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) |