2 Import of Used Tyres
2.2.3 Import of New Tyres
2.2.4 Import Under Advance Licence Scheme
2.2.5 Unabated Import of NR even after the Cancellation of ALS
2.2.6 Drastic Reduction in the Import Duty of Natural Rubber
2.2.7 Suspension of Buffer Stock Scheme (BSS)
2.2.8 STCs Passive Attitude Towards Rubber Procurement
2.2.9 Replacement of QBALS with VBALS
2.2.10. Change in the Government Policy Towards the Price of NR
2.2.11 Curtailment of Subsidy to Rubber Growers
2.2.12 Reduction in the lmport Duty of Synthetic Rubber (SR)
2.2.13. High Import of Rubber Products
2.2.14. Membership in the Regional Trade Block
2.2.15 Impact of WTO Agreement on NR
3. SUPPLY OF NATURAL RUBBER
3.1 Introduction
3.2 World Supply of NR
Fig. 3.2: -Area Under NR cultivation-World (1999)
3.3 Rubber Production in India
3.3.1. Natural Rubber Production in India
3.3.2.Production of NR in India in the Pre-liberalization period
3.3.3. Production of NR in the Post Liberalisation Period
3.3.4. Import of NR
3.3.5. Synthetic Rubber
3.3.6. Reclaimed Rubber (RR)
4. DEMAND FOR NATURAL RUBBER
4.1. Introduction
4.2. World Demand for NR
4.3. Demand for Rubber in India
4.3.1. Demand for NR
4.3.2. Consumption of NR in the Pre-Liberalisation Period
4.3.3.NR Consumption in the Post-Liberalisation Period
4.3.4 Export of NR
4.3.5. Stock of NR
4.3.6.Demand for Synthetic Rubber (SR) in India
4.3.7.Demand for Reclaimed Rubber in the Pre and Post-Liberalisation Periods
5. NATURAL RUBBER MARKET IN INDIA: ITS STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONING
5.1 Introduction
5.2. International Rubber Marketing System
5.3 Marketable Forms of NR in India.
5.4 Natural Rubber Marketing System in India
5.4.1 Individual sector
5.4.2. Co-Operative Sector
5.4.3. Corporate Sector
5.5. Marketing Channels
5.6. Role of the Rubber Board in the Indian Rubber Market
6. WTO AGREEMENT AND NATURAL RUBBER
6.1. Introduction
6.2. Status of NR in the WTO Agreement
6.3. Provisions of Bound Rates under WTO Agreement
6.4. Implication of Bound Rate Provisions on NR in India
6.5. Removal of Quantitative Restrictions (QRS) and Its Impact on Natural Rubber
6.6.Technical Barriers
6.7. Non-Tariff Barriers
6.8. Anti-Dumping Duties
6.9. Safeguard Measures
6.10 Subsidies and Counter-vailing Measures
6.11. Rubber and Countervailing Measures
6.12.WTO Agreement on Agriculture and Natural Rubber
7. NATURAL RUBBER PRICE IN INDIA
7.1. Introduction
7.2.Features of Domestic Price of NR
7.3. Price Policy and Actual Price During the Pre-Liberalisation Period.
7.4. Price Policy and Actual Price During the Post-Liberalisation Period.
7.5. Factors Influencing NR Price in India
8. CONCLUSION
8.1. Introduction
8.2 Findings and Suggestions
8.2.1 Supply Side of Indian Rubber Market
8.2.2 Demand Side of Indian Rubber Market
8.2.3 Structure of the Indian Rubber Market
8.2.4 WTO Agreements Affecting Indian Rubber Market
8.2.5 Price of Natural Rubber
8.3. Conclusion
Reference List
APPENDIX I QUESTIONNAIRE FOR COLLECTING INFORMATION FROM RUBBER CULTIVATORS
APPENDIX -2 Interview With an Estate Owner
APPENDIX 3 Questionnaire For Collecting information from Rubber Dealers
APPENDIX -4 lnterview With President, Indian Rubber DealersFedera tion
APPENDIX -5 Interview with a Large Rubber Goods Manufacturer
APPENDIX -6 Interview With the Purchase Manager, MRF
APPENDIX 7 Interview with Deputy Director of Economics, RubberBoard, Kottayam
APPENDIX 8