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Table  43C  (External trade, Balance)
Balance of Payments  (2009 - 2010)
ext 43ce
Item US$ Million (%) Change
2009a) 2010 b)
1.Exports 7,085 8,307 17.3
a) Agricultural Products 1,690 2,041 20.8
b) Industrial Products 5,305 6,173 16.4
c) Mineral Exports 89 93 4.4
d) Other Exports - - -
2.Imports 10,207 13,512 32.4
a) Consumer Goods 1,972 2,870 45.6
b) Intermediate Goods 5,669 7,496 32.2
c) Investment Goods 2,451 2,970 21.2
d) Other   115 176 53.2
3.Trade Balance -3,122 -5,205 66.7
4.Services (net) 391 698 78.5
a) Receipts 1,892 2,468 30.5
b) Payments 1,501 1,770 18
5.Income (net) -488 -572 17.2
a) Receipts 116 323 178.7
b) Payments 603 895 48.5
6.Current Transfers (net) 3,005 3,660 21.8
a) Private Transfers (net) 2,927 3,608 23.3
 Receipts 3,330 4,116 23.6
 Payments 403 508 26.1
b) Official Transfers (net) 77 52 -31.9
7.Current Account -214 -1,418 562.8
8.Capital Account 233 164 -29.7
9.Financial Account 2,361 2,713 14.9
a) Direct Investment (net) 384 435 13.3
 Inflows 404 4,378 18.2
 Outflows 20 43 112.5
b) Private, Long Term (net) 79 149 88
 Inflows 390 580 48.6
 Outflows 311 431 39.6
c) Government, Long Term (net) 840 1,796 113.8
 Inflows 1,780 2,460 38.2
 Outflows 940 665 -29.3
d) Private, Short Term (net) -311 -198 -36.4
of which: Portfolio Investment (net) -6 -230 3728.9
e) Government, Short Term (net) 1,369 531 -61.2
10.Errors and Omissions 346 -537  
11.Overall Balance 2,725 921
12.Gross Official Reservesc)  5,097 6,610
Months of Imports 6 5.9
13.Total External Reserves c)  6,770 8,035
   Months of Imports 8 7.1
14.Export Price Index 112.5 124.9
15.Import Price Index 109.1 127.9
16.Term of Trade 103.1 97.6
17.Exchange Rates (Average)  
 Rs./US$ 114.94 113.06 1.7d)
 Rs./JP\ 1.23 1.29 -4.6d)
 Rs./€ 160.21 150.10 6.7d)
 Rs./£ (Sterling Pound) 179.87 174.81 2.9d)
© 2011, KRI (Kusaka Research Institute) 
Source:
Central Bank of Sri Lanka
Key: 
a) Revised,  b) Provisional  
c) Excluding Asian Clearing Union (ACU) receipts
d) (+) appreciation, (-) depreciaton
Revised:  2011(y)/07(m)/30(d)
Chief Editor:
   Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
     The Former Head, Department of Management Studies
     University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka