The Pandemic Revealed The Importance of Malaysian Rubber Industries Internationally against COVID-19
By:Imran Azmi
If China is the suppose champion in N95 mask production, Malaysia on the other hand are the major player in supplying clinical rubber glove to the world. Malaysia adds up to 46 percent of all out rubber production on the planet and delivers around one to five million tonnes of natural rubber every year.Statistically, Malaysia itself exports its medical gloves to 190 countries, or around 65% of the world’s requirement of about 225 billion pieces per year.Due to the fight against COVID-19. The surge of demands for medical gloves roses into an unparalleled levels and all eyes are on Malaysia.As a worldwide battle has risen over diminishing clinical supplies. Here in this article we are going deep down into the Malaysian Rubber industry, a vital industry in the war with COVID-19.
The situation was put on hold by the Restricted Movement Order (RMO) imposed in Malaysia that critically shut down important companies that produced said gloves. Under the initiative launched by the Malaysian Association of Rubber Gloves Manufacturers (MARGMA) then approached Malaysian Government and discussed the importance of continuation of Malaysian Rubber glove production.In which they agreed to let more than 200 glove production factory to operate, This could churn out 187 Billion of gloves. After that, MARGMA gave affirmation to the World Health Organization (WHO) that Malaysia will ceaselessly supply clinical gloves to battle Covid-19 notwithstanding any conditions outside its ability to control.
Indeed, even The so called ‘ultra powerful’ United States of America has ‘magically’ lifted a prohibition on a Malaysian clinical glove maker so they could get their hands on it in the midst of chaos.The United States government restricted WRP product to enter the US since last October, on a premise of allegation that WRP are utilizing forced labour as the method of production in the company,in which the company denied (WRP Asia-Pacific is a (WRP is a Malaysian-based top producer and exporter of premium quality glove items specifically in clinical sector). Even President Donald Trump raised his concern on this issue on 23 March in which he told the media that America is confronting an enormous danger of losing the battle against the coronavirus pandemic if basic clinical inventory are cutted. This statement are supported by Matthew Griffith, a disease transmission specialist for the World Health Organization's territorial office in Philippines, in which he said that an the short supply of latex based clinical gloves would add to the difficulties human services laborers face in sourcing supplies to battle the deadly coronavirus pandemic.
Other than WRP Asia Pacific,there are also other Malaysian home-grown brand that managed to put its name in the limelight. It was founded in late 1988, Hartalega is the world's biggest nitrile glove maker, fabricating almost 14 billion gloves every year,and the production rate is still climbing up consistently every year to compensate for global demand. It also fares its production around the world.All this success and recognition could be granted to the R&D framework created by Rubber Research Institute of Malaysia and Malaysian Rubber Board. They has made critical commitments and fills in as the most far reaching and advanced R&D set up for a single commodity in Malaysia.This two government organization are the huge pioneer in the creation and fare of rubber products for the world.
The Malaysian Government should never have sought the business of rubber from a limited point of view of an insignificant provider of crude rubber and this COVID-19 pandemic has proof it. Industrialised countries are fighting over medical supplies but right here in our on soil we are the provider. Advancements in the most recent decade give an away from vast possibilities for the business when it is created in a progressively coordinated way. The seriousness of the rubber industry ought to be analyzed as an incorporated element crossing the whole business from rubber technology development to downstream worth-included ventures.In this sense of Pandemic, we could see the role of Malaysian company and Malaysian made commodities as the primary subject for the fight against a war. A war in which the enemy couldn’t be seen while rubber industry development as such doesn't create alluring incomes back to the pool of reserves, rubber items-based production and rubberwood ventures offer worthwhile returns. The principal serious edge of Malaysia's incorporated rubber industry opposite other creating nations is the far reaching R&D and specialized back-up just as the few motivators offered by the legislature to all areas of the business. The world has now seen the true potential and true damage of turning off the industry switch of Malaysia.
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