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Cost of Production of Rubber per kilogramme 2016/17 - 2021/22
Item 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22*
1. Cultivation cost

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

40.10 43.71 47.64 48.94 53.79 57.37

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

11.44 8.58 6.44 10.83 11.86 14.69

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

66.82 63.48 60.31 60.29 77.35 95.35
Group Total
118.37 115.77 114.39 120.06 143.00 167.41
2. Cost of maintaining

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

33.62 42.02 52.53 59.66 53.88 36.04
Group Total
33.62 42.02 52.53 59.66 53.88 53.88
3. Factory cost

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

10.10 10.15 10.20 11.10 11.76 13.87

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

9.23 10.61 12.20 13.18 13.96 11.42
Group Total
19.32 20.76 22.40 24.28 25.72 25.29
4. Marketing and agency house expenses

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

3.12 4.05 5.26 6.84 5.43 1.27
Group Total
3.12 4.05 5.26 6.84 5.43 1.27
5. Cost of state maintenance

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

4.44 5.00 5.62 10.89 10.76 13.46

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

11.93 13.42 15.10 12.42 12.28 12.99
Group Total
16.37 18.42 20.72 23.31 23.04 26.45
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

79.69 80.68 81.69 82.71 98.48 119.11
Group Total
79.69 80.68 81.69 82.71 98.48 119.11
Total Cost Per Kilogramme Of Made Rubber
270.48 281.71 296.99 316.86 349.55 375.57

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.