The story
The State Forest Department introduced rubber in Tripura in 1963, and it has since spread to more than a lakh growers. Tripura is now India's second largest natural rubber producer after Kerala. Almost all the rubber is processed into sheets, block rubber or latex concentrate, but very little is turned into finished products inside the state, which is why the state promotes rubber-based industry.
In numbers
Tripura produced 1,13,351 tonnes of rubber in 2025-26.
Tripura: State Economy and Industries (IBEF) · 2026Tripura is the second largest producer of natural rubber in India after Kerala, with about 9% of national production, and has over 1,00,000 rubber growers.
Overview - Rubber (Department of Industries and Commerce, Govt of Tripura)The state had 85,453.63 hectares under rubber, an average yield of 1,350 kg per hectare and 208 group processing centres.
Overview - Rubber (Department of Industries and Commerce, Govt of Tripura)
Ways in for a newcomer
- Rubber products: mats, hoses, bands, footwear soles, moulded parts
- Smoke-house and sheet processing services
- Trading and grading of sheet rubber
- Rubber-wood furniture and sawmills from old trees
Problems the cluster faces
- Very little value addition inside the state
- Distance from big rubber-product markets
- Price swings in natural rubber
Businesses to start here
Rubber Mat Manufacturing →Moulded Rubber Parts for Industry (Bushes, O-Rings, Seals) →Rubber Bands →Dipped Latex Products (Gloves, Tubes, Finger Stalls) →Rubber Latex Foam →Tread Rubber (Pre-cured Tread) Making →Microcellular Rubber Sheets →