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Table 208(Pro., Ind., Str.)
Employment Statistics of the BOI＊1Enterprises (1995-2004)
pro 208j									（Number)
Year                           Sector	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004*2
Food, Beverage and Tobacco	8,159	6,931	8,625	11,699	11,571	15,207	15,112	14,448	13,485	14,173
Textile, Wearing Apparel*3 and Leather	153,664	156,391	161,321	189,395	216,700	242,435	257,515	280,234	301,309	302,814
Wood and Wood Products	2,500	2,449	3,147	2,723	2,148	1,822	1,857	1,950	2,024	2,385
Paper Products, Printing & Publishing	519	733	1,011	871	969	1,618	1,605	2,065	2,135	1,714
Chemicals, Petroleum, Coal, Rubber and Plastic Products	19,020	20,509	22,319	25,699	24,234	29,675	31,880	31,716	27,696	27,617
Nonmetallic Mineral Products	9,160	9,226	9,709	10,920	12,559	13,061	12,598	13,547	10,166	11,005
Fabricated Metal Machinery and Transport Equipment	1,252	1,399	1,681	2,503	3,998	4,182	4,466	5,793	6,740	7,850
Manufactured Products	23,761	26,645	31,563	31,538	32,958	33,394	32,499	32,443	30,448	29,223
Service*4 (Including Horticulture)	15,332	17,687	18,809	19,033	21,922	26,455	28,552	34,560	37,047	40,917
Total	233,367	241,970	258,185	294,381	327,059	367,849	386,084	416,756	431,050	437,698
© ２００８， KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)
Source:
Statistical Abstract 2001, Department of Census & Statistics
Department of Census and Statistics, 2005
Key:
＊１： BOI (Board of Investment of Sri Lanka)
＊２： Provisional
＊３： Including 50 and 200 garment factory programmes     (Governments provides "Special Incentives" for foreign investments in the germent industry.
When government wants to establish 50 such factories, that project is identified as "50 Gevernment Factories Programmes".)
＊４： Excluding Sri Lankan Air Lines Ltd.
Revised:  2008(y)/08(m)/31(d)
Chief Editor:
Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
The Head, Department of Management Studies
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka