Rubber

Rubber growing was first introduced by Duncan Brothers in Bangladesh on the Lungla Tea Estate in 1983. This was later extended to Mazdehee, Allynugger, Chatlapore, Chandpore, Shumshernugger, Etah, Karimpore, Hingajea, Silloah, Rajkie, Chaklapunji and Pallakandi estates with the latest varieties and expertise imported from Malaysia. Both tea and rubber are compatible and, in fact, rubber grows well on land unsuitable for tea. Rubber is also environment friendly and has allowed better utilisation of available land.

Production

The Group now has 1367 hectares under mature rubber plantation producing over 800 metric tonnes of high quality Ribbed Smoked Sheets (RSS) annually. Another 570 hectares of young rubber plantation is expected to come into production at maturity. The Group has a central rubber factory with a gas-based smoking facility to produce RSS. Duncan Brothers has a leading share of Bangladesh rubber production in the private sector.

The Group has exported rubber to four other rubber growing countries; India, China, Vietnam and Malaysia, reflecting the demand for the quality of our product.