Sri Lanka Trade Summary

2009 Data

Sri Lanka exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR Sri Lanka

Overall Exports and Imports

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Exports (in US$ Mil): 7,121
No. Of products: 2,362
No. Of partners: 196
Importsmore »
Imports (in US$ Mil): 9,432
No. Of products: 4,077
No. Of partners: 150

Top 5 Products exports imports at HS 6 digit level

Exports (US$ Thousands)  
Black tea (fermented ...661,825.00
Black tea (fermented ...484,520.52
Brassieres307,024.51
T-shirts, singlets a ...254,657.34
Men's or boys' trous ...246,326.10
Imports (US$ Thousands)
Petroleum oils, etc, ...869,586.18
Petroleum oils and o ...844,717.97
Spelt, common wheat ...268,683.53
Diamonds non-industr ...223,377.83
Cane or beet sugar, ...206,528.31

Top 5 Export and Import partners

Market Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
United States1,590 22.32
United Kingdom1,024 14.38
Italy438 6.14
Belgium368 5.17
Germany348 4.89
Exporter Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
India1,694 17.96
Singapore1,105 11.72
China881 9.34
Iran, Islamic Rep.846 8.97
Hong Kong, China516 5.47

Exports and Imports of Product Groups

Product Categories Exports Imports
Export(US$ Mil) Product share(%) Import(US$ Mil) Prod share(%) Weighted Average (%)
Raw materials523 7.34 1,609 17.06 6.11
Intermediate goods794 11.15 3,972 42.11 5.89
Consumer goods5,442 76.42 2,446 25.93 11.58
Capital goods249 3.49 1,403 14.88 6.17

Trade Indicators

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HH Market concentration index: 0.09
Index of export market penetration: 5.18
World Growth: -12.22
Country Growth: -7.08

Tariffs

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No Of Tariff Agreement: 10
Maximum Rate (%): 524.21
Simple Average (%): 10.77
Weighted Average (%): 7.21
Duty Free Imports (US$ Thousand): 3,542,498.60
Duty Free Tariff Lines Share (%): 15.58

Development Indicators

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GDP (current US$): 42,066
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$): 1,970.00
Trade Balance (% of GDP): -6.49
Trade Balance (current US$ Mil): -2,731.00
Trade in services (% of GDP): 10.50
Trade (% of GDP): 49.15