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Sri Lanka's Major Exporting Countries 2006 - 2010
                     
Country 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Rank
US $ M % US $ M % US $ M % US $ M % US $ M %
                       
U.S.A. 2022.70 29.62 1980.11 25.80 1886.67 23.07 1588.65 22.32 1765.01 21.28 1
U.K. 887.92 13.00 1018.29 13.27 1090.46 13.33 1023.58 14.38 1020.64 12.31 2
INDIA 494.06 7.23 516.40 6.73 418.08 5.11 324.87 4.56 466.60 5.63 3
ITALY 260.36 3.81 392.22 5.11 445.06 5.44 437.30 6.14 462.41 5.58 4
GERMENY 331.84 4.86 438.53 5.71 405.81 4.96 347.80 4.89 400.07 4.82 5
BELGIUM 338.36 4.95 407.45 5.31 409.72 5.01 367.90 5.17 386.12 4.66 6
U.A.E. 174.36 2.55 210.10 2.74 255.57 3.12 211.29 2.97 246.28 2.97 7
RUSSIA 189.94 2.78 202.19 2.63 220.76 2.70 192.41 2.70 242.69 2.93 8
SINGAPORE 74.41 1.09 80.53 1.05 76.94 0.94 87.59 1.23 186.11 2.24 9
NETHERLANDS 122.69 1.80 151.18 1.97 157.35 1.92 156.31 2.20 184.72 2.23 10
JAPAN 164.31 2.41 161.71 2.11 162.20 1.98 140.57 1.97 169.09 2.04 11
TURKEY 53.04 0.78 74.17 0.97 116.48 1.42 112.40 1.58 163.30 1.97 12
FRANCE 155.50 2.28 175.82 2.29 180.02 2.20 143.55 2.02 158.97 1.92 13
IRAN 84.17 1.23 117.21 1.53 154.56 1.89 145.63 2.05 151.53 1.83 14
NOT SPECIFIE 0.75 0.01 1.02 0.01 1.73 0.02 2.24 0.03 133.44 1.61 15
SYRIA 83.37 1.22 90.13 1.17 112.26 1.37 131.86 1.85 119.49 1.44 16
HONG KONG 72.31 1.06 83.40 1.09 143.64 1.76 96.77 1.36 116.73 1.41 17
AUSTRALIA 66.61 0.98 80.34 1.05 93.57 1.14 81.91 1.15 102.39 1.23 18
CANADA 77.81 1.14 78.60 1.02 89.60 1.10 74.14 1.04 94.47 1.14 19
INDONESIA 47.73 0.70 48.41 0.63 39.76 0.49 45.30 0.64 92.23 1.11 20
CHINA 25.64 0.38 35.62 0.46 47.83 0.58 59.22 0.83 89.11 1.07 21
THAILAND 37.81 0.55 46.81 0.61 77.67 0.95 62.76 0.88 83.94 1.01 22
MALAYSIA 24.88 0.36 36.84 0.48 45.96 0.56 48.13 0.68 72.61 0.88 23
JORDAN 26.66 0.39 21.26 0.28 52.16 0.64 54.08 0.76 69.74 0.84 24
SWITZERLAND 53.18 0.78 52.49 0.68 72.95 0.89 52.26 0.73 67.37 0.81 25
                       
Total 5870.43 85.96 6500.84 84.70 6756.81 82.61 5988.53 84.13 7045.07 84.94  
                       
Other Countries 959.03 14.04 1174.33 15.30 1422.64 17.39 1129.61 15.87 1248.66 15.06  
                       
Grand Total 6829.46 100.00 7675.16 100.00 8179.45 100.00 7118.14 100.00 8293.73 100.00  
 

Sri Lanka's Major Importing Countries 2006 - 2010
                     
Country 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Rank
US $ M % US $ M % US $ M % US $ M % US $ M %
INDIA 1822.07 18.47 2785.04 24.43 3006.93 21.19 1709.93 17.51 2546.23 20.63 1
SINGAPORE 991.23 10.05 1108.32 9.72 1683.26 11.86 1135.80 11.63 1613.39 13.07 2
CHINA 787.23 7.98 930.19 8.16 1131.43 7.97 1011.38 10.36 1240.09 10.05 3
IRAN 726.50 7.36 751.22 6.59 1380.94 9.73 846.01 8.66 657.10 5.32 4
JAPAN 453.78 4.60 413.37 3.63 426.03 3.00 223.96 2.29 584.11 4.73 5
HONG KONG 665.25 6.74 725.16 6.36 694.69 4.90 517.24 5.30 579.66 4.70 6
MALAYSIA 436.82 4.43 347.99 3.05 359.18 2.53 263.65 2.70 382.91 3.10 7
U.A.E. 188.18 1.91 371.25 3.26 505.70 3.56 316.73 3.24 335.21 2.72 8
THAILAND 204.86 2.08 231.04 2.03 298.75 2.11 270.63 2.77 315.53 2.56 9
PAKISTAN 147.95 1.50 179.45 1.57 192.46 1.36 196.56 2.01 281.76 2.28 10
U.K. 306.21 3.10 229.93 2.02 250.02 1.76 253.79 2.60 266.70 2.16 11
TAIWAN 277.39 2.81 263.73 2.31 251.29 1.77 201.49 2.06 264.08 2.14 12
BELGIUM 243.40 2.47 220.30 1.93 333.41 2.35 256.68 2.63 259.24 2.10 13
CANADA 212.81 2.16 196.75 1.73 346.53 2.44 272.04 2.79 253.85 2.06 14
GERMENY 224.86 2.28 229.59 2.01 281.50 1.98 253.40 2.59 252.88 2.05 15
INDONESIA 226.93 2.30 246.83 2.17 286.13 2.02 204.44 2.09 208.85 1.69 16
SAUDI ARABIA 165.05 1.67 150.25 1.32 195.49 1.38 42.15 0.43 202.81 1.64 17
SOUTH KOREA 188.04 1.91 183.23 1.61 211.97 1.49 181.63 1.86 201.47 1.63 18
ITALY 159.10 1.61 208.80 1.83 232.46 1.64 167.21 1.71 200.00 1.62 19
AUSTRALIA 105.20 1.07 104.91 0.92 195.40 1.38 133.41 1.37 184.96 1.50 20
U.S.A. 202.37 2.05 255.24 2.24 304.06 2.14 266.16 2.73 168.07 1.36 21
SWITZERLAND 125.36 1.27 174.52 1.53 190.86 1.34 121.92 1.25 153.27 1.24 22
FRANCE 141.40 1.43 154.67 1.36 182.96 1.29 101.10 1.04 150.91 1.22 23
NETHERLANDS 77.77 0.79 75.07 0.66 110.83 0.78 72.97 0.75 118.83 0.96 24
OMAN 6.75 0.07 61.47 0.54 10.09 0.07 12.51 0.13 90.03 0.73 25
                       
Total 9086.49 92.08 10598.32 92.96 13062.39 92.05 9032.78 92.49 11511.94 93.29  
                       
Other Countries 781.19 7.92 802.67 7.04 1128.66 7.95 733.72 7.51 828.40 6.71  
                       
Grand Total 9867.68 100.00 11400.99 100.00 14191.05 100.00 9766.51 100.00 12340.34 100.00  

                                                  Source : Department of Commerce

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sri Lanka's Major Buyers & Suppliers

Sri Lanka's top ten major buyers and suppliers are indicated below with the percentage share of trade during 2010.

Major Buyers

Country 1999 %
E U 126,024.10 39.9
U S A 42,410.70 13.4
India 15,056.40 4.8
U.A.E. 10,969.80 3.5
Russia 9,597.30 3.0
Japan 8,536.50 2.7
Iran 7,395.40 2.3
France 7,090.20 2.2
  6,186.70 2.0
Italy 4,517.60 1.4

 

Major Suppliers

Country 1999 %
India 39,479.20 10.4
China 36,012.90 9.5
E U 27 32,317.40 8.5
Singapore 31,801.00 8.4
Iran 27,227.90 7.2
Japan 24,445.50 6.5
Thailand 17,707.00 4.7
Malaysia 15,222.20 4.0
Hong Kong 12,115.30 3.2
Canada 11,851.10 3.1

 

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