Rubber Research Institute of Sri Lanka

Ministry of Plantation and Community Infrastructure



Statistics

Key Indicators : Rubber

Key Indicators : Rubber

Item
Unit
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
1.  Production
Mn.kg
152.1
130.4
98.6
88.6
79.1
 83.1 82.6 74.7 78.2 76.88 70.87
2.  Area (b)
 
 
 
 
                
   2.1 Immature
'ooo ha
31
31
28
20
39
 34 30 24 17 16  
   2.2 Mature
'ooo ha
99
101
106
114
97
 103 107 114 121 123  
3. Yield
kg/ha
1459
1219
889
823
800
 809 774 658 648.85 679  
4. Fertillzer Issue
'ooo MT
15.5
20.5
 
                
5. Replanting (c)
ha
3243
4981
1475
1917
1467
 1338 870 1040 956 1522  
6. New planting (c)
ha
3382
3013
1304
825
615
 677 980 1103 726 1188  
7. Prices
 
 
 
 
                
   7.1 Exports f.o.b
Rs/kg
420.77
389.81
362.96
342.03
294.33
 343.6 363.93 332.3 353.8 540.77  
   7.2 Colombo RSS
Rs/kg
416.61
376.9
285.76
245.93
238.97
 337.27 281.12 288.5 350 538  
8. Cost of production (d)
Rs/kg
136
150
160
170
180
 195 205 210 213.5 221  
9. Exports
Mnkgs
37.38
23.6
16.31
10.37
16.17
 17.2 13.98 13.003 15.76 15.49  
10.Domestic consumption Mnkgs 110.3 107.3 85.6 127.4 142 128.14 135.24 112.6 112.1 133.85 117.29
11.Export earnings  
 
 
 
                
  11.1 Raw Rubber
Rs Mn
15726
9164
5916
3548
4578
 5920 5088 4321 5578 5578.56  
  11.3 Semi processed rubber
 
5535
4733
3916
1836
766
 641.5 629.8 701.42 530.66 621.19  
  11.3 End Products
Rs Mn
103921
114790
112252
101426
111025
 126783 141665 154150 144969 208353  
Total Export Earnings
Rs Mn
125182
123985
122084
106810
1116549
 133344.7 147386.3 159174.6 151079.8 217352  
 
US$ Mn
984
959
935
785
800
 875 906.8 890.3 814.3 1092.9  

Source : Rubber Development Department, Statistical Pocket Book, CBSL

Rubber : Production by Different Types

Rubber : Production by Different Types

Year
Sheet
Sole
Crepe
Scrap
Crepe
 Latex
Crepe
T.S.R.
Latex
Other
Total (MT)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1980
72,404
4,278
13,422
31,830
9,745
1,472
133,151
1981
62,067
4,200
9,033
33,935
13,198
1,512
123,945
1982
62,230
4,148
8,328
35,997
12,372
2,155
125,230
1983
56,596
4,326
4,602
64,051
8,102
2,320
139,997
1984
66,926
4,275
7,480
52,519
8,107
3,614
142,921
1985
65,883
4,164
6,135
41,260
13,686
6,365
137,493
1986
62,883
4,446
7,400
43,480
14,265
5,787
138,261
1987
55,580
4,679
9,069
35,080
11,667
5,732
121,807
1988
62,865
2,894
4,954
33,664
14,151
3,864
122,392
1989
54,307
2,589
3,666
31,316
13,985
4,882
110,745
1990
56,356
4,147
5,803
32,044
9,893
4,860
113,103
1991
51,339
2,449
7,376
28,735
6,750
7,204
103,853
1992
45,626
3,684
5,017
24,554
15,497
11,770
106,148
1993
43,751
3,864
4,319
25,181
13,981
13,104
104,200
1994
40,859
3,955
4,429
30,078
11,521
14,459
105,301
1995
42,190
2,748
2,920
29,278
22,970
5,611
105,717
1996
53,221
3,739
4,102
33,698
11,067
6,674
112,501
1997
46,067
3,994
2,796
34,121
9,232
9,572
105,782
1998
26,919
4,865
1,858
51,527
5,814
4,727
95,710
1999
28,677
4,250
1,644
39,391
4,758
17,864
96,584
2000
34,003
4,512
1,788
28,110
3,879
15,344
87,636
2001
30,344
3,915
2,743
26,112
3,657
19,461
86,232
2002
42,770
2,987
2,185
20,831
1,231
20,514
90,518
2003
50,015
2,195
3,117
17,131
1,193
18,359
92,010
2004
46,705
2,035
3,708
12,481
2,812
27,000
94,741
2005
50,170
2,739
2,883
12,914
5,880
29,766
104,352
2006
46,260
3,949
1,606
20,224
9,038
28,076
109,153
2007
48,875
4,077
1,693
21,756
9,564
31,586
117,551
2008
55,011
3,937
2,711
21,043
10,968
35,573
129,243
2009
54,550
5,448
3,502
31,670
11,775
29,934
136,879
2010
59,248
6,711
1,842
52,504
8,341
24,341
152,987
2011
60,699
3,384
1,332
59,933
7,981
24,869
158,198
2012
59,242
1,902
1,280
36,550
8,672
44,403
152,050
2013
62,800
2,379
2,440
15,373
9,566
37,863
130,421
2014
48,539
2,410
1,022
11,832
7,615
27,155
98,573
2015
44,392
1,939
886
8,266
7,606
25,478
88,567
2016
39,754
1,575
791
12,618
3,865
20,497
79,100
2017
41,523
1,476
830
9,160
1,204
28,878
83,071
2018
41,300
1,400
2,600
10,500
800
26,000
82,600
2019 37,376 2,104 4,485 7,849 1,205 21,733 74,752
2020 39,102 1,047 4,692 7,223 1,529 24,612 78,205
2021 38,442 1,150 4,613 8,154 853 23,670 76,884
2022 34,749 1,266 4,252 8,948 1,291 20,353 70,867

 

Source : Rubber Development Department

Rubber Production by Different Types - 2022

Rubber Production by Different Types - 2022

 

RUBBER : TOTAL PRODUCTION, EXPORTS & DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION

Year
Production
Exports
Domestic Consumption
('ooo Mt)
('ooo Mt)
('ooo Mt)
1980
133.2
120.9
14.9
1981
123.9
132.5
16.2
1982
125.2
131.3
16.3
1983
140.0
125.2
16.4
1984
141.9
126.2
15.0
1985
137.5
120.4
15.0
1986
137.8
110.0
16.4
1987
121.8
106.0
19.3
1988
122.4
99.3
19.8
1989
110.7
86.0
20.7
1990
113.1
86.7
23.5
1991
103.9
76.4
26.7
1992
106.1
78.6
28.8
1993
104.2
69.6
32.8
1994
105.3
69.1
36.3
1995
105.7
68.2
37.4
1996
112.5
72.1
39.9
1997
105.8
61.4
44.0
1998
95.7
41.4
53.6
1999
96.6
42.7
53.7
2000
87.6
32.5
55.1
2001
86.2
32.0
54.0
2002
90.5
36.1
54.4
2003
92.0
35.2
56.8
2004
94.7
40.3
54.4
2005
104.40
31.6
72.7
2006
109.2
46.3
63.1
2007
117.6
51.42
73.9
2008
129.2
48.6
80.1
2009
136.9
56.0
84.9
2010
153.0
51.5
107.2
2011
158.2
42.6
111.7
2012
152.1
37.4
110.0
2013
130.4
23.6
107.3
2014
98.6
16.3
85.6
2015
88.6
10.4
127.4
2016
79.1
16.2
142.0
2017
83.1
17.2
128.14
2018
82.6
13.98
135.24
2019 74.7 13.003 112
2020 78.2 15.765 112.1
2021 76.88 15.49 133.85
2022 70.87   117.29

 

Source : Rubber Development Department

Changes observed in yearly averages of auction prices for RSS, Scrap Crape and Latex Crepe from 2000 to 2022

Changes observed in yearly averages of auction prices for RSS, Scrap Crape and Latex Crepe from 2000 to 2022


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