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Table 418A (Pro., Agr., Rice)
Paddy: (Production)(Yield)(Extent)(Cost) (1999-2008)
pro 418ae
Year                    Item	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008(a)
1.Area  (kha)
1.1.Area Sown 　(1.2.+1.3.)	896	878	798	852	983	779	937	910	816	1,053
Maha	547	549	479	510	602	521	580	591	525	582
Yala	345	329	319	342	381	258	357	319	291	471
1.2.Irrigated Area	662	665	597	638	982	779	-	-	-	-
Major	471	481	437	462	516	439	857	530	461	560
Minor	191	184	160	176	227	142	289	280	279	260
1.3.Rain - fed Area	230	213	201	215	239	198	317	260	181	234
1.4.Area Under Improved Varieties	872	862	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
1.5.Gross Area Harvested	874	832	765	820	911	720	915	900	796	1,033
Maha	542	526	471	499	560	469	570	586	512	568
Yala	332	306	294	321	351	251	345	314	284	465
2.Production (ｋt)	2,857	2,860	2,695	2,859	3,071	2,628	3,246	3,342	3,131	3,875
Maha	1,736	1,781	1,613	1,774	1,895	1,670	2,012	2,136	1,973	2,125
Yala	1,121	1,078	1,082	1,085	1,177	958	1,233	1,206	1,158	1,750
3.Average Yield (Kg/ha)	3,666	3,858	3,953	3,893	3,761	4,086	3,963	4,137	4,389	4,184
Maha	3,612	3,798	3,860	3,990	3,794	4,002	3,955	4,069	4,219	4,175
Yala	3,753	3,958	4,102	3,742	3,708	4,244	3,976	4,263	4,543	4,195
4.Fertilizer Issues (kt)	321	262	285	357	283	301	353	418	389	602
5.Credit Granted for Paddy Cultivation	318	374	517	591	893	1,031	1,364	990	1,030	1,440
Maha (million Rs)	208	256	251	234	301	527	833	552	559	749
Yala (million Rs)	110	118	170	315	363	285	531	438	471	691
6.Price (Rs/Bushel) (b)
Guaranteed Price	155	155	271	271	271	271	-	-	-	-
Open Market Price	260	230	266	295	271	349	-	-	-	-
7.Insurance
Area Insured (kha)	15	16	13	12	19	21	-	-	-	-
Total Premium Collected (million Rs)	10	13	9	10	18	26	-	-	-	-
Total Indemnities Paid (million Rs)	6	7	8	6	7	31	-	-	-	-
8.Rice Imports (k0t)	214	15	52	95	35	222	52	12	88	84
Import Price (C & F) (Rs./t)	15,358	19,388	18,647	18,215	23,677	27,908	30,233	49,866	48,684	56,770
9.Value Added (Million Rs)(Growing only)	30,197	26,545	27,565	32,288	31,141	34,488	46,712	n. a.	n. a.	n. a.
10.Percent of GDP (%)	2.7	2.1	2.2	2.3	2	1.9	2.2	n. a.	n. a.	n. a.
© ２０１０， KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)				Revised:  2010(y)/02(m)/28(d)
Source:				Chief Editor:
Economic and Social Statistics of Sri Lanka 2009				Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
Key:				The Former Head, Department of Management Studies
(a) Provisional				University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
(b) 1Bushel = 36.36liter = about 18Kg (rice)
n.a. -  Not Available