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Table  436 (Pro., Agr., Subsid.)
Minor Export Crops 1999 - 2008
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Item 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007    2008(a)
Cultivated Area (ha)                    
 Cocoa 5,640 5,430 5,031 4,848 4,239 2,908 2,866 2,422 2,354 2,689
 Cinnamon 24,570 24,671 24,568 25,355 26,110 25,086 26,102 25,615 25,756 26,768
 Cardamoms 4,110 3,920 4,044 3,844 3,899 2,834 2,638 2,505 1,854 1,315
 Cloves 10,310 9,850 9,541 9,368 9,178 8,063 7,972 7,740 7,251 7,416
 Pepper 28,230 28,440 28,472 29,100 30,029 31,325 31,150 30,494 30,517 34,066
Production ( t )                    
 Cocoa 3,720 3,710 3,412 3,275 2,889 1,967 1,880 1,555 1,443 1,716
 Cinnamon 12,220 12,320 12,615 12,920 13,018 12,805 13,382 12,994 13,362 13,427
 Cardamoms 1,120 1,080 1,006 1,014 1,053 747 709 685 500 397
 Cloves 4,390 4,390 4,126 4,035 3,761 3,269 3,262 3,136 3,066 3,989
 Pepper 17,270 16,830 17,091 17,697 17,856 17,561 18,292 18,601 19,393 22,870
Export - Quantity ( t )                    
 Cocoa 48 17 99 106 19 51 78 21 89 64
 Cinnamon 17 8 3 3 4 5 11 10 2         -
 Pepper 3,754 4,855 2,161 7,915 7,740 4,851 8,130 8,191 9,015 6,376
 Cloves 3,409 957 1,964 4,043 2,489 3,428 5,517 2,975 2,326 7,404
 Cinnamon 10,486 10,103 10,444 10,837 11,025 11,391 12,365 12,334 13,138 12,273
 Coffee  825 41 7 18 214 95 131 106 61 86
 Cashew Nuts  151 92 167 66 62 125 255 140 125 206
 Nutmeg and Mace 1,148 1,308 1,139 1,665 1,830 1,369 1,934 1,669 1,771 1,771
 Unprocessed Tobacco 1,662 1,870 1,830 2,098 1,893 1,645 1,598 1,399 1,578 1,278
Export - Value  (million Rs)                    
 Cocoa 4.00 1.00 6.00 12.00 3.00 7.00 5.00 1.40 8.80 9.10
 Cinnamon 12.00 7.00 5.00 6.00 8.00 5.00 15.00 16.10 4.60         -
 Pepper 1,306.00 1,587.00 532.00 1,479.00 1,234.00 934.00 1,227.00 1,774.20 3,508.30 2,892.10
 Cloves 413.00 306.00 1,160.00 2,703.00 576.00 1,412.00 1,763.00 1,306.80 1,018.50 357.90
 Cinnamon 3,530.00 342.00 3,784.00 4,303.00 4,335.00 4,728.00 5,855.00 6,878.70 8,379.80 8,947.90
 Coffee  78.00 6.00 2.00 10.00 44.00 17.00 152.00 17.30 15.50 25.80
 Cashew Nuts  71.00 48.00 87.00 43.00 42.00 78.00 164.00 192.20 112.30 152.90
 Nutmeg and Mace 312.00 420.00 346.00 544.00 615.00 487.00 742.00 656.10 851.90 1,000.00
 Unmanufactured Tobacco 2,607.00 2,816.00 3,152.00 3,586.00 3,592.00 4,016.00 3,525.00 3,670.80 4,451.70 4,279.80
Export - Price (F.O.B.)  (Rs/Kg)                    
 Cocoa 83.33 58.82 60.61 113.21 157.89 137.25 64.10 54.42 98.68 141.99
 Cinnamon 705.88 875.00 1,666.67 2,000.00 2,000.00 1,000.00 1,363.64 1,587.10 1,969.04         -
 Pepper 347.90 326.88 246.18 186.86 159.43 192.54 150.92 216.60 389.15 453.60
 Cloves 121.15 319.75 590.63 668.56 231.42 411.90 319.56 439.32 437.89 482.97
 Cinnamon 336.73 340.69 362.31 397.07 393.20 415.06 473.51 557.70 637.83 729.09
 Coffee  94.55 146.34 285.71 555.56 205.61 180.85 117.20 163.54 255.29 301.30
 Cashew Nuts  473.33 521.74 520.96 651.52 677.42 624.00 643.14 849.39 895.18 742.94
 Nutmeg and Mace 271.78 321.10 303.78 326.73 336.07 355.73 386.66 393.03 480.88 564.77
 Unprocessed Tobacco 1,568.59 1,529.95 1,722.40 1,709.25 1,897.52 2,413.40 2,205.88 2,624.50 2,821.21 3,347.93
© 2010, KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)  Revised:  2010(y)/0(m)/28(d)
Sources;  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
(a)Provisional      University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka