Membership
PA Membership
Membership
The PA represents the interests of :
- The large privatised plantation companies that manage approximately 382 tea and rubber estates in the country
- Smaller proprietary plantations
- Private owners of factories that process plantation crops
- Proprietary planters
- Agricultural produce brokers
- Plantation engineering firms
- Agricultural advisers on plantation crops
The Total Membership of the PA is 147, comprising
- Owner members 84 (includes RPCs)
- Management service members 13
- Private members 29
- Related Private members 21
The PA membership together accounts for the management of 377 factories comprising
- 289 tea factories,
- 65 rubber factories,
- 23 other factories
The total hectarage under the PA membership is 159,692.59, comprising of
- Tea - 69,902.38
- Rubber - 36,263.78
- Coconut/other - 10,239.70
- Oil Palm – 10,579.85
- Cinnamon – 2,893.83
- Other Extent - 29,813.06
RPC members of the PA
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Planters' Association of Ceylon - Membership
Owner Members
A person eligible to be an Owner Member shall be the owner of an estate of not less than 10 hectares in extent or a factory manufacturing plantation products.
Management Services Members
A person eligible to be a Management Service Member shall be a person who is the recognised trustee, agent, attorney, secretary or other representative in Sri Lanka of an owner.
Note: Members are requested to keep the secretariat duly advised of changes in their contact details including email ID and telephone nos.
Private Members
A person eligible to be a Private Member shall be any person who is not eligible to be an Owner Member or Management Services Member but who shall be a technical or agricultural adviser or visiting agent or agricultural produce broker or any person who has or have had an interest and actively involved in the plantation industry of Sri Lanka or in the profession of planting as a Superintendent or Manager or Assistant Superintendent or Assistant Manager.
Related Member Companies
A person eligible to be a Related Member shall be a person having an interest in the Plantation Industry as a Service Provider