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	Table  443(Pro., Agr., Planta.)
	Rubber: Production, Price and Cost etc. (1970-2002)
	pro 443e
		Extent Under Rubber (ha)		Fertiliser		Replanting　　(ha)			Average Price (RSS 1*1)		Production by Type　(1000t)
Year	Production	Total	Tapping	Usage	Yield	Annual	Cumulative	Cost	Colombo	Export (f.o.b)	Sheet	Crepe	Other	Total
	(1000t)			(1000t)	(Rs/Kg)			(Rs/Kg)	(Rs/Kg)	(Rs/Kg)
1970	159	230,324	200,895	21	792	4,145	115,940	1.5	2.0	2.73	96	63	0.8	159.8
1971	142	229,957	200,144	17	736	3,432	119,372	1.7	1.7	2.38	80	61	0.5	141.5
1972	140	229,579	198,917	12	737	3,539	122,911	1.7	1.8	2.05	83	55	1.0	139.0
1973	155	228,744	192,522	15	778	2,946	125,857	1.9	2.6	3.68	92	61	2.0	155.0
1974	132	228,100	192,375	12	710	2,865	128,721	2.5	2.8	5.75	72	58	2.0	132.0
1975	149	227,730	193,162	20	774	3,231	131,952	2.8	2.5	4.05	87	59	3.0	149.0
1976	152	227,074	192,156	13	790	2,550	134,502	3.3	4.3	6.50	86	62	3.0	151.0
1977	146	226,660	188,826	12	773	2,617	137,119	3.7	4.5	6.85	85	59	3.0	147.0
1978	156	226,420	184,791	21	845	3,226	140,346	4.9	6.9	14.90	92	59	4.0	155.0
1979	153	226,419	186,557	24	820	4,168	144,514	6.9	9.2	19.44	82	56	14.0	152.0
1980	133	227,335	185,573	22	718	5,434	149,948	8.2	10.6	21.42	72	50	11.0	133.0
1981	124	205,605	175,855	17	705	6,442	155,795	8.9	10.0	21.80	62	47	15.0	124.0
1982	125	205,690	170,738	17	729	5,866	161,661	9.7	10.2	17.68	62	48	14.0	124.0
1983	140	205,650	170,482	19	818	4,862	166,523	9.9	14.0	22.77	57	73	10.0	140.0
1984	142	205,589	168,768	24	840	5,530	172,053	12.1	14.4	26.16	66	64	12.0	142.0
1985	138	204,293	154,436	24	894	6,694	178,747	13.7	15.9	21.34	66	51	20.0	137.0
1986	138	202,771	149,918	26	919	5,911	184,658	13.7	16.6	23.83	62	55	20.0	137.0
1987	122	201,861	147,484	23	826	5,635	190,293	14.3	19.9	27.63	56	49	17.0	122.0
1988	122	200,248	145,495	25	841	4,167	194,460	17.2	24.4	37.33	63	41	18.0	122.0
1989	111	199,648	147,285	23	752	6,147	200,607	19.4	22.6	36.18	54	37	19.0	110.0
1990	113	199,048	146,325	22	773	5,202	205,809	21.4	22.9	35.50	59	38	17.0	114.0
1991	104	198,451	147,048	14	706	5,361	211,170	22.9	23.6	34.55	51	39	14.0	104.0
1992	106	194,550	147,265	13	725	3,918	215,088	24.5	29.3	37.65	45	33	28.0	106.0
1993	104	161,477	119,353	18	873	2,419	217,507	30.2	35.5	44.34	44	33	27.0	104.0
1994	105	160,909	120,883	17	870	1,623	219,130	30.9	50.4	51.81	41	38	26.0	105.0
1995	106	161,600	123,948	15	853	3,239	222,369	33.4	72.0	83.69	42	35	29.0	106.0
1996	112	162,000	122,252	17	927	3,443	225,812	36.7	67.9	79.78	53	41	18.0	112.0
1997	106	158,200	123,493	12	868	1,261	227,073	40.4	56.7	75.42	46	41	19.0	106.0
1998	96	158,140	124,608	16	768	1,288	228,361	42.0	49.8	67.72	27	58	10.0	95.0
1999	97	159,097	127,707	10	755	643	229,004	43.5	45.3	53.90	29	45	23.0	97.0
2000	88	157,031	128,300	14	683	793	229,797	44.5	54.8	66.95	34	34	19.2	87.6
2001	86	157,100	131,970	9	653	557	230,354	48.0	54.7	66.35	30	33	23.1	86.0
2002	91	157,200	125,106	7	724	712	231,066	48.5	68.8	69.53	43	26	21.7	90.5
© ２００7， KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)
Source:
Compiled from Annual Report (various Volumes), Central Bank of Sri Lanka.
Key:
＊1; RSS1, Rubber Sheets Smoked No.1 (quality lanking No.1).
Revised:  2007(y)/03(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