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Table 04 (Comparison)
External Trade and Finance Indicators  (2005-2007)
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Indicator Re  Year Sri Lanka Afghanistan Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Indonesia Malayasia Philippines Rep.of Korea Singapore Thailand
Exports    (Million US $) 2005 6,347 384 9,303 212 102,176 152 903 15,432 86,995 141,808 40,263 288,971 232,123 109,369
      ﴾10.2﴿       ﴾25.9﴿      ﴾ 14.1﴿      ﴾ 34.2﴿      ﴾31.1﴿      ﴾-13.0﴿       ﴾16.8﴿       ﴾16.1﴿          ﴾22.9﴿          ﴾11.8﴿             ﴾3.8﴿          ﴾12.1﴿          ﴾15.5﴿        ﴾15.2﴿
2006 6,883 416 11,594 312 123,617 216 849 17,049 103,528 160,842 46,526 331,842 274,980 127,929
(Annual Change %)         ﴾8.4﴿         ﴾8.3﴿       ﴾24.6﴿       ﴾47.2﴿       ﴾21.0﴿       ﴾41.8﴿        ﴾-6.0﴿       ﴾10.5﴿ ﴾19.0﴿ ﴾13.4﴿           ﴾15.6﴿           ﴾14.8﴿          ﴾18.5﴿        ﴾17.0﴿
2007 7,640 454 12,449 513 158,461 232 925 18,121 118,014 176,403 49,321 378,987 302,819 151,130
      ﴾11.0﴿        ﴾9.1﴿         ﴾7.4﴿       ﴾64.4﴿        ﴾28.2﴿        ﴾7.3﴿        ﴾9.0﴿        ﴾6.3﴿        (14.0﴿           ﴾9.7﴿            ﴾6.0﴿          ﴾14.2﴿         ﴾10.1﴿         ﴾18.1﴿
Exports    (US $/Capita) 2005 322 16 68 353 93 508 36 100 396 5,433 472 6,008 53,982 1,688
2006 346 17 84 520 111 720 33 109 466 6,047 535 6,870 62,495 1,962
2007 387 19 89 733 140 772 35 114 525 6,485 557 7,814 65,830 2,297
Imports,   (Million US $) 2005 8,863 2,470 12,502 461 134,702 656 2,277 21,773 69,462 108,653 48,036 256,288 195,436 105,981
      ﴾10.8﴿       ﴾13.5﴿       ﴾12.1﴿      ﴾75.3﴿       ﴾41.0﴿       ﴾16.1﴿       ﴾19.3﴿       ﴾30.4﴿          ﴾37.2﴿           ﴾9.5﴿            ﴾8.0﴿          ﴾16.4﴿ ﴾16.2﴿         ﴾25.9﴿
2006 10,254 2,744 14,445 435 166,695 815 2,441 26,696 73,868 124,144 53,528 303,937 230,223 114,085
(Growth %)       ﴾15.7﴿       ﴾11.1﴿       ﴾15.5﴿         ﴾5.6﴿       ﴾23.8﴿       ﴾24.2﴿        ﴾7.2﴿       ﴾22.6﴿           ﴾6.3﴿          ﴾14.3﴿           ﴾11.4﴿          ﴾18.6﴿         ﴾17.8﴿           ﴾7.6﴿
2007 11,296 3,021 16,665 501 248,521 936 2,933 28,761 84,930 139,075 57,557 349,573 253,654 125,170
      ﴾10.2﴿      ﴾10.1﴿       ﴾15.4﴿       ﴾15.2﴿       ﴾49.1﴿      ﴾14.8﴿       ﴾20.1﴿         ﴾7.7﴿        ﴾15.0﴿          ﴾12.0﴿            ﴾7.5﴿          ﴾15.0﴿          ﴾10.2﴿           ﴾9.7﴿
Imports 　(US $/Capita) 2005 450 105 91 768 122 2,187 90 141 316 4,163 563 5,328 45,450 1,636
2006 515 114 104 725 149 2,717 94 170 333 4,667 615 6,293 52,323 1,750
2007 565 123 119 716 219 3,119 111 180 378 5,113 650 7,208 5,142 1,902
Exports/Import Ratio 2005 0.72 0.16 0.74 0.46 0.76 0.23 0.40 0.71 1.25 1.31 0.84 1.13 1.19 1.03
2006 0.67 0.15 0.80 0.72 0.74 0.26 0.35 0.46 1.40 1.30 0.87 1.09 1.19 1.12
2007 0.68 0.15 0.75 1.02 0.64 0.25 0.32 0.63 1.39 1.27 0.86 1.08 1.19 1.21
Balance of Trade                (Exports minus Imports) 2005 -2,516 -2,086 -3,199 -249 -32,526 -504 -1,374 -6,341 17,533 33,155 -7,773 32,683 36,687 3,388
2006 -3,371 -2,328 -2,850 -123 -43,078 -599 -1,592 -9,647 29,660 36,698 -7,002 27,905 44,757 13,844
 (Million US $) 2007 -3,561 -2,567 -4,216 12 -90,060 -704 -2,008 -10,640 33,084 37,328 -8,236 29,409 49,165 25,960
Current A/c Balance  2005 -650 22 -176 -235 -7,835 -279 1 -3,606 278 19,880 1,984 14,981 28,569 -7,647
2006 -1,499 -199 1,196 -38 -9,415 -379 -10 -6,750 10,836 25,488 4,830 5,385 36,326 2,175
 (Million US $) 2007 -1,401 -119 805 115 -17,403 -472 -130 -8,253 11,009 28,931 5,766 5,954 39,157 14,921
Total Reserves minus Gold 2005 2,651       n.a. 2,767 467 131,924 186 1,499 10,033 33,140 69,858 15,926 210,317 116,172 50,691
2006 2,837       n.a. 3,806 545 170,738 231       n.a. 11,543 41,103 82,132 20,025 238,882 136,260 65,291
 (Million US $) 2007 3,515       n.a. 5,783 699 266,988 308       n.a. 14,044 54,976 101,019 30,211 262,150 152,957 85,221
External Debt 2005 11,354       n.a. 18,928 649 123,128 368 3,197 33,173 130,709 51,981 61,718 187,882 300,359 51,625
 (Million US $) 2006 12,214 1,771 20,521 713 153,075 459 3,409 35,909 130,956 50,526 60,324 260,061 313,551 55,233
External Debt, Service (a)         / Exports      ( % ) 2005 6.3       n.a. 5.4       n.a. 13.2 7.0 4.7 10.1 15.0 5.6 16.7        n.a.        n.a.        n.a.
2006 9.8       n.a. 3.7       n.a. 7.7 6.9 5.1 8.6 16.6 4.0 19.6        n.a.        n.a.        n.a.
Exchange Rate                 (Domestic Currency /US $)                  (domestic / US $) 2005 100.50 49.49 64.33 44.10 44.10 12.80 71.37 59.51 9,705.00 3.79 55.09 1,024.12 1.66 40.22
2006 103.96 49.93 68.93 45.31 45.31 12.80 72.76 60.27 9,159.00 3.67 51.31 945.79 1.59 37.88
2007 110.62 49.96 68.88 41.35 41.31 12.80 66.42 60.74 9,141.00 3.44 46.15 929.26 1.51 34.52
© ２０１０， KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)  Revised: 2010(y)/04(m)/30(d)
Source:  Chief Editor:
Economic and Social Statistics Of Sri Lanka Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
Key:  n.a.- Not avilable       The Former Head, Department of Management Studies
(a)  The debt service (principal, interest on long and short term debt,  IMF repurchases and Charges).      University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka