Sri Lanka | Imports and Exports | World | ALL COMMODITIES | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2011 - 2022

Exports structure from Sri Lanka in 2022 represented by the following main commodity groups:

• 26% (3.55 billion US$): 61 - Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted
• 16% (2.18 billion US$): 62 - Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted
• 12.2% (1.66 billion US$): 09 - Coffee, tea, matT and spices
• 7.81% (1.06 billion US$): 40 - Rubber and articles thereof
• 3.48% (473 million US$): 71 - Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin
• 3% (408 million US$): 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
• 2.23% (304 million US$): 03 - Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates
• 2.22% (302 million US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
• 2.01% (273 million US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
• 1.64% (223 million US$): 08 - Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons

What did Sri Lanka export in 2022?

Sri Lanka's Top Exports in 2022:

• 9.6% ($1.3 billion): 0902 - Tea, whether or not flavoured
• 5.2% ($707 million): 6108 - Women's or girls' slips, petticoats, briefs, panties, nightdresses, pyjamas, nTgligTs, bathrobes, dressing gowns and similar articles, knitted or crocheted.
• 4.81% ($655 million): 6212 - BrassiFres, girdles, corsets, braces, suspenders, garters and similar articles and parts thereof, whether or not knitted or crocheted
• 4.77% ($649 million): 6109 - T-shirts, singlets and other vests, knitted or crocheted.
• 3.93% ($534 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)
• 3.7% ($503 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.
• 3.35% ($456 million): 6203 - Men's or boys' suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers, trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts (other than swimwear).
• 3.27% ($445 million): 4012 - Retreaded or used pneumatic tyres of rubber; solid or cushion tyres, tyre treads and tyre flaps, of rubber
• 2.88% ($392 million): 6116 - Gloves, mittens and mitts, knitted or crocheted
• 2.44% ($332 million): 6107 - Men's or boys' underpants, briefs, nightshirts, pyjamas, bathrobes, dressing gowns and similar articles, knitted or crocheted.

Imports structure to Sri Lanka in 2022 represented by the following main commodity groups:

• 22% (3.98 billion US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
• 6.02% (1.05 billion US$): 60 - Knitted or crocheted fabrics
• 5.87% (1.03 billion US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
• 5.69% (999 million US$): 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
• 4.17% (733 million US$): 39 - Plastics and articles thereof
• 3.92% (689 million US$): 52 - Cotton
• 3.39% (596 million US$): 10 - Cereals
• 2.66% (467 million US$): 48 - Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard
• 2.55% (448 million US$): 30 - Pharmaceutical products
• 2.37% (416 million US$): 54 - Man-made filaments; strip and the like of man-made textile materials

What did Sri Lanka import in 2022?

Sri Lanka's Top Imports in 2022:

• 17% ($2.99 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
• 3.3% ($580 million): 6006 - Other knitted or crocheted fabrics
• 2.4% ($422 million): 6004 - Knitted or crocheted fabrics of a width exceeding 30 cm, containing by weight 5 % or more of elastomeric yarn or rubber thread, other than those of heading 60.01
• 2.21% ($389 million): 2709 - Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude
• 2.06% ($363 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
• 1.83% ($321 million): 2701 - Coal; briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal
• 1.61% ($283 million): 5209 - Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 % or more by weight of cotton, weighing more than 200 g/m2
• 1.61% ($283 million): 1006 - Rice
• 1.52% ($266 million): 5402 - Synthetic filament yarn (other than sewing thread), not put up for retail sale, including synthetic monofilament of less than 67 decitex
• 1.43% ($252 million): 1701 - Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form