Economical
Profile
Currency (code): Sri Lankan rupee (LKR)
GDP: $86.72 billion (2005 est.) GDP per capita: $4,300
(2005 est.) Exports - commodities: textiles and apparel;
tea and spices; diamonds, emeralds, rubies; coconut
products; rubber manufactures, fish Exports - partners:
US , UK , India , Germany Imports – commodityies:
textile fabrics, mineral products, petroleum,
foodstuffs, machinery and transportation equipment
Imports - partners: India , Singapore , Hong Kong ,
China , Iran , Japan , Malaysia Agriculture - products:
rice, sugarcane, grain, pulses, oil seed, spices, tea,
rubber, coconuts; milk, eggs, hides, beef Industries:
rubber processing, tea, coconuts, and other agricultural
commodities; lecommunications, insurancen, and banking;
clothing, cement, petroleum refining, textile, tobacco
Source: The World Fact Book 2005
(www.cia.gov) |