01019nam a2200121Ia 4500 220216s9999 xx 000 0 und d Haridasan V Rubber wood market in India- Emerging changes Placrosym VII, Coonoor, 1986. Journal of Plantation Crops, 16(Supplement):141-145 This paper tries to evaluate the contribution of rubber wood to the wood based industry in Kerala and Kanyakumari district of Tamilnadu. The main consumer of rubber wood is the packing case manufacturing industry, accounting for about 13.6 million cft.The present study has attempted to evaluate the consumption of rubber wood in other sectors of wood based industry viz. plywood, splinters, veneers, accessories to textile mills and furniture. Theses industries consumed about 93000 cmt of rubber wood. The main conclusion of the study is that the rubber wood is supplying about 68 per cent of the requirements of small scale wood based industry in Kerala. Rubber wood JS 68139 68139 0 0 0 8 MAIN MAIN 2021-12-17 0 2021-12-17 00:00:00 2022-02-16 JS