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bleNo.

Production of Natural Rubber in Major

Producing Countries.

Production of Synthetic Rubber in Major

Producing Countries.
Consumption of Natural and Synthetic
Rubber in Major Consuming Countries.

10

Estimated Per Capita Consumption of

Natural and Synthetic Rubber.

12

1.5

Sectoral Outlays and Amounts Utilised

by the Industrial Sector During Various
Five Year Plans.

15

1.6

Sectoral Distribution of Net National

18

Product and State Domestic Product.

1.7

Growth of Per Capita Income in Kerala

and India.

19

Net State Domestic Product - Manufactur

ing Sector (1970-71 to 1984-85).

20

Principal Characteristics of the Industrial

sector (Factory Sector) in Kerala.

22

Table No.
1.10

Central Sector Industrial Investment in

Kerala.

1.11

Deposits and Credit of the Public Sector

26

Banks.

1.12

Total Assistance Extended by All India

Financial Institutions Upto March 1987.

28

Number of Licensed Manufacturers in Differ

47

ent States at the End of Each Year.

2.2

Consumption of Natural. Synthetic and

Reclaimed Rubber in India.

51

State-wise Consumption of All Kinds of

57

Rubber.
2.4

Distribution of Manufacturers According

to Their Total Consumption.

58

2.5

Consumption of All Kinds of Rubber Accord

61

ing to End Products.

2.6

Production of Rubber Products in India.

63

2.7

Fixed Capital. Working Capital, Value

65

Added, Number of Employees, Total Emo1u

ments. Materials Consumed, Total Input

and Total Output in the RubberBased Indu

stry in India.

Table No.

2.8

3.3

3.5

Installed Capacity and Production of

Selected Industries.
Production of Natural Rubber in Kerala
and India.

74

Results of the Estimated Output Response

Equations.

78

Average Yield Per Hectare of Natural

Rubber in Kerala and India.

80

Results of Estimated Yield Response

Equations.

84

Area under Natural Rubber in Kerala and

India.

86

Results of the Acreage Response Equations

95

(Nerlove TSLS).

Results of the Acreage Response Equations

96

(Nerlove OLS).

3.8

Results of the Acreage Response Equations

(Fisher).

97

Number of Licensed Manufacturers in Kerala

at the End of Each Year.

100

Table No.

Consumption of Different Kinds of Rubber

in Kerala.
Total Number of Licensed Rubber Manufact

109

uring Units and Their Licensed Quantity

of Consumption.

Fixed Capital. working Capital. Wages and

112

Salaries to Employees, Number Employed,

Materials Consumed, Total Inputs, Total

Output and Value Aded in the Tyres and
Tube Industry for the Years 1973-74 to
1984-85.

Fixed Capital. Working Capital. Wages and

Salaries to Employees, Number Employed,
Materials Consumed. Total Inputs, Total
Output and Value Added in the Other Rubber
Products Sector for the Years 1973-74 to

114

1984-85.

Fixed Capital, working Capital. Wages and

117

Salaries to Employees, Number Employed.

Materials Consumed. Total Inputs, Total

Output and Value Added in the Rubber-based
Industry for the Years 1973-74 to 1984-85.
5.1

Monthly Average Market Prices of Lot

Rubber at Kottayam.

131

Table No. Page

5.2 Average Market Price of Lot Rubber at 134
Kottayam.

5.3 Grade-wise Prices of Styrene Butadiene 140

and Nitrile Rubber.

5.4 Average Price of Polybutadiene Rubber. 142

5.5 Index Number of wholesale Prices of Se1e- 145
cted Commodities.

6.1 Labour Productivity, Capital Productivity 159

and Capital Intensity in the Rubber-based
Industry During the Period 1973-74 to

6.2 Total Factor Productivity Indices in the 167

Rubber-based Industry for the years 1973-74
to 1984-85.

6.3 Regression Coefficients of the Cobb-Douglas 175

Production Function.

6.4 Regression Coefficients of the C.E.S. Product- 179

ionFunction.

6.5 Regression Coefficients of the V.E.s. Produ- 183

ction Function.

Table No.

Estimation of Elasticity of Substitution

for V.E.S. Production Function Model.
7.1

Capacity Utilisation of the Sample Units

Hiring the Year 1986-87.
Problems of Finance Faced by the Sample

1906191

194

Units.
7.3

7.6

Problems of Raw Materials Encountered by

the Sample Units.

198

Problems of Labour Encountered by the

Sample Units.

201

Problems of Power Supply Faced by the

Sample Units.

204

Problems in Marketing Faced by the

Sample Units.

207

APPENDIX

Table

Estimates of the Semi-log Trend Equat

ions.

221

Production of Natural, Synthetic and Re

claimed Rubber in India.

222

Table

Area and Average Yield Per Hectare of

Natural Rubber in India.

223

world Production of Natural and Synthetic

224

Rubber.

world Consumption of Natural and Synthetic

225

Rubber.

Production of Natural Rubber in Different

States.

226

State-wise Area Under Natural Rubber.

227

Area Under Natural Rubber in Different

States (1986-87).

228

LIST OF DIAGRAMS

Diagram No.

2.1

Number of Licensed Manufacturers in India.

48

2.2

Consumption of Natural, Synthetic and

Reclaimed Rubber in India.

52

Diagram No.

2.3

Consumption of Different Types of Rubber

in India (1986-87).
Consumption of Natural Rubber According

62

to End Products.

3.3

Production of Natural Rubber in Kerala

and India.

75

Average Yield Per Hectare of Natural

Rubber in Kerala.

81

Area Under Natural Rubber in Kerala and

87

India.

4.2

Number of Licensed Manufacturers in

Kerala.

101

Consumption of Natural. Synthetic and

Reclaimed Rubber in Kerala.

105

Fixed Capital, working Capital. Wages

and Salaries. Output and Value Added
in the Tyres and Tube Industry.

113

Fixed Capital, working Capital, wages

and Salaries, Output and Value Added
in the Other Rubber Products Sector.

115

Fixed Capital, Working Capital. Wages

and Salaries, Output and Value Added
in the Rubber-based Industry.

118

Diagram No.

5.1

Average Market Price of Natural Rubber.

132

5.2

Average Market Price of Synthetic Rubber.

141

wholesale Price Index of Raw Materials.

146

Wholesale Price Index of Finished Rubber

Products.

147