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| Item | 2016/17 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22* | |||||||||
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| A.General charges Supervisory staff, monthly paid salaries, allowances etc, and directors, visiting charges. |
19.91 | 20.65 | 21.41 | 18.34 | 18.13 | 24.72 | |||||||||
| Labour Holiday wages, feeding and schooling, concessionary grants, sanitary, medical and maternity benefits, contribution to E.P.F. |
39.45 | 40.42 | 41.41 | 18.35 | 17.79 | 50.39 | |||||||||
Up-keep of bungalows, roads, minor buildings, etc.,interest, bank charges and commission, insurance, depreciation of fixed assets. |
34.17 | 35.42 | 36.71 | 35.12 | 30.34 | 47.20 | |||||||||
Stationery, postage, etc., Auditors' fees, rent, acreage fees, and local taxes, other general expenses. |
17.49 | 17.86 | 18.24 | 10.26 | 11.74 | 21.11 | |||||||||
| B- Up-keep and cultivation | |||||||||||||||
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Labour wages including all allowances - weeding and upkeep of fences, control of pests and diseases, manuring, plucking ,pruning,supply of vacancies, field watchers, miscellaneous. |
200.89 | 207.52 | 214.37 | 225.30 | 293.17 | 273.34 | |||||||||
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Materials and tools-fencing, control of pests and diseases,manure, other materials and tools. |
25.82 | 27.24 | 28.73 | 26.63 | 21.92 | 39.40 | |||||||||
| C -Transport costs incurred in production | |||||||||||||||
Wages of drivers and cleaners, repairs to vehicles, fuel. |
55.73 | 58.46 | 61.32 | 61.07 | 44.35 | 77.00 | |||||||||
| D -Cost of green leaf (1) | |||||||||||||||
(a) Cost of estate leaf (b) Cost of bought leaf (c) Cost of green leaf (weighted average) |
277.24 279.56 276.36 |
282.51 284.87 279.52 |
287.87 290.28 282.72 |
313.00 392.66 373.10 |
359.44 472.11 439.00 |
379.56 403.31 387.17 |
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| E- Manufacturing costs | |||||||||||||||
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Factory labour,fuel for engines,fuel for driers, eletricity, machinery up-keep, packing materials, factory sundries. |
57.17 | 58.56 | 59.99 | 71.46 | 83.38 | 77.05 | |||||||||
| F- Marketing cost and agency house expenses | |||||||||||||||
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Transport to Colombo auctions or port of shipping, storage and handling brokerage, agency charges, and other expenses. |
22.43 | 22.87 | 23.31 | 19.88 | 18.10 | 31.34 | |||||||||
Total cost per kilogramme of made tea. |
466.98 | 475.29 | 483.79 | 546.53 | 618.49 | 638.99 | |||||||||
source - Department of Census and Statistics Note (1) The cost of production of tea estimates are based on a survey carried out jointly by the Department of Census and Statistics and the Tea Commissioner's Division - Sri Lanka Tea Board. (2) This estimate includes the transport cost from factory to Colombo also. * Provisional |
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