Trade Profiles
2021 Trade in commercial services
Transport
Travel Other commercial services
Industrial property
Merchandise trade Agricultural products Nonagricultural products
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
GDP (million current US$, 2020) GDP per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Current account balance (% GDP, 2020) Trade per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Trade (% GDP, 2018-2020)
80 700 3 862 -1.4 935 24.2
Rank in world trade, 2020 Merchandise excluding intra-EU trade Commercial services excluding intra-EU trade
Exports
86 62 84 58
Imports
80 56 81 56
MERCHANDISE TRADE Value
Million US$ Merchandise exports, f.o.b. Merchandise imports, c.i.f.
Annual percentage change
2020 10 047 16 055 2020 0.06
Share in world total exports (%)
2010-2020 2 2
2019 0 -10
2020 -16 -19 2020 0.09
Share in world total imports (%)
Breakdown in economy's total exports
Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main commodity group, % (2019)
By main commodity group, % (2019)
Agricultural products: 25.9
Fuels and mining products: 3.5
Agricultural products: 13.2
Fuels and mining products: 18.6
Manufactures: 69.2
Other: 1.4
Manufactures: 65.8
Other: 2.3
By main destination, % (2020)
By main origin, % (2020)
United States of America: 24.8 United Kingdom: 8.9 China: 2.4
European Union: 22.9 India: 6.1 Other: 34.9
China: 22.9 European Union: 8.2 Malaysia: 4.1
India: 19.3 United Arab Emirates: 5.7 Other: 39.8
Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS0902 HS0906 HS2008 HS0801 HS2309
2020 . 1 330 216 177 92 85
Tea Cinnamon and cinnamon-tree flowers Plants' parts otherwise preserved Coconuts, Brazil nuts, cashew nuts Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding
Value
Top imported products (Million US$) HS1001 HS0402 HS1701 HS0713 HS0703
2020
Wheat and meslin Milk and cream, concentrated Cane or beet sugar Dried leguminous vegetables Onions, shallots, garlic, leeks
366 316 265 159 149
Share in economy's trade in agricultural products Exports 0%
20%
40%
Imports 60%
0%
HS0902
HS1001
HS0906
HS0402
HS2008
HS1701
HS0801
HS0713
HS2309
HS0703
10%
20%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2020 2 704 2 321
Annual percentage change
2010-2020 3 3
2019 na na
2020 5 10
Non-Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS6212 HS6108 HS6204 HS6104 HS6109
Brassières, girdles, corsets Women's or girls' slips, petticoats Women's or girls' suits Women's or girls' suits, ensembles T-shirts, singlets and other vests
2020
Top imported products (Million US$)
501 496 434 430 404
HS2710 HS3004 HS2709 HS8525 HS6006
Value 2020
Petroleum oils, other than crude Medicaments in measured doses Petroleum oils, crude Radio-telephony transmission tools Other knitted or crocheted fabrics
1 166 419 405 394 392
Share in economy's trade in non-agricultural products Exports 0%
338
5%
Imports 10%
0%
HS6212
HS2710
HS6108
HS3004
HS6204
HS2709
HS6104
HS8525
HS6109
HS6006
5%
10%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2020 8 003 13 286
Annual percentage change
2010-2020 3 2
2019 na na
2020 -15 -23
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Sri Lanka TRADE IN COMMERCIAL SERVICES Value
Million US$ Commercial services exports Commercial services imports
Annual percentage change
2020
2010-2020
3 009 3 914 2020 0.06
Share in world total exports (%) Breakdown in economy's total exports
2 -1
2019
2020
-11 -3
-60 -40 2020 0.09
Share in world total imports (%) Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main services item, % (2020)
By main services item, % (2020)
Transport: 39 Other commercial services: 38.3
Travel: 22.7 Goods-related services: 0
Transport: 68.1 Other commercial services: 20.4
By main destination
Travel: 11.5 Goods-related services: 0
By main origin
Value
FATS sales Inward (million US$) Outward (million US$)
Annual percentage change
2020 na na
2010-2020 na na
2019 na na
2020 na na
Transport Sri Lanka
300
World
200 100 0
2010
2013
2016
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
2020
Transport exports (Index 2010=100)
2020 1 174 2 667
Exports By sea (2020) By air (2020) By other
Value 702 472 na
2010-2020 0 -2
Share (%)
Annual percentage change 2019 -6 -6
Imports By sea (2020) By air (2020) By other
59.8 40.2 na
2020 -50 -24
Value
Share (%)
1 599 1 068 na
59.9 40.1 na
Travel Sri Lanka
800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0
World
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
2010
2013
2016
2020 682 449
2010-2020 2 0
Annual percentage change 2019 -18 -1
2020 -81 -73
2020
Travel exports (Index 2010=100)
Other Commercial Services and Goods-related Services Million US$
Exports of OCS by main item (2020) 8.3
3.4
2.0
2020
2010-2020
Other commercial services Exports 1 153 Imports 798
ICTs Financial services
86.3
Value
Insurance & pension Other
5 1
2020
Goods-related services Exports Imports
Annual percentage change
2010-2020
na na
na na
2019
2020
2 3
-24 -43
2019
2020
na na
na na
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY Patent applications, 2019 Residents
356
Non-residents
255
Trademark applications, 2019 Total
611
World Trade Organization – Trade Profiles 2021
Residents
6 676
Non-residents
3 709
Industrial design applications, 2019 Total
10 385
Residents
480
Non-residents
66
Total
546
339