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Table 22A (External trade, Import)

Source of Imports(Country) (1999-2008)

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(Rs. Million)

Year

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008(a)

A.Industrial Countries

135,533

170,416

159,625

173,493

196,427

232,656

223,272

271,098

235,002

281,416

Australia

7,563

12,404

14,380

16,065

9,589

16,253

10,058

10,833

11,588

21,379

Canada

1,594

3,574

2,121

1,289

3,191

4,402

8,093

22,348

8,786

41,092

France

1,518

6,189

7,137

7,522

12,766

12,487

14,279

14,568

17,101

19,818

Germany

9,576

11,894

12,332

11,631

13,800

19,628

17,886

23,160

25,385

30,453

Italy

5,343

4,802

5,900

7,992

11,810

13,756

15,132

16,388

22,643

24,907

Japan

39,479

48,957

30,105

33,989

43,254

41,660

38,158

46,739

45,706

45,993

Netherlands

6,013

6,409

6,985

4,842

4,901

5,200

6,799

7,989

8,292

11,174

New Zealand

4,945

4,848

6,301

6,145

7,850

9,005

9,555

14,257

17,328

26,715

Sweden

2,583

3,002

3,833

5,250

7,651

7,970

8,419

11,807

12,577

11,469

Switzerland

5,601

8,663

6,778

8,556

9,805

10,907

11,015

12,934

19,326

16,916

United Kingdom

17,674

23,600

19,715

25,148

26,336

31,585

27,786

31,539

25,423

26,352

United States

15,218

19,316

23,730

20,923

19,138

24,295

20,554

20,860

45,592

29,531

Turkey

656

728

538

1,361

2,639

1,878

4,157

3,073

5,151

6,588

B.Developing Countries(1+2+3+4+5)

241,586

305,510

321,595

395,904

438,894

571,531

655,083

681,600

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1.Middle East

24,680

45,482

45,377

73,484

64,957

93,235

100,785

131,238

168,864

215,727

Bahrain

2,992

4,407

1,727

2,777

1,929

3,673

367

659

602

319

Iran

5,671

15,402

20,839

21,809

26,241

42,372

52,648

78,900

93,388

129,381

Saudi Arabia

3,207

10,140

3,181

13,651

7,824

17,987

14,857

15,355

16,766

19,288

2.Africa

2,554

2,661

2,369

3,373

2,914

3,529

3,438

3,344

2,707

3,766

South Africa

2,219

2,160

1,965

2,443

2,167

2,221

2,531

1,727

1,820

2,556

3.Asia

206,119

252,601

269,546

311,409

362,846

461,219

531,589

636,886

721,470

827,661

China, People's Rep. of

11,368

19,028

19,696

24,731

31,753

45,943

63,370

81,063

102,195

118,246

China - Taiwan

24,445

19,584

28,844

27,549

26,654

29,429

28,005

21,572

29,160

27,216

Hong Kong

32,314

29,091

44,709

46,971

53,999

62,676

65,143

68,516

80,181

75,245

India

36,013

45,477

53,750

81,585

103,588

145,625

184,459

225,895

288,742

327,990

Malaysia

11,851

1,665

18,554

22,389

24,934

33,309

39,547

46,823

31,359

38,822

Myanmar

56

91

112

113

221

206

409

995

608

725

Pakistan

6,667

5,469

6,597

6,303

6,851

10,920

11,621

15,238

19,696

20,763

Singapore

31,801

37,587

36,677

39,739

50,403

70,675

74,053

103,208

123,736

134,611

South Korea

27,226

30,034

29,979

29,058

27,305

24,887

21,137

19,356

20,259

21,615

Thailand

9,587

12,771

13,167

13,984

14,081

15,395

16,913

21,100

25,533

32,293

4.South and Central America

6,714

2,811

2,631

4,523

2,937

10,745

10,365

6,512

4,513

4,425

5.Eastern Europe, etc.

1,154

597

1,016

1,031

1,605

766

2,169

4,816

3,955

19,659

C.European Union

60,745

72,060

75,741

85,217

106,340

127,353

128,717

146,522

154,375

188,262

D.Unclassified

42,467

76,976

50,237

14,163

6,823

6,185

10,836

9,567

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-

Total

421,888

554,290

532,964

584,491

643,749

811,138

891,359

1,066,689

1,250,386

1,516,681

© ２０１０， KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)

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

Source:

Chief Editor:

Sri Lanka Customs, 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