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Sri Lanka Trade Summary

2011

Sri Lanka exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SRI LANKA 2011

Overall Exports and Imports for Sri Lanka 2011

Exports and imports of Sri Lanka in 2011 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 10,011 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 19,696 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,460 products were exported to 204 countries and 4,210 products were imported from 175 countries.

Sri Lanka top 5 Export and Import partners 2011

Top five countries to which Sri Lanka exported in 2011 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Sri Lanka exports to United States worth US$ 2,144 million, with a partner share of 21.41 percent.
  2. Sri Lanka exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 1,110 million, with a partner share of 11.09 percent.
  3. Sri Lanka exports to Italy worth US$ 610 million, with a partner share of 6.09 percent.
  4. Sri Lanka exports to Belgium worth US$ 546 million, with a partner share of 5.45 percent.
  5. Sri Lanka exports to India worth US$ 521 million, with a partner share of 5.21 percent.

Top five countries from which Sri Lanka imported goods in 2011 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Sri Lanka imports from India worth US$ 4,349 million, with a partner share of 22.08 percent.
  2. Sri Lanka imports from China worth US$ 2,135 million, with a partner share of 10.84 percent.
  3. Sri Lanka imports from Singapore worth US$ 1,539 million, with a partner share of 7.81 percent.
  4. Sri Lanka imports from Iran, Islamic Rep. worth US$ 1,439 million, with a partner share of 7.30 percent.
  5. Sri Lanka imports from Japan worth US$ 1,025 million, with a partner share of 5.20 percent.

Sri Lanka Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2011

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 743,538.30 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Sri Lanka exported Black tea (fermented) and partly fermented tea , worth 685,234.56 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Sri Lanka exported Brassieres , worth 392,370.80 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Sri Lanka exported Solid... tyres, interchangeable tyre treads and , worth 353,086.04 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Sri Lanka exported Men's or boys' trousers, breeches, etc, of cott , worth 308,929.97 (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 2,268,250.38 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Sri Lanka imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 1,354,053.04 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Sri Lanka imported Gold in unwrought forms non-monetary , worth 604,399.28 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Sri Lanka imported Spelt, common wheat and meslin , worth 448,858.92 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Sri Lanka imported Cane or beet sugar, in solid form, nes , worth 392,249.38 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2011

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2011 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2011

Tariffs imposed by Sri Lanka in 2011 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 578.03 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 9.97 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 7.68 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 10,517,831.08 and duty free tariff line items share was 43.96 percent.

Development Indicators 2011

Key Development Indicators of Sri Lanka in 2011 are below

  • Sri Lanka GDP in current US dollar was 67,753 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 2,850.00 .
  • Sri Lanka Trade balance: as % of GDP was not available.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was not available.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was not available .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 10.47 .

Trade Indicators 2011

Trade Indicators for Sri Lanka in 2011 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.08.
  • Index of export market penetration was 5.16.
  • World Growth in percentage was 9.23 and Sri Lanka Country Growth was 9.04 .