Sri Lanka Trade Summary

2019 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): 11,974
No. Of products: 3,118
No. Of partners: 201
Importsmore »
Imports (in US$ Mil): 19,474
No. Of products: 4,198
No. Of partners: 199

Top 5 Products exports imports at HS 6 digit level

Exports (US$ Thousands)  
Black tea (fermented ...675,792.45
Brassieres641,652.35
Black tea (fermented ...594,003.93
Solid... tyres, inte ...338,808.06
T-shirts, singlets, ...335,339.85
Imports (US$ Thousands)
Petroleum oils, etc, ...2,162,071.56
Petroleum oils and o ...749,678.66
Transmission apparat ...408,883.57
Other medicaments of ...359,345.78
Knitted or crocheted ...342,332.75

Top 5 Export and Import partners

Market Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
United States3,146 26.27
United Kingdom1,001 8.36
India774 6.46
Germany655 5.47
Italy537 4.49
Exporter Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
China4,033 20.71
India3,830 19.67
United Arab Emirates1,542 7.92
Malaysia894 4.59
Japan875 4.49

Exports and Imports of Product Groups

Product Categories Exports Imports
Export(US$ Mil) Product share(%) Import(US$ Mil) Prod share(%) Weighted Average (%)
Raw materials685 5.72 1,930 9.91 8.58
Intermediate goods1,278 10.67 7,787 39.99 15.63
Consumer goods9,375 78.29 6,123 31.44 24.24
Capital goods636 5.31 3,633 18.65 3.58

Trade Indicators

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HH Market concentration index: 0.08
Index of export market penetration: 6.35
World Growth: -1.34
Country Growth: -0.24

Tariffs

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No Of Tariff Agreement: 11
Maximum Rate (%): 3,000
Simple Average (%): 16.38
Weighted Average (%): 13.30
Duty Free Imports (US$ Thousand): 12,498,162.55
Duty Free Tariff Lines Share (%): 54.65

Development Indicators

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GDP (current US$): 89,015
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$): 4,220.00
Trade Balance (% of GDP): -5.78
Trade Balance (current US$ Mil): -5,144.00
Trade in services (% of GDP): 13.59
Trade (% of GDP): 49.43