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	Table  01  (External trade, Export)
	Composition and Direction of Exports (1948-1996)
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	Total	Composition (%)			Direction of Exports (%)
Year	Exports
	(Rs. Million)	Agriculture	Industry	Other	USA	Europe	Asia	Other
1948	1,011	89.9	0.0	10.1	16.4	36.4	4.5	42.8
1949	1,063	90.0	0.0	10.0	10.8	42.2	4.7	42.3
1950	1,563	93.7	0.0	6.3	21.3	34.4	5.6	38.7
1951	1,904	89.4	0.0	10.6	10.4	43.9	6.6	39.0
1952	1,502	88.4	0.0	11.6	10.4	36.7	14.7	38.2
1953	1,568	89.7	0.0	10.3	7.6	33.1	19.5	39.9
1954	1,809	89.6	0.0	10.4	6.5	34.4	17.4	41.7
1955	1,940	91.2	0.0	8.8	9.1	36.1	11.6	43.2
1956	1,735	89.3	0.0	10.7	8.1	37.7	15.7	38.5
1957	1,682	87.9	0.0	12.1	8.7	34.9	14.7	41.6
1958	1,711	90.8	0.0	9.2	7.9	42.0	9.5	40.5
1959	1,754	90.5	0.0	9.5	9.3	38.7	10.7	41.3
1960	1,832	90.5	0.0	9.5	9.0	37.0	13.1	41.0
1961	1,733	91.0	0.0	9.0	8.6	34.0	11.3	46.2
1962	1,808	92.1	0.0	7.9	8.4	35.0	14.7	41.9
1963	1,731	92.1	0.0	7.9	8.4	38.9	12.5	40.2
1964	1,876	92.8	0.0	7.2	7.9	42.4	14.5	35.1
1965	1,949	93.8	0.0	6.2	7.5	30.9	13.0	48.6
1966	1,700	94.3	0.0	5.7	7.9	34.9	16.7	40.5
1967	1,690	91.8	0.0	8.2	8.1	42.9	14.5	34.4
1968	2,035	92.4	0.0	7.6	6.8	44.6	16.2	32.4
1969	1,916	92.8	0.0	7.2	7.8	39.9	19.9	32.4
1970	2,033	91.7	0.0	8.3	7.1	45.8	19.9	27.2
1971	1,947	91.5	0.0	8.5	8.4	38.8	19.5	33.3
1972	2,009	87.1	2.8	10.0	6.8	23.0	18.5	51.8
1973	2,617	80.1	8.3	11.6	6.9	22.2	22.3	48.7
1974	3,472	76.2	13.9	9.9	7.0	34.4	22.8	35.8
1975	3,933	78.7	13.2	8.1	5.6	23.2	28.5	42.7
1976	4,815	74.3	15.3	10.4	7.0	28.5	28.9	35.6
1977	6,638	79.3	14.2	6.5	7.5	26.9	24.7	40.9
1978	13,206	78.9	14.7	6.4	7.0	27.1	24.1	41.7
1979	15,279	70.7	24.5	4.9	10.4	31.4	21.7	36.5
1980	17,595	61.8	33.0	5.2	10.9	27.6	20.1	41.4
1981	21,043	57.8	35.4	6.7	13.4	26.2	21.1	39.4
1982	21,454	54.3	38.6	7.1	13.9	28.4	20.8	36.9
1983	25,096	58.0	35.1	6.9	17.5	27.5	18.7	36.4
1984	37,347	60.4	34.6	5.0	19.1	24.7	13.9	42.2
1985	36,207	52.5	39.5	8.0	21.2	25.0	15.7	38.1
1986	34,072	46.3	46.6	7.1	26.1	28.4	16.4	29.1
1987	41,133	42.4	48.6	9.0	25.4	26.3	15.2	33.1
1988	46,928	42.8	48.3	8.8	24.9	27.1	20.0	28.0
1989	56,175	39.3	50.7	10.1	25.7	30.2	16.8	27.3
1990	79,481	36.3	52.2	11.4	24.8	30.3	14.5	30.4
1991	82,225	32.3	61.7	6.0	28.1	30.9	15.9	25.1
1992	107,855	24.6	71.7	3.8	34.0	36.0	12.3	17.6
1993	138,175	22.9	73.4	3.7	35.2	35.6	13.0	16.2
1994	158,554	21.9	74.8	3.4	34.8	34.9	14.5	15.9
1995	195,092	21.8	75.4	2.8	35.6	36.4	14.4	13.6
1996	226,801	23.5	73.4	3.1	34.0	37.2	14.7	14.0
© ２００８， KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)				Revised:  2008(y)/12(m)/02(d)
Source:				Chief Editor:
Annual Report, Central Bank of Sri Lanka.				Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
				The Head, Department of Management Studies
				University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka