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Table 701(Capital, Bank, Commercial)
Assets of Commercial Banks (1992-2004)
Cap 701e ( R Million ) ( R Million )
End of Period Assets  
Cash on Hand Due From Central Bank Due From Domestic Banks Cash Items in Process of Collection Foreign Currency on Hand & Balance Due From Banks Abroad** Government Investments Loans & Advances Fixed & Other Assets Total Assets 
Sri Lanka Government Obligations Other Investments Bills Purchased & Discounted Overdrafts Loans Total
Treasury Bills Other government Securities Local  Imports Exports
1992 3,205 13,084 2,136 3,396 18,113 10,653 1,035 1,813 254 3,062 5,030 39,195 65,093 112,634 18,438 184,507
1993 3,816 20,058 2,780 4,024 17,217 14,274 806 4,370 232 5,291 5,018 40,505 74,136 125,182 51,379 243,906
1994 4,175 23,783 3,959 5,453 24,236 15,143 1,347 9,513 234 5,428 5,111 46,254 86,194 143,221 50,238 281,068
1995 4,486 30,963 6,049 8,311 21,835 11,552 753 6,962 218 8,970 5,611 64,526 107,668 186,993 57,611 335,515
1996 6,915 34,273 7,054 7,864 22,246 15,530 840 10,582 138 12,386 6,205 65,950 117,743 202,422 82,070 389,796
1997 7,455 29,045 6,519 7,538 41,631 20,290 2,616 12,301 77 13,459 6,965 71,977 137,711 230,189 85,007 442,591
1998 8,320 31,348 11,803 8,202 52,227 13,552 5,349 13,313 11 21,146 6,815 82,224 153,580 263,776 93,793 501,683
1999  1st Quarter 9,945 30,630 8,794 8,465 58,552 8,767 4,837 13,417 14 22,814 6,521 84,626 155,464 269,439 98,065 510,911
2nd Quarter 9,470 28,812 10,851 8,847 58,414 7,710 9,192 13,718 9 25,125 6,213 83,304 163,835 278,486 102,498 527,998
3rd Quarter 8,980 27,643 14,257 7,886 61,356 8,192 8,833 14,367 10 23,945 7,493 86,716 169,654 287,818 103,110 542,442
4th Quarter 11,729 28,381 14,586 8,968 69,854 11,628 7,591 13,554 8 22,123 6,463 91,957 184,265 304,816 99,750 570,857
2000  January 9,951 29,472 15,433 10,577 71,606 11,844 8,915 13,447 10 23,363 6,499 87,983 182,573 300,428 104,972 576,645
February 9,320 29,123 12,832 8,963 73,701 15,608 9,528 14,195 14 24,758 6,697 86,997 185,270 303,736 105,414 582,420
March  10,241 32,953 12,266 7,888 75,958 7,965 7,746 14,708 9 23,106 7,139 94,771 188,020 313,045 104,982 587,752
April 11,857 32,441 14,911 10,186 77,529 9,856 6,547 14,875 9 24,226 6,668 93,460 188,962 313,325 101,902 593,429
May 11,638 36,422 12,562 7,117 75,256 6,051 10,948 14,555 5 15,041 7,035 101,870 188,169 312,120 102,828 589,497
June 9,991 34,720 14,224 7,841 75,286 6,765 15,211 14,429 6 16,158 7,395 100,348 193,392 317,299 108,806 604,572
July 10,389 33,648 11,505 7,628 64,562 6,281 15,781 15,249 5 16,039 8,187 102,174 195,464 321,869 104,588 591,500
August 9,826 26,985 23,564 8,087 72,496 5,341 19,438 15,437 7 15,437 8,790 101,901 196,646 322,781 106,306 610,261
September 9,640 33,320 14,636 10,308 74,956 5,893 13,313 15,380 15 15,679 8,981 105,971 196,514 327,160 105,556 610,162
October 11,341 21,128 25,041 10,036 85,962 4,592 13,743 15,672 10 16,672 8,675 109,196 197,876 332,429 117,568 637,512
November 10,398 30,798 25,710 8,175 85,716 5,492 7,415 15,666 5 18,464 8,903 115,053 202,851 345,276 104,669 639,315
December 10,669 28,873 33,102 12,461 89,032 7,402 7,332 15,643 16 21,216 8,788 119,677 206,966 356,663 116,503 677,680
2001  January 12,134 29,738 28,737 10,172 94,819 3,498 7,275 15,501 43 26,787 9,160 122,229 203,949 362,168 111,492 675,534
February 11,969 26,689 11,141 31,423 90,226 5,949 9,063 15,659 64 25,454 8,690 124,645 205,609 364,462 130,795 697,376
March  12,016 30,308 9,601 24,373 87,260 4,558 5,202 12,285 81 27,690 8,651 130,028 208,506 374,956 124,480 685,039
April 12,181 28,951 14,320 22,219 89,495 6,905 7,317 16,481 57 27,600 7,816 128,809 214,058 378,340 124,152 700,361
May 11,066 21,781 13,170 21,763 98,955 5,056 8,035 17,633 59 27,819 8,444 133,034 206,051 375,407 119,773 692,639
June 9,898 30,910 13,379 20,078 95,000 5,376 11,294 20,260 46 24,401 7,737 131,035 207,463 370,682 109,802 686,679
July 10,922 32,231 11,459 23,478 102,555 5,589 7,532 20,735 46 14,757 7,873 132,473 211,310 366,459 111,212 692,172
August 9,862 28,797 13,089 21,052 89,061 10,047 9,712 19,870 42 15,965 7,533 135,452 210,186 369,178 112,255 682,923
September 9,443 35,392 14,902 26,320 98,923 12,244 8,240 21,573 47 17,085 7,669 129,708 211,528 366,037 116,714 709,788
October 10,963 33,986 13,651 23,882 100,464 8,367 13,869 25,193 53 19,163 7,796 132,955 210,581 370,548 115,293 716,216
November 10,047 31,736 18,310 25,356 102,305 10,010 19,298 25,279 52 15,574 7,664 134,400 213,969 371,659 116,614 730,614
December 11,025 38,735 14,584 24,710 99,958 9,694 23,493 26,939 50 17,513 7,936 139,724 213,014 378,237 113,782 741,157
2002 13,016 40,218 16,167 13,685 103,413 25,921 75,997 6 17,527 7,342 383,926 115,683 769,620
2003 13,184 37,899 15,309 11,278 100,181 41,562 38,959 69 5,025 9,349 418,240 131,967 769,620
2004 18,240 54,664 11,125 10,573 157,960 38,234 48,130 40 4,663 11,310 512,665 130,529 933,990
© 2009, KRI (Kusaka Research Institute) 
Source: 
Central Bank of Sri Lanka
Key
**; Consists of Sri Lanka government securities, Central Bank Issues and DFCC bonds
Revised:  2009(y)/05(m)/10(d)
Chief Editor:
Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
      Head, Department of Management Studies
      University of Peradeniya.