Société Internationale de Plantations d'Hévéas Société Anonyme reported sales and production results for the third quarter and nine months ended of 2015. For the quarter, the company reported total turnover of EUR 61.0 million compared to EUR 54.3 million a year ago.

For the nine months, the company reported total turnover of EUR 167.8 million compared to EUR 181.5 million a year ago.

For the quarter, the company's total output came to 130,700 tons, as compared to 109,900,000 tons for the same period last year. As expected, there was a significant increase in external purchases in the third quarter, which totalled 79, 000 tons compared to 59,500 tons in 2014. There was also a slight increase in house production (51,700 tons compared to 50,400,000 tons in the third quarter of 2014). The proportion of purchased rubber has therefore risen to 60% of total production, compared to 54% during the third quarter of 2014.

The accumulated tonnages sold over nine months came to nearly 121,500 tons, an increase of almost 6%, which partially offset the drop in sales prices (down by 11.8%).

The company provided earnings guidance for the full year of 2015. For the period, the company is pursuing its business plan to achieve its production target of 190,000 tons this year (up 20% in relation to 2014).