Weather—or rather, climate change—set an unusually disruptive tone for Southeast Asia’s rubber-producing heartland in 2025, reshaping the region’s tapping rhythms, export cycles and market expectations even as the peak production months arrived. What began as a season expected to bring only moderate climatic variability quickly evolved into a year defined by overlapping ocean-atmosphere anomalies.
Highlights
• Extreme rains disrupt production cycles across producing hubs
• Hub Southern Thailand face heavy damage in peak months
• Indonesia and Malaysia face steeper late-year losses