Sri Lanka Trade Summary

2017 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): 11,741
No. Of products: 3,121
No. Of partners: 198
Importsmore »
Imports (in US$ Mil): 21,316
No. Of products: 4,246
No. Of partners: 195

Top 5 Products exports imports at HS 6 digit level

Exports (US$ Thousands)  
Black tea (fermented ...815,416.04
Black tea (fermented ...647,449.98
Brassieres589,273.98
Solid... tyres, inte ...329,073.71
Petroleum oils, etc, ...294,578.22
Imports (US$ Thousands)
Petroleum oils, etc, ...2,090,490.05
Gold in unwrought fo ...649,835.13
Petroleum oils and o ...602,845.54
Transmission apparat ...445,072.89
Semi-fin prod,i/nas, ...355,454.32

Top 5 Export and Import partners

Market Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
United States2,920 24.87
United Kingdom1,043 8.88
India790 6.72
Germany547 4.66
Italy532 4.53
Exporter Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
India4,494 21.08
China4,189 19.65
United Arab Emirates1,564 7.34
Singapore1,292 6.06
Japan1,038 4.87

Exports and Imports of Product Groups

Product Categories Exports Imports
Export(US$ Mil) Product share(%) Import(US$ Mil) Prod share(%) Weighted Average (%)
Raw materials675 5.75 1,916 8.99 8.95
Intermediate goods1,176 10.02 8,141 38.19 7.41
Consumer goods9,074 77.28 6,577 30.85 15.74
Capital goods778 6.63 4,485 21.04 3.42

Trade Indicators

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HH Market concentration index: 0.09
Index of export market penetration: 6.08
World Growth: 5.17
Country Growth: 3.80

Tariffs

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No Of Tariff Agreement: 10
Maximum Rate (%): 3,000
Simple Average (%): 10.35
Weighted Average (%): 8.72
Duty Free Imports (US$ Thousand): 12,966,315.92
Duty Free Tariff Lines Share (%): 54.02

Development Indicators

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GDP (current US$): 94,376
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$): 4,210.00
Trade Balance (% of GDP): -6.69
Trade Balance (current US$ Mil): -6,316.00
Trade in services (% of GDP): 12.87
Trade (% of GDP): 47.14