Natural rubber consumption 2015-2022, by country

China consumed the most natural rubber worldwide in 2022, at 5.7 million metric tons. This was followed by India and the United States, who consumed 1.3 million metric tons and one million metric tons of natural rubber that year, respectively. The outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020 caused a decrease in natural rubber consumption in many countries worldwide, but demand rebounded in 2021. Natural rubber consumptionNatural rubber comes from the Pará rubber tree, or the sharinga tree, commonly referred to as simply the rubber tree. It has many uses due to being highly waterproof, resilient, and stretchy. Accordingly, the global consumption of natural rubber is considerable. In 1990, natural rubber consumption amounted to 5.2 million metric tons, but has increased significantly since then. Chinese natural rubber consumption China is by far the largest consumer of natural rubber worldwide. China uses natural rubber for a variety of manufacturing uses, including automobile and tire manufacturing, in particular. Despite China consuming large quantities of natural rubber, its production of natural rubber is far less than countries such as Thailand and Indonesia.

2022年，中国成为全球天然橡胶的最大消费国，消费量高达570万吨。紧随其后的是印度和美国，分别消费了130万吨和100万吨天然橡胶。2020年新冠疫情的爆发导致全球许多国家天然橡胶的消费量下降，但2021年需求有所反弹。天然橡胶（来源于巴西橡胶树，又称共享树或简称为橡胶树）因其卓越的防水性、弹性和延展性而拥有广泛的用途，因此全球天然橡胶的消费量相当可观。1990年，天然橡胶的消费量约为520万吨，自那时以来，消费量显著增加。中国天然橡胶消费量方面，中国无疑是全球天然橡胶的最大消费者。中国将天然橡胶应用于多种制造领域，尤其是汽车和轮胎制造业。尽管中国消耗大量天然橡胶，但其产量远低于泰国和印度尼西亚等国家。