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Table  02A  (External trade, Export)
Composition and Direction of Exports (1999-2008)
ext 02ae									(Rs. Million)
Country	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008(a)
Industrial Countries	240,711	311,418	314,995	327,920	348,690	408,988	429,953	485,020	888,951	482,190
Belgium - Luxembourg	9,647	11,808	10,748	23,081	23,384	29,870	31,745	37,430	44,276	46,085
Canada	4,053	5,389	6,145	5,896	6,210	7,253	7,915	8,016	8,678	9,693
France	7,159	8,651	9,556	8,922	8,409	10,349	12,197	16,020	19,463	19,465
Germany	15,184	14,442	17,737	19,066	22,435	27,732	27,319	34,184	48,437	43,903
Italy	4,554	5,235	5,457	6,882	11,339	15,468	20,061	26,824	43,683	48,815
Japan	11,199	17,407	16,602	13,390	15,674	15,948	14,533	17,004	17,660	17,225
Netherlands	78,567	7,909	7,727	7,417	8,547	10,833	10,044	12,632	16,715	17,044
United Kingdom	42,527	55,827	51,503	56,469	61,817	78,843	78,114	91,497	112,660	118,125
United States	126,127	166,146	172,098	166,768	171,558	189,151	199,801	208,494	217,925	202,510
Developing Countries	66,276	83,939	87,506	99,670	122,205	144,739	164,254	184,530	n.a.	n.a.
Middle East	25,620	83,180	38,759	36,041	44,503	43,924	469,334	56,911	70,882	91,413
Iran	1,765	2,531	2,632	3,353	3,405	5,858	7,451	8,669	12,959	16,738
Iraq	997	1,380	1,704	2,174	842	1,097	2,035	2,529	2,926	4,602
Jordan	1,009	160	1,970	2,217	2,801	3,201	2,761	2,746	2,351	5,650
Libya	907	1,556	3,299	972	3,304	290	2,149	1,177	2,542	2,324
Saudi Arabia	2,559	3,231	2,776	2,899	2,894	3,140	3,878	2,964	5,684	5,795
Syrian Arab Republic	3,259	3,916	4,975	6,222	6,036	6,667	6,758	8,588	9,966	12,160
U.A.E.	8,600	10,237	12,992	11,431	15,782	13,942	17,114	18,169	23,139	27,370
Africa	2,536	2,790	3,107	3,751	4,342	7,785	3,680	5,873	2,490	2,319
South Africa	869	919	906	1,013	1,252	1,215	1,162	1,633	2,003	1,753
Asia	26,871	35,922	33,701	47,132	58,821	77,752	95,133	97,750	106,408	104,041
China, People's Rep. of	248	3,847	441	1,169	1,568	2,111	2,955	2,641	3,784	5,072
Hong - Kong	4,428	5,239	4,706	5,425	7,458	6,963	6,443	7,477	7,279	11,306
India	3,423	4,398	6,433	16,312	23,679	39,616	56,924	50,885	57,002	45,320
Malaysia	493	597	594	826	1,203	914	1,453	2,572	3,942	4,795
Pakistan	2,169	2,251	2,222	2,759	3,545	3,992	4,377	6,607	6,133	7,729
Singapore	3,135	4,622	5,104	6,912	6,357	8,751	7,979	7,766	8,871	8,189
South and Central America	5,454	6,087	6,051	6,934	7,484	8,216	5,250	6,136	7,732	9,723
Mexico	2,464	2,594	2,735	3,661	3,634	3,854	4,644	4,872	6,942	6,998
Eastern Europe	7,828	10,927	14,806	16,410	18,553	20,778	21,011	25,775	31,505	47,540
Western Hemisphere	5,799	5,960	5,888	5,806	7,055	10,066	9,894	11,088	9,963	10,978
C.I.S. (b)	1,425	1,119	4,332	16,192	17,844	20,145	20,650	24,793	39,050	35,338
European Union	8,317	115,060	112,482	130,441	148,615	189,343	197,047	241,311	318,042	328,663
Unclassified	8,931	12,659	8,733	5,850	5,978	9,462	23,049	9,816	n.a.	n.a.
Total	325,171	420,114	430,372	449,850	495,626	583,967	638,276	716,579	845,683	881,321
©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) CIS: Commonwealth of Independent States