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Table  01B  (External trade, Export)
Selected Exports (1999 - 2008)                     
val01be (Sri Lanka Rupees / unit of Foreign  Currency)
                                                        Year       Item 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007   2008(a)  
Agricultural Exports  
    Tea (x1,000 t) 269 288 295 292 298 300 309 327 312 320  
    Rubber (x1,000 t) 43 3 32 37 35 41 32 47 52 49  
    Coconut (million Nuts) 600 787 516 328 461 538 364 456 405 417  
    Vegetables (t) 6,193 10,675 9,248 10,240 9,437 12,190 14,071 11,005 12,487 19,398  
    Coffee (t) 824 41 7 18 214 94 131 106 61 86  
    Cinnamon (t) 10,486 10,103 10,444 10,837 11,025 11,391 12,365 12,334 13,138 12,273  
    Pepper (t) 3,754 4,855 2,161 7,915 7,740 4,851 8,130 8,191 9,015 3,376  
    Betel Leaves and Arecanuts (t) 5,927 2,150 1,506 2,929 3,098 3,477 3,646 4,465 3,354 3,350  
    Sesame Seeds & Other Oil Seeds (t) 42 82 8 7 743 2,628 949 2,057 1,170 272
    Unmanufactured Tobacco (t) 1,662 1,870 1,830 2,098 1,893 1,645 1,598 1,399 1,578 1,278
Selected Other Exports (t)
    Aviation Fuel (Avtur) 98,078 102,087 166,118 97,108 110,363 128,005 123,004 118,942        -        -
    Naphtha 84,595 124,594 801,839 59,587        -        -        - 41,306        -        -
    Diesel (b) 40,493 37,827 45,908 37,708         5,775(d)  4,381 801        -        -        -
    Garments (x1,000 t) 351 468 432 422 446 501 554 674 757 766
    Mineral Exports ( c) 4,990 6,430 7,607 8,628 3,833 4,814 4,229        - 5,393 5,176
    Precious Stones (x1,000 Carats) 14,323 12,986 11,372 13,029 12,824 13,461 13,806 18,892 31,089 34,027
© 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
(b) Auto, Heavy and Marine Diesel
(c) Graphite only  
(d) Products transferred to Lanka Marine Services Ltd., by CPC.