Natural rubber has a series of physical and chemical properties, especially its excellent resilience, insulation, water repellency and plasticity. After proper treatment, it also has valuable properties such as oil resistance, acid resistance, alkali resistance, heat resistance, cold resistance, pressure resistance and wear resistance, so it is widely used. For example, rain boots, warm water bags and elastic bands used in daily life; Surgical gloves, blood vessels and condoms used in the medical and health industry; All kinds of tires for transportation; Industrial conveyor belts, conveyor belts and acid alkali resistant gloves; Irrigation and drainage hoses and ammonia bags for agriculture; Sounding balloons for meteorological measurement; Sealed shockproof equipment for scientific experiments; Aircraft, tanks, cannons and gas masks for national defense; Even high-tech products such as rockets, artificial earth satellites and spaceships are inseparable from natural rubber. At present, there are more than 70,000 kinds of articles made of natural rubber partially or completely in the world.

Natural latex is used to make condoms, latex gloves, latex toys, etc.