Table 39 - Production of coir fibre
	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
	( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000 tonnes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )
India (Brown fibre)	149.1	169.0	210.0	236.0	246.0	251.0
Sri Lanka	55.8	58.3	62.4	55.2	55.1	52.2
Thailand	4.2	6.0	6.4	8.6	8.7	9.0
Other countries	4.0	4.5	5.0	6.1	5.6	5.1
Total above countries	213.1	237.8	283.8	305.9	315.4	317.3
India	127.7	127.0	124.0	120.0	120.0	110.0
(White fibre for yarn production)

Table 40 - Production of coir yarn.
	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
	( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000 tonnes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )
India	210.0	201.0	211.0	222.3	233.4	245.0
Sri Lanka 1/	4.4	4.3	3.8	4.7	6.8	6.6
Thailand	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
Total above countries	215.4	206.3	215.8	228.0	241.2	252.6

Table 41 - Exports of coir fibre from producing countries.
	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
	( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000 tonnes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )
Sri Lanka	48.53	49.85	50.86	46.82	46.70	44.25
of which: bristle fibre	5.52	5.70	5.01	4.08	4.33	3.73
twisted fibre	18.64	18.09	25.76	19.51	17.86	16.57
mattress fibre	24.38	26.07	20.08	23.22	24.51	23.95
China,HongKong	0.58	0.68	0.68	0.62	0.60	0.60
India	1.05	0.89	1.09	1.53	2.05	3.00
Indonesia	0.87	0.60	0.03	0.06	0.08	0.08
Philippines	0.93	1.00	1.82	1.51	0.24	0.25
Thailand	3.32	4.79	5.11	6.90	7.00	7.00
Singapore	0.30	0.20	0.20	0.20	0.20	0.20
Total, Far East	55.69	58.23	59.92	57.70	56.94	55.00
Tanzania	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.10
Other Africa	0.10	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total, Africa	0.20	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.10
Mexico	1.08	1.76	1.94	0.69	0.69	0.69
Venezuela	0.15	0.41	0.03	0.28	1.28	1.30
Total, Latin America	1.22	2.18	1.96	0.97	1.97	1.99
WORLD TOTAL	57.11	60.51	61.98	58.77	59.01	57.09

Table 42 - Coir: Prices of fibres and yarn
	SRI LANKA
	Export Prices FOB Colombo
	Mattress Fibre	Bristle Fibre	Coir Yarn	Coir Twine	Coir Fibre Pith
	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . US$/tonne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Annual average
1992	163	503	. . .	. . .	. . .
1993	161	581	. . .	. . .	. . .
1994	194	532	. . .	. . .	. . .
1995	236	581	. . .	. . .	. . .
1996	193	626	. . .	. . .	. . .
1997	183	616	. . .	. . .	. . .
1998	189	606	. . .	. . .	. . .
1999	186	577	466	790	205
2000 average	199	524	504	796	195
January	197	537	679	691	190
February	213	517	556	691	187
March	183	538	674	688	185
April	220	518	343	848	194
May	220	545	335	946	205
June	196	584	352	833	195
July	184	504	393	823	186
August	184	518	583	774	198
September	185	544	566	855	192
October	176	525	596	801	205
November	218	521	419	777	212
December	208	432	553	722	187
2001 average	172	472	568	820	179
January	189	499	495	757	186
February	167	421	614	698	145
March	161	450	584	740	183
April	202	461	443	896	185
May	166	444	481	840	183
June	162	485	822	934	173
July	159	543	539	877	197
August	136	525	591	594	198
September	142	532	470	794	222
October	154	536	616	864	221

Table 43 - Exports of coir yarn from producing countries.
	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
India	13.6	15.9	16.5	10.1	16.0	17.0
Sri Lanka 1/	3.9	2.1	3.3	4.0	5.7	5.6
Total Above Countries	17.5	18.0	19.8	14.1	21.7	22.6

Table 44 - Exports of coir mats, mattings and rugs from principal exporting countries. 1/
	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
India	23.90	24.70	26.58	30.62	36.96	41.36
Sri Lanka	0.69	0.34	0.78	0.78	0.90	1.27
China	0.63	0.98	1.00	0.97	0.97	0.60
Philippines	1.70	2.10	3.62	3.95	3.44	2.50
Austria	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.01	0.06
Belgium/Lux	0.96	0.20	0.24	0.24	0.17
Denmark	0.34	0.07	0.07	0.13	0.13
France	0.23	0.28	1.06	2.24	0.50
Germany	0.69	0.77	0.77	0.64	0.66
Italy	0.68	0.83	0.80	0.56	0.86
Netherlands	3.18	0.42	0.27	0.28	0.29
Portugal	1.42	1.76	0.30	0.08	0.11
Spain	0.14	0.01	0.01	0.00	0.03
Sweden	0.42	0.48	0.29	0.28	0.31
United Kingdom	0.17	0.11	0.12	0.14	0.11
Total EC (15)	8.26	4.96	3.97	4.60	3.21	3.00
Total Above Countries	35.18	33.08	35.95	40.92	45.47	48.73

Table 45 - Imports of Coir yarn into principal importing countries.
	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
	( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . thousand tonnes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )
DEVELOPED	17.62	19.29	22.43	17.41	20.65
North America	4.57	5.11	3.39	3.69	4.51
USA	4.57	5.11	3.39	3.69	4.51
Europe	11.57	12.64	17.56	12.06	14.53
EC (15)	11.17	12.24	17.16	11.66	14.13
Belgium	0.54	0.77	0.80	0.61	1.01
Denmark	0.20	0.18	0.21	0.02	0.00
France	1.88	2.35	3.85	2.63	3.34
Germany	1.12	1.41	1.78	1.55	2.02
Italy	3.14	3.81	5.51	3.14	3.49
Netherlands	2.43	2.23	2.91	2.71	2.75
Portugal	0.88	0.70	1.44	0.60	0.49
Spain	0.30	0.14	0.28	0.03	0.33
United Kingdom	0.69	0.65	0.39	0.38	0.70
Other Developed	1.48	1.55	1.48	1.66	1.61
Australia	0.00	0.00	0.07	0.11	0.11
Japan	0.38	0.45	0.31	0.45	0.40
DEVELOPING	2.80	2.87	2.95	2.93	3.00
Korea Rep	0.50	0.60	0.60	0.86	0.59
Morocco	0.40	0.17	0.30	0.17	0.18
Pakistan	0.90	0.89	0.95	0.80	0.92
Saudi Arabia	0.10	0.20	0.20	0.20	0.20
Turkey	0.40	0.50	0.40	0.40	0.40
Other developing	0.50	0.50	0.50	0.50	0.50
Total Above Countries	20.42	22.16	25.38	20.34	23.65

Table 46 - Imports of coir mats, matting and rugs into principal importing countries 1/
	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
	( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . thousand tonnes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )
DEVELOPED	29.90	30.13	32.29	35.68	36.15
EUROPE	21.70	20.80	21.40	22.70	21.20
EC (15)	20.99	20.02	20.73	22.02	20.47
Austria	0.27	0.27	0.21	0.26	0.20
Belgium/Lux	1.75	1.08	1.36	1.90	1.30
Denmark	0.59	0.58	0.30	0.21	0.24
Finland	0.02	0.04	0.04	0.07	0.06
France	3.13	2.60	3.00	3.55	3.91
Germany	4.26	4.10	4.12	4.43	3.90
Greece	0.32	0.35	0.47	1.05	0.89
Ireland	0.10	0.05	0.07	0.00	0.00
Italy	1.65	1.75	1.63	1.56	1.55
Netherlands	2.59	2.62	2.44	2.16	1.84
Portugal	0.27	0.34	0.16	0.21	0.22
Spain	1.03	1.08	0.47	0.61	0.50
Sweden	0.84	0.87	0.32	0.70	0.52
United Kingdom	4.18	4.31	6.14	5.31	5.33
Norway	0.13	0.11	0.12	0.15	0.17
Switzerland	0.60	0.63	0.54	0.57	0.53
Other Developed	8.20	9.33	10.89	12.98	14.95
Australia 2/	1.04	1.10	1.19	1.39	1.00
Canada 2/	0.20	0.12	0.17	0.27	0.25
Japan	0.30	0.20	0.27	0.30	0.30
United States	5.27	6.50	7.90	9.67	12.00
Other n.e.s.	1.40	1.39	1.37	1.36	1.40
DEVELOPING	0.50	0.50	0.50	1.50	1.50
Total Above Countries	30.40	30.63	32.79	37.18	37.65