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Sri Lanka Trade Summary

2005

Sri Lanka exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SRI LANKA 2005

Overall Exports and Imports for Sri Lanka 2005

Exports and imports of Sri Lanka in 2005 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 6,160 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 8,307 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,914 products were exported to 187 countries and 4,383 products were imported from 138 countries.

Sri Lanka top 5 Export and Import partners 2005

Top five countries to which Sri Lanka exported in 2005 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Sri Lanka exports to United States worth US$ 1,983 million, with a partner share of 32.20 percent.
  2. Sri Lanka exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 775 million, with a partner share of 12.58 percent.
  3. Sri Lanka exports to India worth US$ 559 million, with a partner share of 9.07 percent.
  4. Sri Lanka exports to Germany worth US$ 271 million, with a partner share of 4.39 percent.
  5. Sri Lanka exports to Belgium worth US$ 258 million, with a partner share of 4.19 percent.

Top five countries from which Sri Lanka imported goods in 2005 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Sri Lanka imports from India worth US$ 1,439 million, with a partner share of 17.33 percent.
  2. Sri Lanka imports from Singapore worth US$ 738 million, with a partner share of 8.88 percent.
  3. Sri Lanka imports from Hong Kong, China worth US$ 648 million, with a partner share of 7.80 percent.
  4. Sri Lanka imports from China worth US$ 630 million, with a partner share of 7.59 percent.
  5. Sri Lanka imports from Iran, Islamic Rep. worth US$ 499 million, with a partner share of 6.01 percent.

Sri Lanka Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2005

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 460,640.26 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Sri Lanka exported Black tea (fermented) and partly fermented tea , worth 328,033.42 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Sri Lanka exported Brassieres , worth 195,371.96 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Sri Lanka exported Women's or girls' trousers, breeches, etc, of c , worth 177,864.61 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Sri Lanka exported Solid... tyres, interchangeable tyre treads and , worth 156,155.81 (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 713,146.84 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Sri Lanka imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 316,569.06 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Sri Lanka imported Diamonds non-industrial unworked or simply sawn , worth 195,275.84 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Sri Lanka imported Spelt, common wheat and meslin , worth 153,695.17 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Sri Lanka imported Weft knits or crocheted fabrics of cotton , worth 145,077.67 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2005

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2005 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2005

Tariffs imposed by Sri Lanka in 2005 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 1,253.15 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 11.71 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 7.56 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 2,922,238.24 and duty free tariff line items share was 11.20 percent.

Development Indicators 2005

Key Development Indicators of Sri Lanka in 2005 are below

  • Sri Lanka GDP in current US dollar was 24,406 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 1,200.00 .
  • Sri Lanka Trade balance: as % of GDP was -8.93.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -2,179.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 73.60 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 14.87 .

Trade Indicators 2005

Trade Indicators for Sri Lanka in 2005 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.14.
  • Index of export market penetration was 4.62.
  • World Growth in percentage was 6.13 and Sri Lanka Country Growth was 3.32 .