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Table  21B  (External trade, Import)
Imports(Major Categories) (1999-2008)
ext 21be									(Rs. Million)
Year                   Category	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008(a)
A.Consumer Goods(1+2)	79,713	95,778	100,276	113,754	129,656	146,073	151,021	185,461	195,480	235,437
1.Food and Drink	38,770	42,959	48,683	54,112	54,459	60,447	61,410	78,854	91,853	122,334
Rice	3,290	228	969	1,732	819	6,186	1,554	576	4,621	4,730
Flour	446	561	122	226	194	99	3,200	320	230	111
Sugar	7,448	10,777	10,289	12,634	11,196	11,048	13,308	23,256	17,055	22,326
Milk and Milk Products	7,542	8,946	10,222	10,488	11,540	12,338	13,401	17,761	20,688	32,042
Fish Dried	2,491	3,456	4,419	3,925	3,744	3,423	3,769	5,482	6,274	6,275
Fish Other	1,296	1,704	1,941	2,359	2,345	2,606	3,220	4,165	5,741	6,348
Food Other	16,258	17,228	20,720	22,748	24,620	24,928	22,963	28,294	37,606	50,502
2.Other Consumer Goods	40,943	59,819	51,593	59,642	75,198	85,626	89,611	106,607	103,627	113,103
Motor Cars and Cycles	11,155	14,027	8,887	15,311	25,767	26,746	24,363	37,635	36,472	41,502
Radio Receivers and Compounds	2,590	3,143	2,929	3,517	4,195	4,495	3,741	11,117	15,203	12,207
Tyres and Tubes	1,741	1,947	1,858	2,198	2,434	3,100	3,310	4,810	5,568	6,186
Medical and Pharmaceutical Products	5,396	7,248	8,411	10,098	10,210	11,952	13,461	279	17,144	21,314
Other	20,062	26,455	29,708	28,518	32,591	39,339	44,736	36,765	29,239	31,893
B..Intermediate Goods	223,450	296,821	306,305	346,784	380,931	489,688	549,004	640,810	747,489	943,346
Fertilizer	4,690	6,059	6,047	7,259	8,457	10,902	13,552	17,036	21,422	62,420
Petroleum	35,344	68,381	65,190	75,627	80,807	122,732	166,562	215,168	276,889	364,284
Chemical Elements and Compounds	6,590	11,152	12,647	149,792	16,363	20,898	24,988	27,121	31,127	39,103
Dyeing, Tanning & Colouring Materials	2,696	2,944	3,386	3,978	4,784	5,809	6,360	7,433	8,560	9,323
Paper and Paper Boards	10,066	13,657	14,369	15,887	17,654	20,887	21,853	25,685	31,131	34,667
Wheat and Meslin	7,792	9,625	9,783	12,427	13,255	18,536	14,200	20,679	25,891	40,563
Textiles	93,105	111,386	117,993	126,438	132,415	153,476	153,957	160,987	180,689	184,393
Other	60,168	73,616	76,890	90,367	107,195	136,448	147,533	166,701	171,769	208,593
C.Investment Goods	110,599	130,889	96,185	112,046	127,363	169,096	188,061	233,637	297,266	322,787
Building Materials	18,296	23,087	22,144	26,013	31,677	40,709	50,967	56,822	81,414	100,869
Transport Equipment	37,191	39,489	11,469	14,449	19,869	26,008	32,743	38,928	40,292	44,234
Machinery and Equipment	47,736	59,538	54,287	61,296	67,330	86,709	86,567	110,853	138,033	141,637
Other	7,376	8,776	8,285	10,288	8,487	15,670	17,785	28,035	32,527	36,047
D.Unclassified Imports	8,126	30,802	30,198	11,907	5,799	6,280	3,272	6,781	10,152	15,111
Total Imports(A+B+C+D)	421,888	554,290	532,964	584,491	643,749	81,138	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