Rubber products and tyres

§1How big it is

• Natural rubber production in 2024-25 was 8,75,000 tonnes from a tappable area of 7,56,110 ha

  Rubber Board: Annual Trends in Area, Production, Consumption, Import, Export and Average Prices of Natural Rubber in India (updated 14.10.2025)

• Natural rubber consumption in 2024-25 was 14,10,000 tonnes; NR import was 5,50,918 tonnes and NR export 4,839 tonnes

  Rubber Board: Annual Trends in Area, Production, Consumption, Import, Export and Average Prices of Natural Rubber in India (updated 14.10.2025)

• Total area under rubber in 2024-25 was 9,39,300 ha

  Rubber Board: Annual Trends in Area, Production, Consumption, Import, Export and Average Prices of Natural Rubber in India (updated 14.10.2025)

• NR consumed April 2025 to July 2025 increased by 1.5% to 486,000 tonnes; this represents a negative growth of 8.7% in autotyre sector and an increase of 24.7% in general rubber goods sector

  Rubber Board: Rubber Monthly Statistical News, Vol 84 No 4, September 2025

• The rubber and plastics products industry (NIC 22, combined) employed 1111 thousand persons in registered factories in 2024-25

  MoSPI Press Note: Annual Survey of Industries - Insights from ASI 2024-25 (30 Sep 2026)

§2Ways to get started

• Moulded rubber parts (gaskets, seals, bushes) for auto and engineering OEMs
• Rubber compounding / mixing job-work for small moulders
• Tyre retreading shop
• Rubber mats, hawai chappal soles and other footwear parts
• NR dealing / processing (needs Rubber Board licence)

See the Business Encyclopedia

§3Hubs and clusters

§4Licences and registration

1. Rubber Board licence for manufacturers / dealers / processors using or trading natural rubber
2. BIS licence for tyres and tubes (and for other products under QCO)
3. Factory Licence and boiler registration where applicable
4. Udyam Registration (MSME) - free, online, PAN + Aadhaar based
5. GST registration (mandatory above turnover threshold or for inter-state supply)
6. Shops & Establishments registration or Factory Licence (Factories Act) depending on set-up
7. State Pollution Control Board Consent to Establish / Operate per CPCB 2025 Red/Orange/Green/White/Blue category (White exempt)
8. IEC - Importer Exporter Code from DGFT (only if importing or exporting)

§5Regulators

• Rubber Board (Ministry of Commerce & Industry) - natural rubber licensing, statistics and development
• BIS - pneumatic tyres and tubes need a BIS licence under the Quality Control Order
• State Pollution Control Board

§6Government help

• Rubber Board development schemes for NR growers, processing and quality (Rubber Board)
• National Rubber Policy 2019 (Department of Commerce)
• Cross-sector schemes: Udyam-linked MSME benefits, PMEGP, CGTMSE credit guarantee, Stand-Up India, Startup India (DPIIT recognition), RoDTEP / duty drawback and Export Promotion Mission for exporters

• UnclearStand-Up IndiaComposite loan (term loan plus working capital) between Rs 10 lakh and Rs 1 crore, covering 85% of project cost.
• ActiveRoDTEPRebate at notified % of FOB value, with per-unit value cap where notified, issued as transferable e-scrip in CBIC electronic ledger
• ActiveExport Promotion Mission₹25,060 crore (FY2025-26 to FY2030-31)

All schemes

§7For exports

• CAPEXIL (Chemicals and Allied Products Export Promotion Council) - rubber products
• Rubber Board (natural rubber exports)
• DGFT

§8Pros and cons

¶Sources

1. Rubber Board: Annual Trends in Area, Production, Consumption, Import, Export and Average Prices of Natural Rubber in India (updated 14.10.2025)
2. Rubber Board: Rubber Monthly Statistical News, Vol 84 No 4, September 2025
3. MoSPI Press Note: Annual Survey of Industries - Insights from ASI 2024-25 (30 Sep 2026)