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Sri Lanka Trade Summary

2012

Sri Lanka exports, imports, tariff by year.
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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SRI LANKA 2012

Overall Exports and Imports for Sri Lanka 2012

Exports and imports of Sri Lanka in 2012 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 9,370 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 17,885 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,982 products were exported to 201 countries and 4,212 products were imported from 174 countries.

Sri Lanka top 5 Export and Import partners 2012

Top five countries to which Sri Lanka exported in 2012 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Sri Lanka exports to United States worth US$ 2,117 million, with a partner share of 22.59 percent.
  2. Sri Lanka exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 1,062 million, with a partner share of 11.33 percent.
  3. Sri Lanka exports to India worth US$ 599 million, with a partner share of 6.39 percent.
  4. Sri Lanka exports to Italy worth US$ 517 million, with a partner share of 5.51 percent.
  5. Sri Lanka exports to Belgium worth US$ 464 million, with a partner share of 4.96 percent.

Top five countries from which Sri Lanka imported goods in 2012 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Sri Lanka imports from India worth US$ 3,517 million, with a partner share of 19.66 percent.
  2. Sri Lanka imports from China worth US$ 2,568 million, with a partner share of 14.36 percent.
  3. Sri Lanka imports from United Arab Emirates worth US$ 1,293 million, with a partner share of 7.23 percent.
  4. Sri Lanka imports from Singapore worth US$ 1,287 million, with a partner share of 7.19 percent.
  5. Sri Lanka imports from Iran, Islamic Rep. worth US$ 662 million, with a partner share of 3.70 percent.

Sri Lanka Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2012

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 726,639.12 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Sri Lanka exported Black tea (fermented) and partly fermented tea , worth 629,693.22 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Sri Lanka exported Brassieres , worth 419,326.28 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Sri Lanka exported Solid... tyres, interchangeable tyre treads and , worth 331,092.30 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Sri Lanka exported Men's or boys' trousers, breeches, etc, of cott , worth 284,304.78 (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 2,102,572.36 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Sri Lanka imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 1,289,273.01 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Sri Lanka imported Spelt, common wheat and meslin , worth 327,850.11 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Sri Lanka imported Cane or beet sugar, in solid form, nes , worth 315,010.63 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Sri Lanka imported Diamonds non-industrial unworked or simply sawn , worth 292,415.41 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2012

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2012 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2012

Tariffs imposed by Sri Lanka in 2012 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 536.16 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 9.94 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 7.05 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 9,721,989.72 and duty free tariff line items share was 44.92 percent.

Development Indicators 2012

Key Development Indicators of Sri Lanka in 2012 are below

  • Sri Lanka GDP in current US dollar was 70,447 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 3,370.00 .
  • Sri Lanka Trade balance: as % of GDP was not available.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was not available.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was not available .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 9.00 .

Trade Indicators 2012

Trade Indicators for Sri Lanka in 2012 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.08.
  • Index of export market penetration was 5.41.
  • World Growth in percentage was 0.17 and Sri Lanka Country Growth was -1.95 .