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	Table 202(Pro., Ind., Str.)
	Regional Distribution of Industrial Enterprises (1999-2002)
	pro 202e
Enterprises	Industries under Ministry of Industrial Development				Number of industries under BOI*1																Total
					Section 17*2				Section 16*3				200 Garment Factory Proramme*4				50 Garment Factory Programme*4
Year      District	1999	2000	2001	2002	1999	2000	2001	2002	1999	2000	2001	2002	1999	2000	2001	2002	1999	2000	2001	2002	1999	2000	2001	2002
Colombo	1,315	1,051	1,070	1,103	316	406	435	464	247	260	376	381	15	14	22	22	-	-	-	-	1,893	1,731	1,903	1,970
Gampaha	204	160	169	190	364	440	416	431	84	87	103	103	7	7	15	14	-	-	1	1	659	694	704	739
Kalutara	60	45	48	50	59	70	73	84	18	17	26	26	10	9	12	12	2	1	3	3	149	142	162	175
Galle	27	22	23	24	36	33	35	40	18	20	25	26	6	6	8	8	7	6	6	7	94	87	97	105
Puttalam	21	15	15	16	69	83	77	76	11	13	15	15	11	11	14	14	1	1	1	1	113	123	122	122
Kandy	32	31	31	34	37	40	43	43	10	14	21	21	12	12	15	15	3	2	4	4	94	99	114	117
Kurunegala	11	7	7	10	36	36	41	50	9	9	8	8	11	11	13	13	3	4	4	4	70	67	73	85
Matara	28	25	25	26	11	4	7	9	1	1	1	1	4	4	6	6	8	8	8	8	52	42	47	50
Hambantota	20	9	10	11	5	1	5	6	1	-	1	1	8	7	6	6	6	6	7	8	40	23	29	32
Nuwara-Eliya	4	3	3	3	19	21	24	23	3	5	5	5	12	11	11	11	2	4	3	3	40	44	46	45
Ratnapura	4	4	5	6	11	13	13	13	2	2	3	3	16	16	18	15	2	2	2	2	35	37	41	39
Anuradhapura	6	5	5	5	4	3	5	4	1	1	1	1	14	14	13	11	2	3	3	3	27	26	27	24
Badulla	10	6	7	7	6	5	6	7	3	3	3	3	9	9	9	9	2	2	2	2	30	25	27	28
Kegalle	7	6	6	8	9	8	7	7	1	1	1	1	9	9	8	8	2	3	3	3	28	27	25	27
Matale	5	5	6	6	8	6	10	11	-	-	-	-	5	5	6	6	3	2	1	2	21	18	23	25
Moneragala	1	1	1	1	3	-	1	1	2	2	2	2	6	6	6	6	2	3	3	3	14	12	13	13
Polonnaruwa	-	-	-	-	3	2	4	5	-	-	-	-	5	5	6	6	2	2	2	2	10	9	12	13
Ampara	6	3	3	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	3	2	1	1	1	1	11	8	7	6
Trincomalee	-	-	-	-	3	2	3	3	1	-	-	-	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	6	4	7	7
Batticoloa	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	6	4	3	3
Vavuniya	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	2
Jaffna	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	4
Total	1,763	1,400	1,436	1,505	1,003	1,174	1,206	1,278	413	436	593	599	167	164	196	189	51	53	57	60	3,397	3,227	3,488	3,631
© ２００7， KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)
Source:
Department of Small Scale Industries, Sri Lanka
Key:
＊１： BOI (Board of Investment of Sri Lanka) ; to promote foreign investment in the country.
＊２： Section 17 of the BOI law amendment.
＊３： Section 16 of the BOI law amendment.
＊４：  50 or  200 garment factories received tax concesions if they invested in the rural areas  outside the Export Processing Zones (EPZ).
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