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Table  21F  (External trade, Import)
Import (Major Categories)  (2004-2005)
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Year、Value & Change　　　　　Item	2004		2005		Change in	Growth	Contribution
	Value	Share	Value	Share	Value	Rate	to growth
	US Dollars（million）	( % )	US Dollars（million）	( % )	US Dollars（million）	( % )	( % )
AConsumer Goods　(1+2)	1,623.5	20.3	1,643.9	18.5	20.5	1.3	2.4
1.Food and beverages	779.1	9.7	752.6	8.5	-26.5	-3.4	-3.1
Rice	59.4	0.7	15.6	0.2	-43.8	-73.8	-5.1
Sugar	111.4	1.4	132.3	1.5	20.8	18.7	2.4
Wheat	183.1	2.3	141.4	1.6	-41.7	-22.8	-4.8
Other	425.2	5.3	463.3	5.2	38.2	9.0	4.4
2.Other Consumer Goods	844.4	10.6	891.4	10.1	46.9	5.6	5.4
B.Intermediate Goods	4,645.4	58.1	5,317.10	60.0	671.8	14.5	77.8
Petroleum	1,209.3	15.1	1,655.30	18.7	445.9	36.9	51.6
Fertilizer	106.7	1.3	135.0	1.5	28.3	26.5	3.3
Chemicals	205.9	2.6	248.6	2.8	42.7	20.7	4.9
Textiles & Clothing	1,514.1	18.9	1,531.0	17.3	16.9	1.1	2.0
Other Intermediate Goods	1,609.4	20.1	1,747.3	19.7	137.9	8.6	16.0
C.Investment Goods	1,669.9	20.9	1,869.6	21.1	199.7	12.0	23.1
Machinery and Equipment	857.4	10.7	860.4	9.7	3.0	0.3	0.3
Transport Equipment	256.6	3.2	325.3	3.7	68.7	26.8	8.0
Building Materials	402.0	5.0	507.0	5.7	105.0	26.1	12.2
Other investment goods	153.9	1.9	176.9	2.0	23.0	14.9	2.7
D.Unclassified Imports	61.1	0.8	32.6	0.4	-28.5	-46.7	-3.3
E.Total Imports（A+B+C+D)	7,999.80	100.0	8,863.2	100.0	863.4	10.8	100.0
Annual average exchange rate (Rs／US$)	101.19		100.50
© ２０１０ KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)		Revised:  2010(y)/11(m)/25(d)
Source：		Chief Editor:
Central Bank, Annual Report, 2005.		Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
		The Former Head, Department of Management Studies
		University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka