Note: Data for years before 1963 relate to Malaya.
Sources of data:Malayan rubber figure for 1905 refers to exports and is obtained from Tate (1996). p. 210.
Figures for 1942-1944 were obtained from Kratoska (1998), Table 8.3, p. 227.
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Figures for rubber export were obtained from United Nation Statistics Division, UN Comtrade website
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