01110nam a2200133Ia 4500008004100000100001600041245005000057260008600107520066400193650001600857942000700873999001700880952007900897220216s9999    xx            000 0 und d  aHaridasan V 0aRubber wood market in India- Emerging changes  bPlacrosym VII, Coonoor, 1986. Journal of Plantation Crops, 16(Supplement):141-145  aThis 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.  aRubber wood  cJS  c68139d68139  00104078aMAINbMAINd2021-12-17l0r2021-12-17 00:00:00w2022-02-16yJS