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Vision

“Raising living standards of the people through international trade relations”

Mission

“To develop and promote Sri Lanka’s foreign trade relations at bilateral, regional and multilateral levels by the effective implementation of government trade policy, with a view to raising the standards of living and realizing a higher quality of life through the increase of total production, income and employment levels, thereby actively contributing to the overall economic growth of Sri Lanka.”

 

Exports (US $ Mn.)

Imports (US $ Mn.)

Year

Total Exports to India

Exports under ISFTA

% under ISFTA

Total Imports from India

Imports under ISFTA

% under ISFTA

2000 
(March-Dec.)

55.65

8.6

16

600

53.9

9

2001

70.12

15.9

23

601

113.1

19

2002

168.81

114.2

68

834

81.7

10

2003

241.14

238.8

99

1076

150.4

14

2004

385.49

339.9

88

1342

394.7

29

2005

559.21

543.0

97

1,399.43

246.2

18

2006

494.06

431.1

87

1,822.07

459.3

25

2007

516.4

398.2

77

2,785.04

385.3

14

2008

418.08

309.3

74

3,006.93

541.4

18

2009

324.87

218.5

67

1,709.93

371.7

22

2010

466.60

358.4

77

2,546.23

573.7

23

2011

521.59

391.5

75

4,349.43

579.6

13

2012

566.37

379.5

67

3,517.23

156.4

4

2013

543.37

368.8

65

3,092.67

393.4

13

2014

624.81

375.8

60

3,977.76

540.1

14

2015

643.03

407.28

63

4,273.30

253.3

6

2016

551.20

375.25

68

3,827.50

186.7

5

2017
689.48
442.29
64
4,495.99
257.04
6
2018
768.71
483.48
63
4,158.18
246.87
6
2019
759.37
489.89
64
3,830.82
198.74
5
2020

602.32

358.43

59.51

3,002.09

158.58

5.28

2021
815.79 525.85  64.46 4,421.35 208.94  4.73
                                                                                                      Source: Sri Lanka Customs & Department of Commerce