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	Table 008(Pro., Out.)
	Production of Crops (1992-2000)
	pro 008e							(Metric Tons)
Year                  Crop	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Tea	178,870	231,871	242,214	245,961	258,427	276,861	280,056	283,760	305,844
Rubber	106,150	104,200	105,301	106,717	112,490	105,783	95,710	96,585	87,636
Coconut (Million Nuts)	2,296	2,164	2,622	2,755	2,546	2,631	2,565	2,700	3,091
Cinnamon	10,500	12,200	11,900	11,800	11,970	12,170	11,740	12,220	12,320
Coffee	8,700	10,900	11,050	11,510	11,760	11,350	10,500	10,580	9,790
Cocoa	4,100	3,400	3,410	3,600	3,650	3,700	3,760	3,720	3,710
Pepper	10,900	14,100	14,710	16,120	16,890	17,270	17,810	17,270	16,830
Cardamom	1,000	1,000	1,070	1,120	1,210	1,170	1,190	1,120	1,080
Paddy
Cultivation Year Total	2,339,700	2,570,170	2,683,690	2,809,890	2,061,520	2,239,370	2,692,335	2,857,113	3,859,891
Maha	1,630,000	1,692,000	1,670,220	1,761,050	1,331,260	1,457,062	1,781,048	1,735,775	2,781,219
Yala	709,700	878,170	1,013,470	1,048,840	730,260	782,308	911,287	1,121,338	1,078,672
Kurakkan
Cultivation Year Total	5,000	7,000	6,670	11,990	3,910	3,500	9,700	4,810	9,890
Maha	4,200	5,900	5,680	4,090	3,400	2,990	3,800	4,220	4,290
Yala	800	1,100	990	7,900	510	510	5,900	590	5,600
Maize
Cultivation Year Total	28,700	32,600	31,590	34,840	46,730	25,690	33,870	31,470	31,050
Maha	27,700	31,100	29,970	33,340	31,430	23,630	31,450	29,280	28,540
Yala	1,000	1,500	1,620	1,500	15,300	2,060	2,420	2,190	2,510
Meneri
Cultivation Year Total	200	400	400	260	1,280	110	140	110	120
Maha	100	300	170	120	1,200	70	70	60	50
Yala	100	100	230	140	80	40	70	50	70
Sorghum
Cultivation Year Total	100	80	100	220	200	190	80	140	130
Maha	90	50	60	200	180	170	40	90	100
Yala	10	30	40	20	20	20	40	50	30
Green Gram
Cultivation Year Total	23,100	21,000	19,030	16,010	16,580	15,000	15,650	13,820	11,690
Maha	18,400	15,500	13,840	11,350	12,110	10,960	12,240	10,670	8,900
Yala	4,700	5,500	5,190	4,660	4,470	4,040	3,410	3,150	2,790
Cow Pea
Cultivation Year Total	17,500	19,400	18,600	16,110	17,000	13,980	13,400	12,100	12,120
Maha	12,500	14,700	13,790	11,740	11,890	10,500	9,130	8,560	8,670
Yala	5,000	4,700	4,810	4,370	5,110	3,480	4,270	3,540	3,450
Dhall
Cultivation Year Total	20	60	70	30	50	30	30	10	0
Maha	10	50	60	20	20	20	30	10	-
Yala	10	10	10	10	30	10	-	-	-
Gingelly
Cultivation Year Total	4,700	7,000	4,640	4,500	3,820	6,630	5,720	4,770	4,600
Maha	1,200	3,500	1,440	1,460	1,610	1,860	2,090	2,260	2,410
Yala	3,500	3,500	3,200	3,040	2,210	4,770	3,630	2,510	2,190
Ground Nuts
Cultivation Year Total	3,200	5,400	5,630	5,910	5,120	5,260	6,260	6,540	7,070
Maha	2,100	3,300	3,490	4,170	3,720	3,600	4,500	4,860	5,140
Yala	1,100	2,100	2,140	1,740	1,400	1,660	1,760	1,680	1,930
Manioc
Cultivation Year Total	302,200	309,000	298,400	288,930	270,600	249,780	257,160	251,510	249,120
Maha	178,800	181,000	174,800	167,650	160,330	143,420	151,030	145,440	146,170
Yala	123,400	128,000	123,600	121,280	110,270	106,360	106,130	106,070	102,950
Sweat Potatoes
Cultivation Year Total	60,100	57,100	62,100	61,900	58,820	54,130	52,490	51,600	51,810
Maha	31,700	24,600	31,910	32,510	31,090	31,030	28,800	29,010	27,010
Yala	28,400	32,500	30,190	29,390	27,730	23,100	23,690	22,590	24,800
Potatoes
Cultivation Year Total	78,500	78,200	79,390	466,490	100,760	66,490	25,900	27,170	48,410
Maha	37,300	40,200	41,140	427,600	66,240	41,000	16,400	11,760	26,600
Yala	41,200	38,000	38,250	38,890	34,520	25,490	9,500	15,410	21,810
Chillies (Green)
Cultivation Year Total	75,800	94,700	93,660	85,370	73,610	72,230	62,470	60,030	55,860
Maha	43,500	55,900	55,980	53,170	45,240	49,710	44,580	41,700	39,850
Yala	32,300	38,800	37,680	32,200	28,370	22,520	17,890	18,330	16,010
Mustard
Cultivation Year Total	620	640	750	540	550	310	250	230	260
Maha	600	600	720	500	520	250	200	190	220
Yala	20	40	30	40	30	60	50	40	40
Red Onions
Cultivation Year Total	54,500	47,600	48,230	48,390	43,930	44,800	38,040	42,650	42,500
Maha	28,500	22,900	24,360	23,510	23,150	23,800	17,680	18,520	20,380
Yala	26,000	24,700	23,870	24,880	20,780	21,000	20,360	24,130	22,120
Big Onions
Cultivation Year Total	27,880	28,790	34,720	29,720	19,070	29,140	17,440	62,730	36,560
Maha	800	600	1,880	610	510	570	330	360	60
Yala	27,080	28,190	32,840	29,110	18,560	28,570	17,110	62,370	36,500
Ginger (Raw)
Cultivation Year Total	5,100	3,200	5,800	5,880	5,910	5,720	5,540	5,500	5,480
Maha	5,100	3,200	5,800	5,880	5,910	5,720	5,540	5,500	5,480
Yala	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Turmeric (Raw)
Cultivation Year Total	7,600	3,100	4,220	4,790	5,180	5,060	4,550	4,650	4,450
Maha	7,600	3,100	4,220	4,790	5,180	5,060	4,550	4,650	4,450
Yala	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
© ２００7， KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)
Source:
Statistical Abstract 2001, Department of Censes & Statistics, Sri Lanka.
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