Table 027 (Labor, Wage)

Private Remittances and Foreign Exchange Earnings (1980-2000)

Lab027e

(Rs Million)

Year

Private Remittance

Tea Export

Rubber Export

Coconut Export

Garment Export

Total Export

% of Remittance

1980

2,518

6,170

2,590

1,234

1,814

17,598

14.3

1981

4,430

6,444

2,889

1,738

3,000

21,043

21.1

1982

6,024

6,342

2,323

1,496

3,502

21,454

28.1

1983

9,616

8,295

2,852

1,921

4,738

25,096

38.3

1984

7,653

15,764

3,301

2,118

7,566

37,347

20.5

1985

7,920

12,003

2,566

3,093

7,960

36,207

21.9

1986

8,873

9,253

2,622

2,389

9,629

34,072

26.0

1987

10,324

10,654

2,929

2,140

12,897

41,133

25.1

1988

11,362

12,299

3,706

1,538

14,260

46,928

24.2

1989

12,830

13,664

3,112

2,865

17,631

56,175

22.8

1990

16,054

19,823

3,080

2,783

25,163

79,481

20.2

1991

18,311

17,867

2,641

2,619

31,652

82,225

22.3

1992

24,037

14,893

2,960

3,691

49,176

107,855

22.3

1993

30,592

19,911

3,086

2,796

62,349

138,175

22.1

1994

34,992

20,964

3,582

3,761

68,945

158,554

22.1

1995

40,482

24,638

5,713

5,271

84,806

195,092

20.8

1996

46,003

34,068

5,753

6,091

93,814

226,801

20.3

1997

54,445

42,533

4,640

6,940

121,083

274,193

19.9

1998

64,517

50,280

2,808

6,110

142,333

310,398

20.8

1999

74,342

43,728

2,305

9,119

155,214

325,171

22.9

2000

87,697

53,133

2,179

9,174

206,360

420,114

20.9

Source:

Statistical Hand Book on Migration 2000 , Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment

Revised: 2006(y)/08(m)/30(d)

Chief Editor:

Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)

The former Head, Department of Management Studies

University of Peradeniya.