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Sri Lanka Trade Summary

2001

Sri Lanka exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SRI LANKA 2001

Overall Exports and Imports for Sri Lanka 2001

Exports and imports of Sri Lanka in 2001 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 4,724 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 5,418 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,961 products were exported to 182 countries and 4,369 products were imported from 120 countries.

Sri Lanka top 5 Export and Import partners 2001

Top five countries to which Sri Lanka exported in 2001 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Sri Lanka exports to United States worth US$ 1,926 million, with a partner share of 40.76 percent.
  2. Sri Lanka exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 576 million, with a partner share of 12.20 percent.
  3. Sri Lanka exports to Germany worth US$ 198 million, with a partner share of 4.20 percent.
  4. Sri Lanka exports to Japan worth US$ 186 million, with a partner share of 3.93 percent.
  5. Sri Lanka exports to United Arab Emirates worth US$ 145 million, with a partner share of 3.08 percent.

Top five countries from which Sri Lanka imported goods in 2001 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Sri Lanka imports from India worth US$ 602 million, with a partner share of 11.12 percent.
  2. Sri Lanka imports from Hong Kong, China worth US$ 501 million, with a partner share of 9.25 percent.
  3. Sri Lanka imports from Singapore worth US$ 411 million, with a partner share of 7.59 percent.
  4. Sri Lanka imports from Japan worth US$ 337 million, with a partner share of 6.23 percent.
  5. Sri Lanka imports from Korea, Rep. worth US$ 336 million, with a partner share of 6.20 percent.

Sri Lanka Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2001

The top five exported HS 6 digit level products to world by Sri Lanka along with trade value are:

  1. Sri Lanka exported Black tea (fermented) and partly fermented tea, , worth 403,251.67 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Sri Lanka exported Black tea (fermented) and partly fermented tea , worth 271,980.44 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Sri Lanka exported Men's or boys' trousers, breeches, etc, of cott , worth 133,574.78 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Sri Lanka exported Men's or boys' shirts of cotton , worth 117,298.54 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Sri Lanka exported Women's or girls' trousers, breeches, etc, of c , worth 108,006.98 (US$ Thousands).

The top five imported HS 6 digit level products from world by Sri Lanka along with trade value are

  1. Sri Lanka imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 366,335.42 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Sri Lanka imported Diamonds non-industrial unworked or simply sawn , worth 133,516.52 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Sri Lanka imported Cane or beet sugar, in solid form, nes , worth 116,145.64 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Sri Lanka imported Printed, dyed or coloured woven fabrics, >=85% , worth 111,354.80 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Sri Lanka imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 92,831.66 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2001

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2001 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2001

Tariffs imposed by Sri Lanka in 2001 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 774.76 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 9.61 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 6.55 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 2,488,500.46 and duty free tariff line items share was 19.94 percent.

Development Indicators 2001

Key Development Indicators of Sri Lanka in 2001 are below

  • Sri Lanka GDP in current US dollar was 15,750 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 830.00 .
  • Sri Lanka Trade balance: as % of GDP was -6.24.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -982.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 80.90 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 19.71 .

Trade Indicators 2001

Trade Indicators for Sri Lanka in 2001 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.19.
  • Index of export market penetration was 4.28.
  • World Growth in percentage was -1.72 and Sri Lanka Country Growth was -0.96 .