Sri Lanka | Imports and Exports | World | ALL COMMODITIES | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2006 - 2017

Exports structure from Sri Lanka in 2017 represented by the following main commodity groups:

• 23% (2.72 billion US$): 61 - Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted
• 17.1% (2.01 billion US$): 62 - Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted
• 15.9% (1.87 billion US$): 09 - Coffee, tea, matT and spices
• 7.46% (876 million US$): 40 - Rubber and articles thereof
• 2.5% (294 million US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
• 2.44% (286 million US$): 85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
• 2.38% (280 million US$): 89 - Ships, boats and floating structures
• 2.27% (266 million US$): 71 - Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin
• 2.17% (255 million US$): 03 - Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates
• 1.75% (206 million US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof

What did Sri Lanka export in 2017?

Sri Lanka's Top Exports in 2017:

• 12.8% ($1.51 billion): 0902 - Tea, whether or not flavoured
• 5.1% ($599 million): 6212 - BrassiFres, girdles, corsets, braces, suspenders, garters and similar articles and parts thereof, whether or not knitted or crocheted
• 4.95% ($582 million): 6108 - Women's or girls' slips, petticoats, briefs, panties, nightdresses, pyjamas, nTgligTs, bathrobes, dressing gowns and similar articles, knitted or crocheted.
• 4.22% ($495 million): 6104 - Women's or girls' suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers, dresses, skirts, divided skirts, trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts (other than swimwear), knitted or crocheted.
• 3.97% ($466 million): 6204 - Women's or girls' suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers, dresses, skirts, divided skirts, trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts (other than swimwear)
• 3.72% ($436 million): 6109 - T-shirts, singlets and other vests, knitted or crocheted.
• 3.33% ($391 million): 6203 - Men's or boys' suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers, trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts (other than swimwear).
• 2.8% ($329 million): 4012 - Retreaded or used pneumatic tyres of rubber; solid or cushion tyres, tyre treads and tyre flaps, of rubber
• 2.5% ($294 million): 2710 - Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparations n.e.c. containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; these being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils
• 2.49% ($292 million): 6116 - Gloves, mittens and mitts, knitted or crocheted

Imports structure to Sri Lanka in 2017 represented by the following main commodity groups:

• 15% (3.21 billion US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
• 7.86% (1.67 billion US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
• 7.02% (1.49 billion US$): 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
• 6.48% (1.38 billion US$): 85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
• 3.95% (843 million US$): 60 - Knitted or crocheted fabrics
• 3.76% (802 million US$): 72 - Iron and steel
• 3.62% (772 million US$): 71 - Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin
• 3.39% (723 million US$): 39 - Plastics and articles thereof
• 3.08% (657 million US$): 10 - Cereals
• 3.06% (654 million US$): 52 - Cotton

What did Sri Lanka import in 2017?

Sri Lanka's Top Imports in 2017:

• 9.8% ($2.09 billion): 2710 - Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparations n.e.c. containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; these being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils
• 3.04% ($649 million): 7108 - Gold (including gold plated with platinum) unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form
• 2.87% ($612 million): 6006 - Other knitted or crocheted fabrics
• 2.82% ($602 million): 2709 - Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude
• 2.56% ($547 million): 8703 - Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading 87.02), including station wagons and racing cars
• 2.46% ($526 million): 2523 - Portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement, supersulphate cement and similar hydraulic cements, whether or not coloured or in the form of clinkers
• 2.24% ($479 million): 8517 - Electrical apparatus for line telephony or line telegraphy, including line telephone sets with cordless handsets and telecommunication apparatus for carrier-current line systems or for digital line systems; videophones
• 1.83% ($390 million): 3004 - Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 30.02, 30.05 or 30.06) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses (including those in the form of transdermal administration systems) or in forms or packings for retail sale
• 1.68% ($359 million): 7207 - Semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel
• 1.57% ($336 million): 8704 - Motor vehicles for the transport of goods