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Table  494(Pro., Agr., general.)
Plantation (Manpower)(Extent)(Production)(Yield)  (1999 - 2007)
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                            Year          Category    1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Manpower 
JEDB Staff Grades 469 451 427 467 478 446 376 430 416
Labour Grades 8,358 8,258 8,290 8,113 7,322 7,953 6,917 6,684 6,402
SLSPC Staff Grades 491 479 666 666 395 366 393 404 363
Labour Grades 8,665 8,211 8,483 8,180 6,799 6,560 6,515 6,152 5,607
Plantation Staff Grades 14,339 14,260 13,959 13,691 13,295 13,186 13,279 12,811 12,219
Companies Labour Grades 266,785 261,417 256,740 249,807 239,050 233,697 233,046 231,845 218,130
Total Staff Grades 15,299 15,190 14,852 14,424 14,168 13,998 14,048 13,645 12,998
Labour Grades 283,808 278,886 273,513 266,100 253,171 248,210 251,040 244,681 230,139
% of Labour 95 95 95 95 95 95 95 95 95
Total Extent (ha), and Manpower
Total Land Extent (ha) JEDB 10,748 10,733 10,712 10,704 10,038 10,029 10,029 11,851 11,762
Managed by SLSPC 13,418 13,403 13,402 13,345 10,350 8,722 9,698 9,658 9,696
  Plantation Com. 233,327 236,939 236,137 235,863 235,565 232,582 230,893 232,511 219,771
Average extent (ha) JEDB 597 596 595 595 627 627 627 697 692
    per Estate SLSPC 958 957 957 953 941 793 808 805 808
  Plantation Com. 559 565 575 578 579 570 575 568 566
Average Manpower JEDB 490 484 484 477 488 525 456 418 401
   Per Estate SLSPC 654 621 639 619 654 630 676 646 498
  Plantation Com. 674 660 654 644 657 605 614 598 573
Total Extent Bearing (ha), and Production (kt, or million/Nuts)
Tea JEDB 4,521 4,522 4,471 4,472 4,218 4,308 4,240 4,209 4,137
SLSPC 4,828 4,828 4,888 4,806 3,788 3,639 4,011 3,949 4,025
Plantation Com. 81,104 80,374 81,721 79,264 78,606 78,772 78,027 78,572 70,346
Rubber JEDB      -      -      -      - 449 466 458 447 416
SLSPC      -      -      -      -      -      -      -      -      -
Plantation Com. 42,566 40,108 39,623 37,055 36,716 36,542 36,780 36,349 36,005
Coconut JEDB      -      -      - 600      -      -      -      -      -
SLSPC      -      -      -      -      -      -      -      -      -
Plantation Com. 10,253 10,085 9,904 9,856 9,383 9,844 9,628 9,553 5,432
  JEDB 3.7 4.2 3.9 3.8 2.5        
  SLSPC 4.0 4.4 4.3 4.3 3.3 4.9 5.3 5.3 5.4
  Plantation Com. 140.7 147.8 140 149.7 143.9 134.1 139.8 128.3 126.2
Tea  Production by Other State Agencies 11.0 6.9 9.2 8.6 13.0 15.1 5.6 14.2 15.5
  Private 124.4 143.5 137.7 143.6 138.5 155.3 166.5 163.0 310.8
  Total 283.8 306.8 295.1 310.0 303.2 309.4 317.2 310.8 304.6
Rubber Production by JEDB        -        -        -        - 4.0 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3
SLSPC        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -
Plantation Com. 39.2 36.1 38.4 34.8 33.6 32.8 34.8 34.5 37.8
Private 56.0 51.5 47.8 55.2 58.0 62.6 69.3 74.4 79.5
Total 95.2 87.6 86.2 90.5 92.0 95.7 104.4 109.2 117.6
Coconut  Plantation Com. 41.5 48.8 43.8 32.0 35.8 39.0 31.8 39.9 22.3
   Production by Private 2,787 3,047 2,725 2,360 2,556 2,552 2,483 2,475 2,847
  Total 2,829 3,096 2,769 2,392 2,592 2,591 2,515 2,785 2,869
Yield (kg/ha)
Tea  JEDB 907 950 889 843 714 579 647 565 581
SLSPC 880 920 896 887 867 784 707 670 669
Plantation Com. 1,395 1,491 1,441 1,450 1,413 1,312 1,392 1,312 1,283
National 1,514 1,618 1,562 1,649 1,613 1,461 1,418 1,386 1,356
Rubber JEDB        -        -        - 747 1,017 802 695 704 755
Plantation Com. 905 886 923 887 867 838 892 833 1,048
National 611 558 549 702 911 1,064 1,171 1,128 1,261
Coconut (Nuts/ha) Plantation Com. 4,044 4,887 4,502 3,251 3,819 3,997 3,177 4,082 4,111
National 6,392 6,998 6,259 5,407 5,791 6,486 6,370 7,054 7,266
© 2010, KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)  Revised:  2010(y)/02(m)/28(d)
Source :  Chief Editor:
Economic and Social Statistics of Sri Lanka 2009  Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
Key :      The Former Head, Department of Management Studies
JEDB - Janatha State Development Board      University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
SLSPC - Sri Lanka State Plantation Corporation