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Table 493 (Pro., Agr., General)
Production of Crops (1996 - 2004)
pro493e								(Metric Tons)
Year                Crop	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Tea	258,427	276,861	280,056	283,760	305,844	295,093	310,032	303,229	308,089
Rubber	112,490	105,783	95,710	96,585	87,636	86,216	90,518	92,009	84,700
Coconut (Million Nuts)	2,546	2,631	2,565	2,700	3,096	2,905	2,459	2,512	2,590
Cinnamon	11,970	12,170	11,740	12,220	12,320	12,610	12,920	13,020	12,805
Coffee	11,760	11,350	10,500	10,580	9,790	10,210	9,780	9,110	8,690
Cocoa	3,650	3,700	3,760	3,720	3,700	3,410	2,920	2,890	2,887
Pepper	16,890	17,270	17,810	17,270	16,850	17,090	17,700	17,860	18,561
Cardamom	1210	1,170	1,190	1,120	1,080	1,010	1,010	1,050	747
Paddy　　　　          　Total	2,061,520	2,239,370	2,692,335	2,857,113	2,859,891	2,695,075	2,859,475	3,071,205	2,627,837
Maha	1,331,260	1,457,062	1,781,048	1,735,775	1,781,219	1,612,981	1,773,671	1,894,694	1,669,663
Yala	730,260	782,308	911,287	1,121,338	1,078,672	1,082,094	1,085,804	1,176,511	958,174
Kurakkan　　　        　Total	3,910	3,500	4,390	4,810	4,850	4,190	4,070	5,270	4,669
Maha	340	2,990	3,800	4,220	4,290	3,770	3,660	4,540	4,026
Yala	510	510	590	590	560	420	410	730	643
Maize　　　　　        　Total	32,960	25,690	33,870	31,470	31,050	28,750	26,410	29,650	35,252
Maha	31,430	23,630	31,450	29,280	28,540	26,660	23,240	25,750	31,500
Yala	1,530	2,060	2,420	2,190	2,510	2,090	3,170	3,900	3,752
Meneri　　　　         　Total	200	110	140	110	120	70	70	130	101
Maha	120	70	70	60	50	40	50	100	81
Yala	80	40	70	50	70	30	20	30	20
Sorghum　　　　     　Total	200	190	80	140	120	50	150	200	269
Maha	180	170	40	90	100	30	120	130	203
Yala	20	20	40	50	20	20	30	70	66
Green Gram　　　   　Total	16,580	15,000	15,650	13,820	11,690	9,720	10,320	10,610	7,811
Maha	12,110	10,690	12,240	10,670	8,900	7,590	7,880	8,560	5,881
Yala	4,470	4,040	3,410	3,150	2,790	2,130	2,440	2,050	1,930
Cowpea　　　　　    　Total	17,000	13,980	13,400	12,100	12,120	9,840	10,440	12,900	9,157
Maha	11,890	10,500	9,130	8,560	8,670	7,100	7,870	9,130	6,105
Yala	5,110	3,480	4,270	3,540	3,450	2,740	2,570	3,770	3,052
Dhal　　　　　　      　 Total	50	30	30	10	-	-	-	-	-
Maha	20	20	30	10	-	-	-	-	-
Yala	30	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gingerly　　　　      　Total	3,820	6,630	5,720	4,770	4,600	4,210	4,070	5,490	4,350
Maha	1,610	1,860	2,090	2,260	2,410	2,090	2,210	2,510	1,795
Yala	2,210	4,770	3,630	2,510	2,190	2,120	1,860	2,980	2,555
Ground Nuts　　　　　Total	5,120	5,260	6,260	6,540	7,070	6,460	5,730	6,580	7,940
Maha	3,720	3,600	4,500	4,860	5,140	5,210	4,560	5,170	6,475
Yala	1,400	1,660	1,760	1,680	1,930	1,250	1,170	1,410	1,465
Manioc　　　　　      　Total	270,600	249,780	257,160	251,510	249,110	233,580	224,980	228,840	220,784
Maha	160,330	143,420	151,030	145,440	146,170	135,510	130,090	137,660	130,464
Yala	110,270	106,360	106,130	106,070	102,940	98,070	94,890	91,180	90,320
Sweet Potatoes　　　Total	58,820	54,130	52,490	51,600	51,810	48,540	47,460	44,050	39,712
Maha	31,090	31,030	28,800	29,010	27,010	25,250	25,240	24,050	20,007
Yala	27,730	23,100	23,690	22,590	24,800	23,290	22,220	20,000	19,705
Potatoes　　　         　Total	100,760	66,490	25,900	27,170	48,410	57,680	88,710	71,750	81,276
Maha	66,240	41,000	16,400	11,760	26,600	26,780	40,330	35,950	30,481
Yala	34,520	25,490	9,500	15,410	21,810	30,900	48,380	35,800	50,795
Chilies (Green)         Total	73,610	72,230	62,470	60,030	55,860	49,040	46,350	46,190	40,476
Maha	45,240	49,710	44,580	41,700	39,850	34,700	31,970	33,340	29,260
Yala	28,370	22,520	17,890	18,330	16,010	14,340	14,380	12,850	11,216
Mustard                    Total	550	310	520	230	250	160	200	280	185
Maha	520	250	200	190	220	130	160	250	150
Yala	30	60	50	40	30	30	40	30	35
Red Onions              Total	43,930	44,800	38,040	42,650	42,500	36,860	35,330	35,510	39,455
Maha	23,150	23,800	17,680	18,520	20,380	15,690	15,390	17,170	18,555
Yala	20,780	21,000	20,360	24,130	22,120	21,170	19,940	18,340	20,900
Big Onions               Total	19,070	29,140	17,440	62,730	36,560	31,970	31,560	32,310	37,508
Maha	510	570	330	360	60	320	530	650	517
Yala	18,560	28,570	17,110	62,370	36,500	31,650	31,030	31,660	36,991
Ginger (Raw)            Total	5,910	5,720	5,540	5,500	5,480	4,650	5,080	4,840	5,695
Maha	5,910	5,720	5,540	5,500	5,480	4,650	5,080	4,840	5,695
Yala	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Turmeric (Raw)        Total	5,180	5,060	4,550	4,650	4,450	4,170	3,940	3,730	3,855
Maha	5,180	5,060	4,550	4,650	4,450	4,170	3,940	3,730	3,855
Yala	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
© ２００８， KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)
Source :
Department Of Census And Statistics
Tea Commissioner's Division - Sri Lanka Tea Board
Rubber Development Department
Coconut Development Authority
Revised:  2008(y)/06(m)/25(d)
Chief Editor:
Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
The Head, Department of Management Studies
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka