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Sri Lanka Trade Summary

2009

Sri Lanka exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SRI LANKA 2009

Overall Exports and Imports for Sri Lanka 2009

Exports and imports of Sri Lanka in 2009 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 7,121 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 9,432 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,362 products were exported to 196 countries and 4,077 products were imported from 150 countries.

Sri Lanka top 5 Export and Import partners 2009

Top five countries to which Sri Lanka exported in 2009 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Sri Lanka exports to United States worth US$ 1,590 million, with a partner share of 22.32 percent.
  2. Sri Lanka exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 1,024 million, with a partner share of 14.38 percent.
  3. Sri Lanka exports to Italy worth US$ 438 million, with a partner share of 6.14 percent.
  4. Sri Lanka exports to Belgium worth US$ 368 million, with a partner share of 5.17 percent.
  5. Sri Lanka exports to Germany worth US$ 348 million, with a partner share of 4.89 percent.

Top five countries from which Sri Lanka imported goods in 2009 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Sri Lanka imports from India worth US$ 1,694 million, with a partner share of 17.96 percent.
  2. Sri Lanka imports from Singapore worth US$ 1,105 million, with a partner share of 11.72 percent.
  3. Sri Lanka imports from China worth US$ 881 million, with a partner share of 9.34 percent.
  4. Sri Lanka imports from Iran, Islamic Rep. worth US$ 846 million, with a partner share of 8.97 percent.
  5. Sri Lanka imports from Hong Kong, China worth US$ 516 million, with a partner share of 5.47 percent.

Sri Lanka Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2009

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 661,825.00 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Sri Lanka exported Black tea (fermented) and partly fermented tea , worth 484,520.52 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Sri Lanka exported Brassieres , worth 307,024.51 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Sri Lanka exported T-shirts, singlets and other vests, of cotton, , worth 254,657.34 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Sri Lanka exported Men's or boys' trousers, breeches, etc, of cott , worth 246,326.10 (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, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 869,586.18 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Sri Lanka imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 844,717.97 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Sri Lanka imported Spelt, common wheat and meslin , worth 268,683.53 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Sri Lanka imported Diamonds non-industrial unworked or simply sawn , worth 223,377.83 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Sri Lanka imported Cane or beet sugar, in solid form, nes , worth 206,528.31 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2009

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2009 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2009

Tariffs imposed by Sri Lanka in 2009 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 524.21 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 10.77 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 7.21 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 3,542,498.60 and duty free tariff line items share was 15.58 percent.

Development Indicators 2009

Key Development Indicators of Sri Lanka in 2009 are below

  • Sri Lanka GDP in current US dollar was 42,066 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 1,970.00 .
  • Sri Lanka Trade balance: as % of GDP was -6.49.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -2,731.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 49.15 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 10.50 .

Trade Indicators 2009

Trade Indicators for Sri Lanka in 2009 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.09.
  • Index of export market penetration was 5.18.
  • World Growth in percentage was -12.22 and Sri Lanka Country Growth was -7.08 .