BANGKOK -- Rubber output in Thailand, the world's biggest latex producer, is expected to fall sharply in December as heavy monsoon rains and the floods they caused in the southern region have disrupted tapping, traders and industry officials say.
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A woman works in a rubber plantation in Yala province in southern Thailand. The Southeast Asian country is the world largest producer of natural rubber. Picture taken in Jan. 2017. © Reuters
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