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Table  01E  (External trade, Export)
Composition of Exports (2004-2005)
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	2004		2005		Change in	Growth	Contribution
	Value	Share	Value	Share	Value	rate	to growth
	(million US$)	％	(million US$)	％	(million US$)	％	％
Agricultural exports	1,065.2	18.5	1,153.8	18.2	88.6	8.3	15.0
Tea	738.9	12.8	810.2	12.8	71.3	9.6	12.1
Rubber	51.3	0.9	46.9	0.7	-4.4	-8.6	-0.7
Coconut	113.1	2.0	113.3	1.8	0.2	0.2	0.0
Kernel products	58.6	1.0	48.8	0.8	-9.8	-16.7	-1.7
Other	54.5	0.9	64.5	1.0	10.0	18.3	1.7
Other agricultural products	161.9	2.8	183.4	2.9	21.5	13.3	3.6
Industrial exports	4,506.1	78.3	4,948.4	78.0	442.3	9.8	75.0
Food beverages tobacco	175.1	3.0	318.2	5.0	143.1	81.7	24.3
Textiles and garments	2,808.9	48.8	2.894.6	45.6	85.7	3.1	14.5
Petroleum products	99.6	1.7	130.9	2.1	31.3	31.4	5.3
Rubber  products	282.9	4.9	394.4	6.2	111.5	39.4	18.9
Ceramic  products	46.8	0.8	47.1	0.7	0.3	0.6	0.1
Leather, travel goods and footwear	42.6	0.7	43.8	0.7	1.2	2.8	0.2
Machinery and equipment	385.7	6.7	329.9	5.2	-55.8	-14.5	-9.5
Diamond and jewellery	265.3	4.6	277.9	4.4	12.6	4.7	2.1
Other industrial exports	399.2	6.9	511.7	8.1	112.5	28.2	19.1
Mineral exports	120.0	2.1	143.3	2.3	23.3	19.4	4.0
Gem	108.5	1.9	120.3	1.9	11.8	10.9	2.0
Other mineral exports	11.5	0.2	23.0	0.4	11.5	100.0	2.0
Unclassified	66.0	1.1	101.2	1.6	35.2	53.3	6.0
Total Exports	5,757.2	100.0	6,346.7	100.0	589.4	10.2	100.0
Annual average exchange rate	101.19		100.50
© 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 Former Head, Department of Management Studies
		University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka