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Cost of Production of Rubber per kilogramme 2018/19 - 2022/23*
Item 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23*
1. Cultivation cost

A. Cost of labour, labour wages inclusive of supplements, salaries of-field supervisors

47.64 48.94 53.79 57.37 73.73

B. Cost of materials- manure,dolomite,sprays,chemicals,tractor/truck operating costs, field tools, other cost of maintaining natural rubber

6.44 10.83 11.86 14.69 34.21

C. Tapping/collecting cost- tapping/collecting labour inclusive of supplements, drivers inclusive of supplements, tapping supervisors salaries,truck/tractors supplements, tapping supervisors salaries,truck/tractors

60.31 60.29 77.35 95.35 113.56
Group Total
114.39 120.06 143.00 167.41 221.49
2. Cost of maintaining

Young rubber-manure, dolomite, sprays chemicals, plants from nursery, baskets field tools, tractor/truck operating cost, other material costs

52.53 59.66 53.88 36.04 46.47
Group Total
52.53 59.66 53.88 36.04 46.47
3. Factory cost

A. Wages and salaries- total weges of labour including supplements, total salaries of rubber makers, mechanics, other factory staff

10.20 11.10 11.76 13.87 20.66

B. Factory materials- chemicals, firewood, fuel, diesel, furnace oil, electricity packing materials, acids, other sundries, machinery and general factory maintenance

12.20 13.18 13.96 11.42 22.25
Group Total
22.40 24.28 25.72 25.29 42.91
4. Marketing and agency house expenses

Transport to colombo, storage and handling, brokerage, agency commission and other marketing costs.

5.26 6.84 5.43 1.27 3.36
Group Total
5.26 6.84 5.43 1.27 3.36
5. Cost of state maintenance

A. Cost of labour, wages of labour including supplements.

5.62 10.89 10.76 13.46 14.13

B. Other equipments- lines, latrines, other building, roads, water supply estate boundaries, and other general estate maintenance

15.10 12.42 12.28 12.99 10.52
Group Total
20.72 23.31 23.04 26.45 24.65
6. Estate general charges

Salaries allowances, director fees, visiting charges, holiday weges, feeding and schooling, sanitation, medical maternity, all insurance, E.P.F. contribution, concessionary grants, office supplies, rent depreciation auditor's fees bonus to staff workers, compensation and other general charges

81.69 82.71 98.48 119.11 100.85
Group Total
81.69 82.71 98.48 119.11 100.85
Total Cost Per Kilogramme Of Made Rubber
296.99 316.86 349.55 375.57 439.73

Note:
(1) This estimate includes the transport cost from factory to Colombo also.
 * Provisional
  Agriculture and Environmental Statistics Division
Department of Census and Statistics, Colombo, Sri Lanka.