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Article: Plotting the future of African NR. (natural rubber; includes related information on Nigeria and the Professional Association of Natural Rubber in Africa)
- Article from:
- European Rubber Journal
- Article date:
- January 1, 1992
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YAOUNDE, CAMEROON - Ask anyone involved in the African natural rubber industry about quality and you will spark a diatribe against ill-informed northerners who look no further than the continent of origin. With one voice, you will be told that some African processors are good: others are bad.
To categories all rubber originating from Africa as poor, simply because some rubber bought after Nigeria de-regulated its rubber sector was dreadful, is like saying Japanese cars are all bad because cheap Nissans used to rust badly, according to observers.
Following a study tour of Cameroon and Cote d'Ivoire, rubber processors, rubber buyers and experts from ...