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Table 43A (External trade, Balance)

Balance of Payments(a) (2000 - 2008)

ext 43ae

(US $.Million)

Year Ite

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008(b)

1.Trade, Services and Income (net)(2+3+4)

-2,064

-1,220

-1,364

-1,312

-2,028

-2,478

-3,503

-3,712

-6,441

2.Trade Balance

-1,798

-1,157

-1,406

-1,539

-2,243

-2,516

-3,370

-3,656

-5,871

Exports

5,522

4,817

4,699

5,133

5,757

6,347

6,883

7,640

8,137

Imports

7,320

5,974

6,106

6,672

8,000

8,863

10,253

11,296

14,008

3.Services

38

204

295

399

419

338

257

302

402

Receipts

953

1,355

1,268

1,411

1,527

1,540

1,625

1,775

2,003

Payments

915

1,151

974

1,012

1,108

1,202

1,368

1,472

1,601

4.Income

-305

-267

-252

-172

-204

-299

-389

-358

-972

Receipts

152

108

75

170

157

35

311

449

-32

Payments

456

375

328

341

360

335

700

807

940

5.Transfers (net) (6+7)

998

1,006

1,128

1,241

1,380

1,828

2,004

2,311

2,666

6.Private Transfers

974

984

1,097

1,205

1,350

1,736

1,904

2,214

2,565

Receipts

1,160

1,155

1,287

1,414

1,564

1,968

2,161

2,502

2,918

Payments

186

172

190

209

214

233

257

288

353

7.Official Transfers

24

22

31

36

30

93

101

97

101

8.Current Account(1+5)

-1,066

-215

-236

-71

-648

-650

-1,499

-1,401

-3,775

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

9.Capital and Financial Account(10+12)

443

562

444

722

631

1,224

1,808

2,097

1,773

10.Capital Account (=11)

50

198

65

74

64

250

291

269

291

11.Capital Transfers

50

198

65

74

64

250

291

269

291

Receipts

56

203

71

81

71

257

299

278

303

Payments

6

5

6

6

7

7

8

10

12

12.Financial Account (13+17)

393

364

379

648

567

974

1,517

1,828

1,483

13.Long - Term (net) (14+15+16)

304

163

326

722

680

798

907

1,251

1,016

14.Direct Investment

176

172

185

201

227

234

451

548

691

Foreign Direct Investment

173

82

181

171

217

234

451

548

691

Privatization Proceeds

3

90

5

30

10

-

-

-

-

15.Private, Long - Term

82

-257

-21

-33

14

11

-35

31

74

Inflows

298

44

115

101

169

197

139

199

265

Outflows

216

301

136

134

155

186

174

168

191

16.Government, Long Term

47

249

162

554

439

553

491

672

252

Inflows

355

575

542

913

771

747

932

1,290

1,059

Outflows

308

326

380

359

331

194

441

618

807

17.Short Term (net)

88

201

53

-75

-112

176

610

577

466

Portfolio Investment

-45

-11

25

2

11

60

51

101

60

Private, Short - Term

100

-42

68

19

28

16

-30

20

594

Commercial Bank Assets

141

183

104

-94

-354

-223

297

-281

210

Commercial Bank Liabilities

174

71

-145

-2

202

323

293

364

-185

Government Short-term (net)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

372

-213

18.Errors and Omissions

101

-127

38

-148

-189

-72

-105

-165

777

19.Overall Balance (8+9+18)

-522

220

338

502

-205

501

204

531

-1,225

Average Exchange Rate Rs./US$

75.78

89.36

95.66

96.52

101.19

100.5

103.96

110.62

108.33

Ratio to GDP in percentages

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

Trade Account

-10.8

-7.4

-8.5

-8.4

-10.9

-10.7

-12

-11.1

-14.4

Current Account

-6.4

-1.4

-1.4

-0.4

-3.1

-2.8

-5.3

-4.3

-9.2

Current Account without Grants

-6.6

-1.5

-1.6

-0.6

-3.3

-3.2

-5.7

-4.6

-9.5

© ２０１０， KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)

Revised: 2010(y)/11(m)/25(d)

Source:

Chief Editor:

Central Bank of Sri Lanka.

　　 Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)

The Balance of Payment Manual, 5th Edition (1993)

The Former Head, Department of Management Studies

of the International Monetary Fund.

University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Off - shore Banking Units (OBUs)；（beginning 1994）

Key:　(a) Provisional