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Sri Lanka Plantation Reform Project Field Survey: July-August 2003 1．Project Profile and Japan’s ODA Loan India Sri Lanka Colombo Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Project Site The area southwest of Colombo Tea plantation of a target RPC (Pussellawa Plantation) 1.1. Background The plantation sector in Sri Lanka has been playing an extremely important role in the country ’s economy. The export tax on plantation crops made up approx. 20% of total government revenue in 1975, and plantation crop exports accounted for over 90% of total export revenue in 1965, and over 70% in the late 1970s. As the sector’s international competitiveness has declined since 1977, its economic importance has decreased. Still, at the time of appraisal in 1996, the plantation sector contributed to approx. 4% of nominal GDP and approx. 18% of total exports, and employed approx. 16% of the working population, making it an important industry that earned foreign currency and created jobs. Sri Lanka’s plantation sector was divided roughly into two categories: large, state-owned plantations of 50 acres (approx. 20 ha) or over and small, private plantations of less than 50 acres. At the state-owned plantations (two major public plantation corporations), which were placed under government management in the 1970s, productivity has declined substantially because of the public sector ’s inefficient management practices. In addition, the financial conditions of two major public plantation corporations have deteriorated due to