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Sri Lanka Trade Summary

2019

Sri Lanka exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SRI LANKA 2019

Overall Exports and Imports for Sri Lanka 2019

Exports and imports of Sri Lanka in 2019 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 11,974 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 19,474 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 3,118 products were exported to 201 countries and 4,198 products were imported from 199 countries.

Sri Lanka top 5 Export and Import partners 2019

Top five countries to which Sri Lanka exported in 2019 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Sri Lanka exports to United States worth US$ 3,146 million, with a partner share of 26.27 percent.
  2. Sri Lanka exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 1,001 million, with a partner share of 8.36 percent.
  3. Sri Lanka exports to India worth US$ 774 million, with a partner share of 6.46 percent.
  4. Sri Lanka exports to Germany worth US$ 655 million, with a partner share of 5.47 percent.
  5. Sri Lanka exports to Italy worth US$ 537 million, with a partner share of 4.49 percent.

Top five countries from which Sri Lanka imported goods in 2019 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Sri Lanka imports from China worth US$ 4,033 million, with a partner share of 20.71 percent.
  2. Sri Lanka imports from India worth US$ 3,830 million, with a partner share of 19.67 percent.
  3. Sri Lanka imports from United Arab Emirates worth US$ 1,542 million, with a partner share of 7.92 percent.
  4. Sri Lanka imports from Malaysia worth US$ 894 million, with a partner share of 4.59 percent.
  5. Sri Lanka imports from Japan worth US$ 875 million, with a partner share of 4.49 percent.

Sri Lanka Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2019

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 US$ 675,792.45 million.
  2. Sri Lanka exported Brassieres , worth US$ 641,652.35 million.
  3. Sri Lanka exported Black tea (fermented) and partly fermented tea , worth US$ 594,003.93 million.
  4. Sri Lanka exported Solid... tyres, interchangeable tyre treads and , worth US$ 338,808.06 million.
  5. Sri Lanka exported T-shirts, singlets, etc, of other textiles, nes , worth US$ 335,339.85 million.

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 US$ 2,162,071.56 million.
  2. Sri Lanka imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth US$ 749,678.66 million.
  3. Sri Lanka imported Transmission apparatus, for radioteleph incorpo , worth US$ 408,883.57 million.
  4. Sri Lanka imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth US$ 359,345.78 million.
  5. Sri Lanka imported Knitted or crocheted fabrics, >30cm wide, >=5% , worth US$ 342,332.75 million.

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2019

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2019 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2019

Tariffs imposed by Sri Lanka in 2019 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 3,000 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 16.38 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 13.30 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 12,498,162.55 and duty free tariff line items share was 54.65 percent.

Development Indicators 2019

Key Development Indicators of Sri Lanka in 2019 are below

  • Sri Lanka GDP in current US dollar was 89,015 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 4,220.00 .
  • Sri Lanka Trade balance: as % of GDP was -5.78.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -5,144.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 49.43 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 13.59 .

Trade Indicators 2019

Trade Indicators for Sri Lanka in 2019 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.08.
  • Index of export market penetration was 6.29.
  • World Growth in percentage was -1.73 and Sri Lanka Country Growth was -1.45 .