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	Table  21  (External trade, Import)
	Composition and Direction of Imports (1948-1996）
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	Total	Composition %			Direction of Imports (%)
Year	Imports	Consumer	Intermediate	Investment	USA	Europe	Asia	Other
	(Rs.Mn)	Goods	Goods	Goods
1948	994	52.2	10.7	37.1	7.6	19.9	34.1	38.4
1949	1,029	50.3	10.7	39.0	7.1	23.3	37.7	31.9
1950	1,167	51.0	10.1	38.9	3.0	23.0	45.4	28.6
1951	1,559	56.6	17.5	25.7	5.3	27.6	35.6	31.5
1952	1,702	50.6	17.0	32.3	8.8	27.1	34.7	29.4
1953	1,608	58.0	16.5	25.3	3.2	28.6	40.8	27.4
1954	1,397	56.4	17.6	25.9	2.6	29.2	43.1	25.1
1955	1,460	51.7	16.4	31.9	3.2	30.6	41.4	24.8
1956	1,629	52.7	14.2	33.0	25.0	30.6	41.2	25.7
1957	1,804	48.9	19.3	31.8	3.7	28.3	39.6	28.3
1958	1,717	51.6	14.2	34.9	4.5	31.7	39.5	24.3
1959	2,005	60.0	19.8	19.4	6.9	32.3	36.7	24.2
1960	1,960	61.0	20.3	18.1	3.6	30.6	38.9	26.9
1961	1,703	57.1	22.5	19.9	3.4	26.2	39.0	31.4
1962	1,660	54.6	24.6	20.3	2.8	25.4	34.3	37.5
1963	1,490	52.4	25.0	21.7	3.9	29.5	44.3	22.3
1964	1,975	63.9	20.1	15.4	2.7	28.9	30.9	37.5
1965	1,474	52.8	28.1	17.7	3.8	24.7	24.3	47.2
1966	2,028	57.2	23.2	17.8	3.9	31.1	41.7	23.3
1967	1,738	53.6	25.4	19.0	6.2	36.4	34.3	23.2
1968	2,173	52.8	28.9	17.6	7.9	35.8	34.3	22.0
1969	2,543	47.9	23.3	27.5	8.4	41.3	33.6	16.7
1970	2,313	55.4	20.0	23.6	5.7	36.2	41.6	16.4
1971	1,986	56.0	20.7	21.1	5.1	34.3	38.4	22.2
1972	2,064	51.8	24.3	21.2	7.4	19.9	23.1	49.5
1973	2,715	52.4	30.0	16.6	9.0	20.5	23.3	47.1
1974	4,564	46.8	42.1	9.9	3.2	27.2	36.4	33.3
1975	5,251	50.5	36.0	12.4	6.4	24.7	40.2	28.6
1976	4,645	36.4	48.6	13.8	8.2	25.7	31.4	34.8
1977	6,007	42.2	44.1	12.4	8.9	24.3	34.3	32.4
1978	14,687	38.3	38.1	22.9	8.2	31.9	33.7	26.2
1979	22,541	34.7	40.5	24.2	5.4	27.7	43.2	23.7
1980	33,942	29.9	45.7	24.0	4.4	26.6	33.9	35.1
1981	36,582	25.2	52.7	21.7	6.8	19.0	37.1	37.1
1982	41,946	20.5	51.6	27.6	5.5	18.3	37.3	38.8
1983	45,558	25.5	47.7	26.5	5.9	20.7	45.8	27.5
1984	47,541	23.2	50.0	25.6	8.8	19.3	42.7	29.2
1985	54,049	19.4	54.3	19.2	6.5	18.6	38.6	36.3
1986	54,559	22.5	52.5	19.3	6.0	20.4	49.3	24.3
1987	60,528	22.8	57.2	18.7	5.5	22.6	50.3	21.5
1988	71,030	24.6	56.8	17.0	6.8	21.8	50.7	20.7
1989	80,225	26.1	56.4	15.0	6.2	20.4	49.1	24.3
1990	107,729	26.4	51.8	21.7	7.7	19.4	51.6	21.4
1991	126,643	25.5	50.7	23.5	5.7	19.9	59.6	14.8
1992	153,555	21.0	53.8	24.3	4.5	19.4	60.7	15.3
1993	193,550	19.3	53.7	26.1	3.3	20.5	60.0	16.2
1994	235,576	19.5	50.9	28.7	6.0	20.6	56.5	16.9
1995	272,200	18.5	54.6	22.4	3.3	20.1	54.2	22.5
1996	299,424	19.1	54.9	22.3	3.7	20.9	55.4	20.0
© ２００７， KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)				Revised:  2007(y)/01(m)/30(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