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Sri Lanka Trade Summary

2006

Sri Lanka exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SRI LANKA 2006

Overall Exports and Imports for Sri Lanka 2006

Exports and imports of Sri Lanka in 2006 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 6,760 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 9,773 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,977 products were exported to 189 countries and 4,333 products were imported from 147 countries.

Sri Lanka top 5 Export and Import partners 2006

Top five countries to which Sri Lanka exported in 2006 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Sri Lanka exports to United States worth US$ 2,002 million, with a partner share of 29.62 percent.
  2. Sri Lanka exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 879 million, with a partner share of 13.00 percent.
  3. Sri Lanka exports to India worth US$ 489 million, with a partner share of 7.23 percent.
  4. Sri Lanka exports to Belgium worth US$ 335 million, with a partner share of 4.95 percent.
  5. Sri Lanka exports to Germany worth US$ 328 million, with a partner share of 4.86 percent.

Top five countries from which Sri Lanka imported goods in 2006 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Sri Lanka imports from India worth US$ 1,805 million, with a partner share of 18.47 percent.
  2. Sri Lanka imports from Singapore worth US$ 982 million, with a partner share of 10.05 percent.
  3. Sri Lanka imports from China worth US$ 780 million, with a partner share of 7.98 percent.
  4. Sri Lanka imports from Iran, Islamic Rep. worth US$ 720 million, with a partner share of 7.36 percent.
  5. Sri Lanka imports from Hong Kong, China worth US$ 659 million, with a partner share of 6.74 percent.

Sri Lanka Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2006

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 525,527.76 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Sri Lanka exported Black tea (fermented) and partly fermented tea , worth 328,533.48 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Sri Lanka exported Women's or girls' trousers, breeches, etc, of c , worth 229,736.88 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Sri Lanka exported T-shirts, singlets and other vests, of cotton, , worth 223,412.56 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Sri Lanka exported Diamonds non-industrial nes excluding mounted o , worth 193,368.16 (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 1,008,380.81 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Sri Lanka imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 514,226.46 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Sri Lanka imported Cane or beet sugar, in solid form, nes , worth 218,556.56 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Sri Lanka imported Diamonds non-industrial unworked or simply sawn , worth 206,743.55 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Sri Lanka imported Spelt, common wheat and meslin , worth 196,918.30 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2006

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2006 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2006

Tariffs imposed by Sri Lanka in 2006 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 723.14 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 11.41 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 7.23 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 3,398,767.46 and duty free tariff line items share was 11.82 percent.

Development Indicators 2006

Key Development Indicators of Sri Lanka in 2006 are below

  • Sri Lanka GDP in current US dollar was 28,280 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 1,350.00 .
  • Sri Lanka Trade balance: as % of GDP was -11.00.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -3,112.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 71.26 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 14.21 .

Trade Indicators 2006

Trade Indicators for Sri Lanka in 2006 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.13.
  • Index of export market penetration was 4.81.
  • World Growth in percentage was 7.66 and Sri Lanka Country Growth was 4.95 .