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AUSTRALIA’S TRADE WITH SRI LANKA

A $’000                                          2006                  2007                  2008                 2009              2010

 

Total exports                            162,117            138,782            220,319           180,929           204,192

Total imports                              93,057              93,877             107,633           106,233           118,248

 

Balance of merchandise trade        69,060              44,905            112,686             74,696             85,944

 

 

Principal exports (a)

 *0   Food & live animals                    3,648               3,271               1,782               1,898               2,330

012  Meat (excl beef), f.c.f.                1,974               1,502               1,414               1,280               1,577

022  Milk & cream                           37,182             18,723             19,894             34,101             44,587

024  Cheese & curd                            2,871               2,967               1,540                  937                  884

041  Wheat                                                21                  151               4,233                  370             34,262

048  Cereal preparations                  1,375               2,397               1,854                  651                  354

054  Vegetables, f.c.f.                     41,336             31,608             72,107             62,805             67,802

057  Fruit & nuts                                 4,025               3,625               3,191               3,985               2,116

081  Animal feed                                2,888               3,498               7,971               6,210               6,516

091  Margarine                                    1,204                  897               1,104               1,227               1,341

098  Edible products &

      preparations,  nes                              963                  882                   787                 927              1,113

*2   Crude materials (excl fuels)         1,057               1,994                  687                 580                1,252

411 Animal oils & fats                        2,117               2,868               2,287               2,831               3,030

*5   Chemicals & related

 products, nes                                      1,671               1,794               1,978               1,867               1,656

512 Alcohols, phenols &

     derivatives                                         3,192                    10                    52                    66                  100

533  Pigments, paints & varnishes     2,633              3,603               2,509               1,604               2,042

541  Pharm products

   (excl medicaments)                                306                195                  527                  916               2,767

542  Medicaments (incl veterinary)     7,070              6,566               7,978               6,797               8,980

553  Perfumery & cosmetics

     (excl soap)                                           243                 400                 265                   599               1,410

*6 Manufactures classed by material 6,516              4,418               4,135               2,386               1,738

641 Paper & paperboard                    1,590              1,644               1,327               7,340               3,854

642 Paper & paperboard, cut to size  2,127              1,501                  262                    92                    79

653 Man-made fabrics, woven            6,041              7,117               8,181               5,643                  102

685 Lead                                                1,755              5,507               2,371                  911                      0

*7 Machinery & transport equipment  4,012              2,277               3,920               2,408               1,627

*72 Industry specific machinery          1,136              1,506               2,167               1,879                  821

741 Heating & cooling equipment

            & parts                                      1,725               2,021                  219                  253                  426

742 Pumps for liquids & parts            6,232                  139               1,401                    78                    63

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(a) Commodity groups do not include any items classified as confidential.                                             *Denotes “Remainder of category”  

 

  AUSTRALIA’S TRADE WITH SRI LANKA (Cont'd)

A $’000                                          2006                  2007                  2008                 2009              2010

 

*77 Electrical machinery &

                  appliances                     1,842                   160                  882                       61                  152

772 Electrical circuits equipment  2,633                  869               3,024                  2,118                  959

776 Electronic integrated circuits       73               1,100               7,845                  8,849                  118

778 Electrical machinery & parts,

 nes                                                    483                  136                  171                    2,094               1,168

*8 Miscellaneous manufactured

     articles                                            1,897                  860                  945               1,335               1,241

*89 Miscellaneous

      manufactured articles                   2,269               1,309               2,102               1,310               1,446

931 Special transactions &

       commodities                               1,996                1,460               1,235               1,317               1,191

971 Gold                                                171             16,880             36,565                        0                      0

988 Confidential items of trade        2,744               1,722               8,581             11,501               4,050

Other                                                   1,099               1,205               2,826               1,703               1,038

 

Principal imports (a)

*0 Food & live animals                       1,632               1,268               1,727               1,940               1,476

*04 Cereals                                            595                  740                  852               1,126               1,039

056 Vegetables, prepared or

                       preserved                         898                   862              1,114                  873                  933

074 Tea & mate                               27,058              26,986            31,347              32,671            35,529

075 Spices                                              533                   780                 836                   916              1,415

098 Edible products &

   preparations, nes                            2,063               1,859               2,490               2,060               1,654

272 Crude fertilisers                             961                  839                  795                  913                  732

292 Crude vegetable matter, nes        834              1,386               1,962               1,926               2,124

582 Plastic plates, sheets & film      2,403               1,335               1,062                  879               1,146

598 Miscellaneous chemical

                        products, nes                  938                 515                  450               1,115                  825

*6 Manufactures classed by

            material                                   2,310              2,061               2,921               2,799               2,113

625 Rubber tyres, treads & tubes   8,347               8,395             11,615               9,707             12,343

629 Rubber articles, nes                  1,303               1,911               2,492               1,902               1,806

653 Man-made fabrics, woven        1,373               1,271               1,787                  865                  985

658 Made-up textile articles, nes    1,341               2,073               1,769               1,320               2,049

659 Floor coverings                          1,284               1,101                  852                  799                  661

662 Clay construction materials     3,866               4,220               3,956               4,039               4,978

666 Pottery                                        1,124                  882                 689                   599                  830

667 Pearls & gems                           1,421                  868                 581                   250                  786

691 Iron, steel, aluminium

       structures                                         30                      3                 435                2,089                  344

699 Manufactures of base

          metal, nes                               3,842               4,433               6,588               3,823               3,276

*7 Machinery & transport

               equipment                         1,521               1,394               1,021               1,711               1,219

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(a) Commodity groups do not include any items classified as confidential.                                                *Denotes “Remainder of category”          

 

   AUSTRALIA’S TRADE WITH SRI LANKA (Cont'd)

A $’000                                          2006                  2007                  2008                 2009              2010

 

*74 General industrial

           machinery & parts                       955                  929                  879                  587                  680

764 Telecom equipment & parts             10                      6                      1                      1               3,597

772 Electrical circuits equipment      2,293               2,780               2,178                 712                  876

773 Electrical distributing

equipment                                                    1                      0               1,261                 558                      1

*8 Miscellaneous manufactured

                  articles                                  593                  572                 555                  492                1,071

821 Furniture, mattresses &

            cushions                                  2,591               4,119               4,131               4,489               2,839

831 Travel goods, bags &

             like containers                           132                  110                  151                 424                   917

841 Men's clothing (excl knitted)          451                  898               1,115              1,004                1,134

842 Women's clothing

      (excl knitted)                                 1,515               1,492               1,695               2,301               2,722

843 Men's clothing, knitted               1,057               1,271                  835               1,437                  666

844 Women's clothing, knitted            520                  381                  374               1,497               1,895

845 Other textile clothing                  1,100                  860                1,055              1,414               2,126

846 Textile clothing accessories     6,401               4,663                3,935              4,094               6,090

848 Clothing accessories, nes        3,364               4,536               5,647               6,016               7,760

*89 Miscellaneous

            manufactured articles              806                  980                   922                 898                1,878

894 Prams, toys, games &

                sporting goods                      880               1,045                   796                 876               1,101

899 Misc manufactured

            articles, nes                           1,117               1,279               1,337               1,972               1,605

988 Confidential items of trade       2,252               2,017               2,281               2,188               1,610

Other                                                   1,342                  757               1,144               951                  1,417

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(a) Commodity groups do not include any items classified as confidential.                                     *Denotes “Remainder of category”          

Source :  http://www.dfat.gov.au/publications/stats-pubs/composition_trade.html

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