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Table  41A  (External trade, Balance)
Summary of External Trade (1999 - 2008)
ext 41ae								(Rs.Mn.)									(Rs. Million)																									(Rs. Million)																							(Rs. Million)														(Rs. Million)
Item	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008(a)
A.Exports, 　(1+2+3+4)	325,171	420,114	430,372	449,850	495,426	583,967	638,276	716,579	845,683(b)	881,321(b)
1.Agriculture Exports	66,751	76,271	83,252	89,682	93,069	107,951	116,045	134,481	116,945	200,739
Tea	43,728	53,133	61,602	63,105	65,936	74,897	81,482	91,667	113,565	137,600
Rubber	2,305	2,179	2,129	2,552	3,717	5,155	4,724	9,674	12,089	13,538
Coconut Products	9,119	9,174	7,348	8,009	8,926	11,453	11,400	12,898	15,636	18,532
Other	11,598	11,784	12,174	16,016	14,490	16,446	18,439	20,242	25,655	31,069
2.Industrial Exports	250,516	325,931	331,687	344,657	383,833	457,175	497,695	560,756	660,389	667,350
Textiles and Garments	171,068	226,930	227,360	232,027	248,574	285,172	291,087	320,829	369,463	376,024
Petroleum Products	5,210	7,414	6,053	7,003	6,300	10,133	13,169	19,580	18,693	27,542
Other	74,237	91,587	98,274	108,627	128,959	161,870	193,439	220,348	2,722	263,783
3.Mineral Exports	4,540	7,352	7,666	8,628	8,069	12,103	14,402	14,143	14,138	13,231
4.Other	3,363	10,560	7,767	3,883	10,456	6,738	10,134	7,198	4,211	2
B.Imports,	421,888	554,290	532,964	584,491	643,748	811,138	891,359	1,066,689	1,250,386	1,516,681
Consumer Goods	87,505	95,778	100,276	113,754	129,656	146,073	151,021	185,461	195,480	235,437
Intermediate Goods	215,658	296,821	306,305	346,794	380,931	489,688	549,004	640,810	747,489	943,346
Investment Goods	110,599	130,889	96,185	112,046	127,363	169,096	188,061	233,637	297,266	322,787
Unclassified	8,126	30,802	30,198	11,907	5,799	6,280	3,272	6,781	10,152	15,111
C.Balance of Trade, (A−B)	-96,717	-134,176	-102,592	-134,641	-148,323	-227,171	-253,082	-350,110	-404,703	-635,360
D.Export / Import Ratio  (A/B)	0.78	0.76	0.81	0.77	0.77	0.72	0.72	0.67	0.68	0.58
Export Indices(1990/1997=100(c)
Unit Value Index（ｄ）	114.6	125.2	139.6	141.2	150.5	164.5	168.6	182.4	200.5	208.2
Volume Index	103.5	122.4	112.4	116.2	120.1	129.4	138	143.3	153.8	154.4
Value Index	118.6	153.2	156.9	164.1	180.7	213	232.7	261.3	308.4	321.4
Import Indices (1990/1997=100)(c)
Unit Value Index（ｄ）	106.4	123.8	139.9	138.2	136.3	157.1	168.6	188.7	213.1	247.5
Volume Index	108.7	122.8	110.1	122.2	136.5	148.8	152.8	163.4	169.5	177.1
Value Index	115.8	152.1	154	168.9	186	233.7	257.6	308.3	361.4	438.3
Terms of Trade (c)(1997=100)	107.7	101.1	99.8	102.5	110.4	104.8	100	96.7	94	84.1
© ２０１０， KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)						Revised:  2010(y)/11(m)/25(d)
Source:						Chief Editor:
Sri Lanka Customs,     Annual Report, 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) Exclude Re - Exports
(c) TOT measures: Terms of Trade = (Export Unit Value Index/Import Unit Value Index) X 100
(d) Unit value = Value index / volume index