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	Table 003(Pro., Out.)
	Primary Sector Production (1970-2002)
	(at Current Factor Cost Prices)
	pro 003e							(Rs  Million)
	Primary	Agriculture
	Sector							Forestry	Fishing
Year	Total	Total	Tea	Rubber	Coconut	Paddy	Other	Total	Total
1970	3,732	3,392	423	233	535	951	1,250	180	160
1971	3,705	3,365	452	179	538	812	1,384	177	163
1972	3,878	3,506	442	183	543	776	1,562	191	181
1973	4,892	4,474	454	306	584	1,033	2,097	210	208
1974	7,728	7,188	619	282	1,144	2,061	3,082	230	310
1975	7,798	7,173	660	328	973	1,501	3,711	249	376
1976	8,133	7,459	733	515	847	1,420	3,944	269	405
1977	10,644	9,588	1,260	508	1,411	1,847	4,562	315	741
1978	12,332	10,951	1,117	741	1,778	2,189	5,126	558	823
1979	13,412	11,073	1,154	812	1,991	2,654	4,462	960	1,379
1980	17,151	14,210	1,635	873	2,368	3,791	5,543	1,227	1,714
1981	21,977	18,310	2,148	951	2,950	5,372	6,889	1,499	2,168
1982	24,964	20,771	2,418	770	3,263	5,484	8,836	1,710	2,483
1983	32,180	27,110	3,869	983	3,654	6,852	11,752	1,907	3,163
1984	40,138	35,051	6,401	1,092	3,990	8,359	15,209	2,199	2,888
1985	41,069	35,599	5,269	1,164	3,342	9,379	16,445	2,530	2,940
1986	44,355	37,889	4,608	1,247	2,219	9,992	19,823	3,087	3,379
1987	47,923	40,579	5,889	1,215	3,475	8,393	21,607	3,642	3,702
1988	53,600	45,557	6,478	1,619	5,021	9,420	23,019	4,006	4,037
1989	58,462	48,797	6,697	1,446	4,917	9,495	26,242	4,578	5,087
1990	76,488	65,141	8,939	1,467	4,852	15,088	34,795	5,547	5,800
1991	90,257	75,108	7,553	1,254	6,667	17,080	42,554	7,267	7,882
1992	100,080	81,137	4,925	1,743	9,320	19,659	45,490	8,357	10,586
1993	111,659	90,369	6,811	2,177	9,711	21,586	50,084	9,360	11,930
1994	124,370	98,519	6,879	3,185	9,167	21,241	58,047	11,475	14,376
1995	137,678	106,753	7,230	4,007	9,323	21,645	64,548	14,321	16,604
1996	156,108	122,594	10,332	4,011	12,838	19,892	75,521	14,751	18,763
1997	175,774	138,999	12,685	3,132	14,960	24,469	83,753	15,362	21,413
1998	192,665	153,335	14,448	2,462	15,573	26,842	94,010	15,669	23,661
1999	205,599	163,481	12,295	2,253	17,675	30,197	101,061	16,280	25,838
2000	223,926	177,396	15,551	2,506	13,249	32,063	114,027	17,144	29,386
2001	249,790	199,584	15,884	2,487	13,250	34,731	133,232	19,062	31,144
2002	281,912	227,032	17,307	3,287	20,183	41,146	145,109	20,619	34,261
© ２００7， KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)
Source:
Compiled from Annual Report (various volumes), Central Bank of Sri Lanka.
Key:
Primary sector consists of three sub-sectors: Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing.
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