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	Table  442(Pro., Agr., Planta.)
	Tea: Production, Price and Cost etc. (1970-2002)
	pro 442e
	Total	Extent	Fertiliser	Cost of	Average Price		Replanting		Type of Tea by Land Elevation
Year	Production	Under Tea	Used	Production	Colombo	Export (f.o.b)	Annual	Cumulative	High Grown	Middle Grown	Low Grown
	(1000t)	(ha)	(1000t)	(Rupee/Kg)	(Rupee/Kg)	(Rupee/Kg)	(ha)	(ha)	(1000t)	(1000t)	(1000t)
1970	212.0	241,902	108.0	3.35	3.59	5.37	2,776	16,310	81.0	72.0	59.0
1971	218.0	241,770	113.0	3.39	3.99	5.51	2,688	18,998	85.0	76.0	57.0
1972	214.0	241,962	99.0	3.52	4.18	6.10	2,598	21,596	81.0	75.0	57.0
1973	211.0	242,405	93.0	4.47	4.23	6.12	2,410	24,006	81.0	70.0	60.0
1974	204.0	242,294	102.0	5.55	5.88	7.76	1,734	25,740	80.0	70.0	53.0
1975	214.0	241,980	107.0	6.70	6.15	9.08	1,764	27,504	80.0	73.0	60.0
1976	196.0	240,681	95.0	7.42	7.80	10.49	1,116	28,619	76.0	64.0	56.0
1977	209.0	242,115	80.0	8.19	13.15	18.86	1,242	29,861	79.0	67.0	63.0
1978	199.0	242,898	116.0	11.89	11.55	33.22	1,709	31,570	72.0	61.0	66.0
1979	206.0	244,094	105.0	13.43	11.14	30.51	2,491	34,061	76.0	62.0	67.0
1980	191.0	244,714	110.0	18.71	17.73	33.41	2,156	36,217	73.0	56.0	63.0
1981	210.0	244,918	103.0	18.79	17.71	35.14	2,677	38,894	80.0	59.0	70.0
1982	188.0	242,141	103.0	22.68	22.52	35.03	2,004	40,898	72.0	52.0	64.0
1983	179.0	230,065	115.0	26.37	36.96	52.52	1,367	42,265	68.0	48.0	63.0
1984	208.0	227,875	137.0	34.00	46.45	77.20	1,145	43,410	79.0	55.0	74.0
1985	214.0	231,650	150.0	35.00	35.39	60.62	1,672	45,082	79.0	55.0	80.0
1986	211.0	222,905	129.0	37.40	30.28	44.52	1,618	46,700	77.0	53.0	81.0
1987	213.0	221,498	137.0	39.88	38.06	52.97	1,503	48,203	73.0	53.0	86.0
1988	227.0	221,683	138.0	43.98	41.59	55.95	1,592	49,795	77.0	54.0	96.0
1989	207.0	221,110	128.0	49.70	52.16	66.91	1,551	51,346	74.0	50.0	83.0
1990	233.0	221,758	134.0	60.51	65.72	91.78	1,586	54,932	76.0	52.0	105.0
1991	241.0	221,691	119.0	60.68	57.13	84.12	1,773	54,705	73.0	51.0	116.0
1992	179.0	221,836	110.0	72.26	60.51	81.98	1,417	56,122	54.0	38.0	87.0
1993	232.0	192,730	147.0	75.81	68.88	91.16	1,311	57,433	73.0	47.0	112.0
1994	242.0	187,426	126.0	75.67	65.12	91.32	1,225	58,658	78.0	47.0	118.0
1995	246.0	188,970	120.0	76.74	72.21	102.31	1,215	59,873	73.0	51.0	122.0
1996	258.0	189,354	154.0	87.04	103.88	139.56	937	60,810	72.0	48.0	138.0
1997	277.0	193,676	162.0	90.26	119.40	158.39	926	61,736	84.0	57.0	136.0
1998	280.0	194,736	182.0	100.71	134.35	184.94	1,234	62,970	76.0	54.0	150.0
1999	284.0	179,761	164.1	101.29	115.31	162.39	1,376	64,346	81.0	53.0	149.0
2000	305.8	180,025	200.2	110.64	135.53	184.73	1,094	65,440	83.5	56.2	166.1
2001	295.1	180,170	186.9	121.43	143.96	208.89	1,018	66,458	75.1	53.8	166.2
2002	310.0	180,730	181.2	125.05	149.30	216.26	1,014	67,472	87.0	54.0	169.0
© ２００８， KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)
Source:
Compiled from Annual Report (various volumes), Central Bank of Sri Lanka.
Revised:  200８(y)/0６(m)/２1(d)
Chief Editor:
Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
The Head, Department of Management Studies
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka