Natural rubber production in January 2012 was up 3.7% at 1.02 lakh tonnes. Production for the April-January period was at 7.84 lakh tonnes, an increase of 4.6% over the year-ago period, as per the figures released by the Rubber Board. Consumption of natural rubber went down during January 2012 by 2.4% to 82,000 tonnes from 84,000 tonnes in the previous month. Cumulative consumption increased by 1.3% during April-January 2012.