Gengma Rubber

Gengma Rubber

　　The Nanting River Basin in Gengma County is a suitable region for rubber production. The annual diameter increment of rubber trees here is 2.59 cm, making it one of the areas with the highest growth rates in Yunnan Province. Since the successful cultivation of rubber in 1959, by 1998, the rubber planting area of state-owned enterprises and farms within the county had reached 169,237 mu, with a tapped area of 96,706 mu, producing 8,225 tons of dry rubber annually. Among them, the rubber industry of township private enterprises in the county has emerged as a significant force, covering an area of up to 108,816 mu, with a tapped area of 51,069 mu, producing 3,602 tons of dry rubber annually. The rubber planting area and output rank second in the entire province.