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Colombo Rubber Auction / CRTA: auction in Colombo

Colombo Rubber Auction is a physical natural-rubber market associated with the Colombo Rubber Traders’ Association. Colombo, Sri Lanka.

AGR-421 · Auction · Colombo, Sri Lanka · LKR

Colombo Rubber Auction is a physical natural-rubber market associated with the Colombo Rubber Traders’ Association. It should be distinguished from the tea and coconut auctions in the same city. Trade concerns specified rubber types and grades, including RSS sheets and crepe categories. Its commercial role is to connect producer supply with processors and exporters. The suitability of this channel depends on whether the available grade meets the customer’s specification, rather than on a general interest in buying rubber.

Table 6 of CRTA’s 2024/2025 annual report gives 2024 prices of LKR 712.93/kg for RSS No.1 and LKR 933.89/kg for latex crepe 1X. These are historical annual Colombo market figures, not offers valid in October 2026. Grades have separate series and should not be collapsed into one undifferentiated rubber price. The figures provide context for particular quality descriptions; they do not demonstrate that every buyer could obtain any chosen quantity at that level.

A purchaser should contact the CRTA secretariat or a participating broker about access to catalogues and samples. Specify grade, quality requirements, quantity, packaging and delivery destination. For industrial feedstock, parameters agreed with the production team matter more than appearance alone. Establish how samples are accepted, how lots are identified and how a discrepancy between the sample and delivered material would be handled. Importers also need to account for transit time, payment terms and the effect of freight on the landed cost of the intended grade.

Producers and vendors should agree catalogue descriptions, sampling, listing dates and stock location with their broker. Quality markings need to match across samples, documentation and packaging. Clarify deductions, warehouse services and the timing of proceeds. A commercial assessment should include the cost of bringing the material to the required grade, storing it and delivering it to the agreed collection point. For stock held over a longer period, establish how the material will be protected against deterioration or a change in its relevant processing properties.

The verified price link leads to the annual report’s historical table. RRISL also publishes individual-auction cards, including a page dated 6 October 2026; its figures are embedded in an image and have not been transcribed here. CRTA’s Auction Price section did not expose a table in the retrieved text. This distinction makes clear which evidence was actually checked. The Navam Mawatha address is the secretariat’s contact address, not a confirmed collection point for every lot. Prices are in Sri Lankan rupees, so a budget in EUR or PLN must preserve the currency and use a separately dated exchange rate if conversion is required.

What is priced: Coffee, cocoa, tea, sugar, cotton, rubber and spices

Products and quotations

RSS; latex crepe and scrap crepe; other grades subject to the auction catalogue

Key figures

Annual RSS No.1 price: 712.93 LKR/kg (2024). 2024. Colombo Market Prices, table 6; CRTA Auction Prices data.
Annual latex crepe 1X price: 933.89 LKR/kg (2024). 2024. Colombo Market Prices, table 6.

Sources

All agricultural exchanges, markets and price sources