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Table  01F  (External trade, Export)
Composition of Exports (2000-2008)
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                                                        Year                                          Exports 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007  2008
Principal Agricultural Produce                  
   Paddy (x1,000t) 2,860 2,695 2,859 3,071 2,628 3,246 3,342 3,131 3,875
             Bushels(million) 137 129 137 147 126 156 160 150 186
   Tea (million Kg) 307 296 311 305 309 317 311 305 318
   Rubber (million Kg) 88 86 91 92 95 104 109 118 129
   Coconut (million Nuts) 3,096 2,769 2,392 2,562 2,591 2,515 2,785 2,869 2,909
Agricultural Exports (billion Rs.) 76.4 83.2 89.7 93.1 107.9 116 134 166.9 200.7
   Tea  53.1 61.6 63.1 65.9 74.9 81.5 91.7 113.6 137.6
   Rubber  2.2 2.1 2.6 3.7 5.1 4.7 9.7 12.1 13.5
   Coconut  9.2 7.3 8 8.9 11.5 11.4 12.9 15.6 18.5
   Minor Agricultural Crops  11.8 12.2 16 14.5 16.4 18.4 20.2 25.7 31.1
Value Added in Industry (2002 constant Prices), (billion Rs.)          n.a.          n.a. 270.3 281.8 296.3 315.3 333.4 355.6 373.2
Value Added in Industry (2002 current Prices), (billion Rs.)          n.a.          n.a. 270.3 303.5 351.5 435 516.4 605.5 221
Public  Sector Industry Output Index (1997=100)  103.2 99.4 97.9 88.1 92.7 86.7 91.4 78.5 79.2
Private Sector Industry Output Index (1997=100)  124 118.2 121.3 126.6 134.2 142.3 150.4 160.3 167.4
Industrial Exports  (billion Rs.) 325.9 331.7 347.7 383.8 457.2 497.7 560.6 660.4 667.4
   Textiles & Wearing Apparel 226.9 227.4 232 248.6 285.2 291.1 320.8 369.5 376
   Petroleum Products 7.4 6.1 7 6.3 10.1 13.2 19.5 18.7 27.5
   Other Industrial Products 91.6 98.3 108.6 128.9 161.9 193.4 220.3 272.2 263.8
Petroleum Local Refined Products (x1,000t) 1,969 1,758 1,970 1,779 1,936 1,872 2,048 1,796 1,776
   Petrol  213 189 226 196 203 161 193 163 164
   Diesel 736 614 702 612 677 559 628 445 453
   Kerosene 192 179 196 154 144 142 144 97 111
   Furnace Oil 736 687 774 721 786 624 766 772 731
   Aviation Fuel 92 89 72 96 126 114 131 171 154
BOI Enterprises - Investments (x1,000 Rs. ) 194.7 208.1 241.5 277.5 319.5 380.1 468 601.1 701.8
                           Employment (x1,000) 368 386 417 431 438 411 421 452 458
© 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.)
Key:      The Former Head, Department of Management Studies
(a) Provisional      University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka