As of 2019, Malaysia is the sixth largest producer and exporter of Natural Rubber (NR), the leader in the production and export of rubber products, the largest consumer of natural rubber and the world's largest rubber gloves producer, with annual rubber gloves exports worth US$7.3 billion (RM29.8 billion) in 2020. The COVID‐19 pandemic resulted in positive impact for the rubber industry as most countries import tons of rubber gloves. The rubber industry's annual growth was 12% more than that of the previous year. On the other hand, top glove factories say that an outbreak at their facilities on 25 November 2020 had negatively affected their trade.