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Table  442B(Pro., Agr., Planta.)
Tea (Production)(Price)(Export) (1999-2008)
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Year           Item	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008(a)
1.Area (ha)＊１	179,759	180,015	188,971	187,971	187,971	210,621	221,969	222,000	222,000	222,000
High Grown	49,584	49,623	52,272	52,410	52,410	40,302	41,137	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Medium Grown	58,431	58,431	56,863	61,386	61,386	69,529	71,018	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Low Grown.	71,744	71,761	79,836	74,175	74,175	100,790	109,814	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
2.Replanted Area (ha)	1,376	1,094	1,018	1,029	939	1,245	1,351	1,293	1,452	1,389
3.Fertilizer Issues (wholesale) (kt)	164	200	182	185	168	178	178	165	157	132
4.Factories No. (ｂ)	759	706	708	823	840	657	681	661	643	864
High Grown	188	176	180	197	197	157	170	161	146	202
Medium Grown	182	160	144	190	196	132	143	129	120	193
Low Grown.	389	370	384	437	447	368	368	371	377	469
5.Production (Mn.Kg)	284.2	306.8	296.3	310.6	304.8	309.4	317.2	310.8	305.2	318.0
High Grown	81.3	83.5	75.1	87.0	81.6	74.6	80.4	74.7	73.9	84.0
Medium Grown	53.5	56.2	53.8	54.0	54.0	49.7	55.1	51.5	50.9	49.0
Low Grown.	148.9	166.1	166.2	169.0	167.7	183.9	181.8	184.6	180.4	185.0
6.Cost of Production (Rs/Kg)	101.29	110.60	121.57	124.06	135.58	157.34	168.41	188.40	236.50	262.60
7.Colombo Auction Price (Rs/Kg)	115.31	135.53	143.96	149.30	149.05	180.74	185.84	198.87	279.10	301.63
High Grown	106.17	129.03	135.56	135.65	138.31	171.78	170.85	205.14	256.02	269.01
Medium Grown	100.68	120.55	122.63	125.45	126.18	157.96	161.37	174.88	242.16	260.68
Low Grown.	125.74	144.58	154.5	163.19	160.86	189.86	198.59	203.44	197.16	325.64
8.Colombo Auction  Quantity (Mn. Kg)	278.4	298.7	304.7	311.4	304.4	310.2	322.1	266.5	242.4	266.7
High Grown	78.5	83.4	78.6	83.9	81.8	74.0	79.6	56.8	52.6	61.8
Medium Grown	54.5	54.6	54.1	53.4	50.5	46.8	51.0	43.8	38.3	42.7
Low Grown.	145.3	160.7	172.0	174.1	172.1	189.4	191.5	165.9	151.7	162.0
9.Exports, Value (Mn.Rs)	42,073	51,043	59,328	61,189	63,064	70,894	77,327	91,666	113,565	137,600
Quantity (Mn.Kg)	263.9	281.4	288.9	287.3	291.5	290.6	298.6	327.4	311.8	319.7
F.O.B. Price (Rs/ Kg)	159.40	181.00	205.37	212.99	216.36	249.95	258.82	279.90	364.30	430.40
10.Export:Volume (kt)
Total	263.9	281.3	288.9	291.8	298.3	300.3	308.9	327.4	311.8	319.7
Bulk Tea	171.6	182.8	175.1	188.1	176.3	186.6	177.8	200.7	182.9	179.9
Packeted Tea	73.2	74.7	84.9	83.5	98.4	81.1	90.6	79.4	72.3	83.9
Tea Bags	11.2	12.1	13.0	14.1	15.5	17.8	18.0	19.1	22.1	20.5
Others	7.9	11.7	15.9	6.0	8.1	11.6	22.5	26.1	32.7	35.4
11.Export:Value (million Rs)
Total	42,072	51,042	59,327	63,105	65,937	74,897	81,481	91,667	113,565	137,600
Bulk Tea	24,029	29,105	30,407	32,954	31,097	37,979	400,875	48,182	59,163	69,613
Packeted Tea	11,416	13,569	17321	20,292	22,987	22,357	22,293	21,042	25,858	37,738
Tea Bags	4,280	4,850	6,133	9,440	7,778	9,256	9,816	10,659	13,372	14,851
Others	2,347	3,518	5,466	2,915	4,075	5,305	8,497	10,540	15,172	15,398
12.Value added (Growing & Processing) （% of GDP）	2.2	2.6	2.3	2.4	2.0	2.2	1.9	2.0	2.4	-
13.Domestic Consumption *2	25.5	25.9	26.2	26.6	26.8	26.6*3	26.9	n.a.	n.a.	-
© 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.)
＊１； revised based on the 1999 estate sector survey.					The Former Head, Department of Management Studies
＊２； The Census of Population and Housing - 2001.					University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
＊３； Te Consumer Finances and Socio - Economic Survey  series of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.
Note :  (a) Provisional	(ｂ) Registered in the Tea Commissioners Division.					n.a.- Not available