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Table  21D  (External trade, Import)
Selected Imports (1999 - 2008)
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                                             Year                       Item 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007   2008(a)
Food and Drink, (x1,000t)                    
Rice  214 15 52 95 35 222 52 12 88 84
Wheat Grain  859 922 760 998 976 945 935 1,200 952 919
Sugar 479 562 420 568 526 496 444 426 321 359
Milk and Milk Products  (t)                    
Milk and Milk Food   (b) 54 57 52 61 64 54 53 73 66 67
Infant Milk Food 429 836 728 511 621 813 355 1,866 1,432 1,343
Fish and Fish Products (t)                    
Fish Dried ( c) 49 55 37 51 52 43 50 57 63 49
Fish Other 1 1 1 1 1 1          - 1 2 1
Pharmaceutical Products,(x1, 000t) 7 9 9 10 10 11 14 14 16 17
Fertilizer, (x1,000t) 539 559 460 535 516 510 529 633 569 773
Crude Oil, (x1,000t) 1,832 2,347 1,954 1,909 1,809 2,606 1,976 2,151 1,937 1,730
Cement, (x1,000t) 1,141 1,357 1,024 1,211 1,606 808 1,460 3,037 3,215 3,300
Transport Equipment (No.)                    
Motor Vehicles (d) 26,711 25,025 16,834 77,247 -74,472 78,853 75,450 11,272 104,938 1,553,563
Motor Cycles 37,277 36,538 37,332 70,449 11,961 142,445 193,411 209,635 174,193 153,557
Tractors 13,054 14,304 8,592 12,591 16,383 228 26,106 23,120 23,629 28,175
© 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) Excluding infant milk food.    
(c) Including maldive - fish , sprats and smoked fish.
(d) Including motor cars, vans, lorries and buses.