Country Profile Sri Lanka

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1 Country Profile Sri Lanka

2 Introduction Location Capital Area Southern Asia, island in the Indian Ocean, south of India Colombo (commercial capital); Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (administrative capital) 65,610 sq. km Population Independence Day million (July 2016 est.) February 4, % Ethnic Groups 11.2% 9.2% 4.2% Sinhalese Sri Lankan Tamil Sri Lankan Moors Indian Tamil 0.5%

3 74% Languages 18% 8% Sinhala Tamil Christian, Roman catholic, 1.3% 6.1%, 0.05% Religions Muslim, 9.7% Buddhist Hindu, 12.6% Hindu Muslim Buddhist, 70.2% Roman catholic Christian

4 Major Economic Indicators GDP (official exchange rate): GDP - real growth rate: GDP - per capita (PPP): Gross national saving: GDP - composition, by sector of origin: Inflation rate (consumer prices): Taxes and other revenues: Public debt: Reserves of foreign exchange & gold: Agriculture - products: Industries: $82.24 billion (2016 est.) 4.5% (2016 est.) $11,200 (2016 est.) 26.8% of GDP (2016 est.) Agriculture: 8.5% Industry: 30.9% Services: 60.6% (2016 est.) 4% (2016 est.) 13.4% of GDP (2016 est.) 77.1% of GDP (2016 est.) $6.542 billion (31 December 2016 est.) rice, sugarcane, grains, pulses, oilseed, spices, vegetables, fruit, tea, rubber, coconuts; milk, eggs, hides, beef; fish processing of rubber, tea, coconuts, tobacco and other agricultural commodities; telecommunications, insurance, banking; tourism, shipping; clothing, textiles; cement, petroleum refining, information technology services, construction

5 Trade Export (Value: $10.53 billion (2016 est.) Export Partners: US 28.8%, UK 10.6%, India 6.6%, Germany 4.9%, Italy 4.5% Export- commodities: textiles and apparel, tea and spices; rubber manufactures; precious stones; coconut products, fish Import (Value: $19.01 billion (2016 est.) Import Partners: India 28.3%, Japan 9.2%, UAE 7.1%, Singapore 6.1% Import- commodities: petroleum, textiles, machinery and transportation equipment, building materials, mineral products, foodstuffs

6 Bilateral Trade with Pakistan Product code Product label Pakistan's exports to Sri Lanka (US$ Thousand) 'TOTAL All products '52 Cotton '25 Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement '30 Pharmaceutical products '07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers '73 Articles of iron or steel '63 made-up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags '10 Cereals '60 Knitted or crocheted fabrics '22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar '03 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates '55 Man-made staple fibres '61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted '39 Plastics and articles thereof '48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard '23 Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder '08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons '09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices '21 Miscellaneous edible preparations '12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal '84 Machinery, mechanical appliances, nuclear reactors, boilers; parts thereof '24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes

7 Product code Product label Pakistan's imports from Sri Lanka (US$ Thousand) 'TOTAL All products 62, , , '14 Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included 17, , , '12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal... 3, , , '08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons 9, , , '44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 8, , , '40 Rubber and articles thereof 8, , , '09 Coffee, tea, mate and spices 1, , , '88 Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof - - 2, '89 Ships, boats and floating structures - 3, , '48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 1, , '53 vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn 1, , , Electrical machinery and equipment and parts '85 thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television , Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their '15 cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal '38 Miscellaneous chemical products '62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted '33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic '47 material; recovered (waste and scrap) paper or '76 Aluminium and articles thereof '23 Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder '72 Iron and steel '70 Glass and glassware '25 Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement