Country Profile Sri Lanka

Country Profile Sri Lanka

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 22.235 million (July 2016 est.) February 4, 1948 74.9% Ethnic Groups 11.2% 9.2% 4.2% Sinhalese Sri Lankan Tamil Sri Lankan Moors Indian Tamil 0.5%

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

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

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

Bilateral Trade with Pakistan Product code Product label Pakistan's exports to Sri Lanka (US$ Thousand) 2014 2015 2016 'TOTAL All products 266147 260015 237183 '52 Cotton 90826 89929 74155 '25 Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 42656 30613 35040 '30 Pharmaceutical products 18148 22137 22205 '07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 10078 21439 15817 '73 Articles of iron or steel 14481 13905 14552 '63 made-up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 5721 10077 10637 '10 Cereals 36567 14868 9366 '60 Knitted or crocheted fabrics 6042 5775 7357 '22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 5126 9632 6246 '03 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates 3784 5064 4433 '55 Man-made staple fibres 3035 4844 4279 '61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 3974 2313 3941 '39 Plastics and articles thereof 3796 7237 3678 '48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 264 251 3448 '23 Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder 69 1676 2754 '08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons 1529 2047 2670 '09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 1707 1895 2075 '21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 69 98 1626 '12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal... 745 3019 1169 '84 Machinery, mechanical appliances, nuclear reactors, boilers; parts thereof 594 1366 1028 '24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 0 0 950

Product code Product label Pakistan's imports from Sri Lanka (US$ Thousand) 2014 2015 2016 'TOTAL All products 62,971.00 72,256.00 76,689.00 '14 Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included 17,645.00 16,994.00 18,605.00 '12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal... 3,456.00 1,992.00 10,671.00 '08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons 9,552.00 7,307.00 10,096.00 '44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 8,482.00 8,678.00 9,296.00 '40 Rubber and articles thereof 8,152.00 6,298.00 8,397.00 '09 Coffee, tea, mate and spices 1,724.00 18,550.00 2,985.00 '88 Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof - - 2,940.00 '89 Ships, boats and floating structures - 3,363.00 2,645.00 '48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 1,126.00 523.00 1,946.00 '53 vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn 1,221.00 1,292.00 1,510.00 Electrical machinery and equipment and parts '85 thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television... 592.00 826.00 1,140.00 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their '15 cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal... 576.00 424.00 719.00 '38 Miscellaneous chemical products 360.00 506.00 627.00 '62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 967.00 866.00 622.00 '33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 173.00 302.00 599.00 Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic '47 material; recovered (waste and scrap) paper or... 786.00 833.00 534.00 '76 Aluminium and articles thereof 791.00 542.00 505.00 '23 Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder 3.00 35.00 447.00 '72 Iron and steel 13.00 7.00 271.00 '70 Glass and glassware - 3.00 211.00 '25 Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 83.00 106.00 180.00