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	Table 203(Pro., Ind., Str.)
	Regional Disribution of  Industrial Enterprises (2001-2003)
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District	Industries under Ministry of Industrial Development			Number of Industries under BOI＊１									Total
				Section 17*2 (Including 50 Garment  Factory Programme*3)			200 Garment Factory Programme*3			Section 16*4
	2001	2002	2003	2001	2002	2003	2001	2002	2003	2001	2002	2003	2001	2002	2003
Colombo	1,070	1,103	1,121	421	493	515	22	22	19	414	444	449	1,927	2,062	2,104
Gampaha	169	190	213	412	451	464	15	14	13	109	109	106	705	764	796
Kalutara	48	50	56	77	91	94	12	12	10	28	28	29	165	181	189
Galle	23	24	25	45	54	54	8	8	7	30	35	35	106	121	121
Puttalam	15	16	16	75	78	74	14	14	14	16	16	17	120	124	121
Kandy	31	34	38	47	55	56	15	15	16	25	25	25	118	129	135
Kurunegala	7	10	14	44	57	60	13	13	14	8	8	8	72	88	96
Matara	25	26	26	13	15	16	6	6	6	1	1	1	45	48	49
Hambantota	10	11	13	13	15	17	6	6	7	-	-	-	29	32	37
Nuwara Eliya	3	3	3	28	29	29	11	11	10	5	5	5	47	48	47
Rathnapura	5	6	6	14	19	21	18	15	14	4	4	4	41	44	45
Anuradhapura	5	5	6	7	7	7	13	11	10	1	1	1	26	24	24
Badulla	7	7	7	10	11	10	9	9	8	4	5	5	30	32	30
Kegalle	6	8	8	8	9	10	8	8	7	1	1	1	23	26	26
Matale	6	6	7	10	13	15	6	6	6	-	-	-	22	25	28
Monaragala	1	1	1	3	4	4	6	6	6	2	2	2	12	13	13
Polonnaruwa	-	-	1	6	7	7	6	6	6	-	-	-	12	13	14
Ampara	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	-	-	-	9	8	9
Trincomalee	-	-	-	5	5	5	2	2	2	-	1	1	7	8	8
Batticaloa	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3
Vavuniya	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	2	2	-	-	-	2	3	3
Jaffna	2	2	2	1	1	1	-	-	-	1	1	1	4	4	4
Total	1,436	1,505	1,567	1,243	1,419	1,464	196	189	180	650	687	691	3,525	3,800	3,902
© ２００7， KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)
Source:
Statistical Abstract 2001, Department of Census & Statistics
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： 50 or 200 garment factories received tax concesions if they invested in the rural areas  outside the Export Processing Zones (EPZ).
＊４： Section 16 of the BOI law amendment.
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