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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.”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Value US$ mn

 

HS

Description

2020

2021

% change 2020 Vs 2021

2309

Preparation of a kind used in animal feeding

74.44

101.38

36.19

0802

Other nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled. ..

45.94

43.76

-4.75

1516

Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised, whether or not refined,but not further prepared

17.14

41.97

144.87

4707

Recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard. ..

17.67

34.51

95.30

8712

Bicycles and other cycles (including delivery tricycles), not motorised:

7

23.63

237.57

8544

Insulated (including enamelled or anodised) wire, cable (including co-axial cable) and other insulated electric conductors, whether or not fitted with connectors; optical fibre cables, made up of individually sheathed fibres, whether or not assembled with electric conductors or fitted with connectors.

14.19

20.55

44.82

0907

Cloves (whole fruit, cloves and stems). ..

6.31

17.76

181.46

4015

Articles of apparel and clothing accessories (including gloves, mittens and mitts), for all purposes, of vulcanised rubber other than hard rubber.

11.12

16.42

47.66

9403

Other furniiture and parts thereof

11.89

16.18

36.08

7801

Unwrought lead. ..

6.64

15.43

132.38

0904

Pepper of the genius piper, dried or crushed or ground fruits of the genus capsicum or of the genes pimenta

6.88

14.21

106.54

3301

Essential oils (terpeneless or not), including concretes and absolutes; resinoids; extracted oleoresins; concentrates of essential oils in fats,in fixed oil,in waxes or the like,obtained by enfleurage or maceration; terpenic by products of the deterpenation of essential oils;aqueous distillates and aqueous solutions of essential oils

9.2

11.88

29.13

2202

Waters, including mineral waters and aerated waters, containing added sugar or other sweetening mater or flavoured, and other non-alcoholic beverages, not including fruit or vegetable juices of heading 20.09.

6.61

10.43

57.79

9401

Seats (other than those of heading 94.02), whether or not convertible into beds, and parts thereof (+).

6.29

9.13

45.15

2008

Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added suger or other sweetening matter or spirit,not elsewhere specified or included

2.88

6.69

132.29

6203

Men's or boys' suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers, trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts (other than swimwear).

3.26

6.05

85.58

6204

Women's or girls' suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers, dresses, skirts, divided skirts, trousers, bib and brace overalls,breeches and shorts (other than swimwear).

1.99

6

201.51

6911

Tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and toilet articles, of porcelain or china.

2

5.99

199.50

7010

Carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, phials, ampoules and other containers, of glass, of a kind used for the conveyance or packing of goods; preserving jars of glass; stoppers, lids and other closures, of glass.

5.36

5.97

11.38

0906

Cinnamon and cinnamon-tree flowers ..

5.54

5.91

6.68

6104

Women's or girls' suits, ensembles, jackets, dresses, skirts, divided skirts, trousers, bib and brace overalls,breeches and shorts (other rhan swimmer), knitted or crocheted

2.11

5.7

170.14

1104

Cereal grains otherwise worked(for example, hulled, rolled, flaked, pearled, sliced or kibbled), except rice of heading 10.06; germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked 0r ground

4.08

5.41

32.60

908

Nutmeg, mace and cardamons ..

4.19

5.31

26.73

8507

Electric accumulators, including separators therefor, whether or not rectangular (including square).

1.37

4.88

256.20

6212

Brassiers, girdles, corsets, braces, suspenders, garters and similar articles and parts thereof, whether or not knitted or crocheted.

2.41

4.13

71.37

4819

Cartons, boxes, cases bags and other packing containers of paper paperboard cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibers; box files, letter trays, and similar articles, of paper or paperboard of a kind used in offices, shops or the like.

3.53

3.98

12.75

2306

Oil-cake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of vegetable fats or oils, other than those of heading 23.04 or 23.05

9.2

3.95

-57.07

4011

New pneumatic tyres, of rubber

2.96

3.6

21.62

3904

Polymers of vinyl chloride or of other halogenated olefins, in primary forms. ..

1.82

3.4

86.81

3823

Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining; industrial fatty alcohols.

1.14

3.24

184.21

 

Other Exports

63.24

68.32

8.03

Total exports under ISFTA   

358.43

525.85

 

                                                                                                                             

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Source: Sri Lanka Customs

 

HS code

Description

YEAR

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

Total exports under ISFTA

442.14

481.27

489.56

358.43

525.85

1

2309

Preparation of a kind used in animal feeding

58.93

81.26

72.47

74.44

101.38

2

0802

Other nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled. ..

37.22

17.3

21.07

45.94

43.76

3

1516

Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised, whether or not refined,but not further prepared

0.04

9.75

12.12

17.14

41.97

4

4707

Recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard. ..

35.41

27.01

21.72

17.67

34.51

5

8712

Bicycles and other cycles (including delivery tricycles), not motorised:

11.96

22.2

13.1

7

23.63

6

8544

Insulated (including enamelled or anodised) wire, cable (including co-axial cable) and other insulated electric conductors, whether or not fitted with connectors; optical fibre cables, made up of individually sheathed fibres, whether or not assembled with electric conductors or fitted with connectors.

20.67

26.02

19.97

14.19

20.55

7

0907

Cloves (whole fruit, cloves and stems). ..

25.12

6.44

17.88

6.31

17.76

8

4015

Articles of apparel and clothing accessories (including gloves, mittens and mitts), for all purposes, of vulcanised rubber other than hard rubber.

10.54

10.88

12.36

11.12

16.42

9

9403

Other furniiture and parts thereof

13.62

15.65

16.9

11.89

16.18

10

7801

Unwrought lead. ..

11.01

13.45

14.2

6.64

15.43

11

0904

Pepper of the genius piper, dried or crushed or ground fruits of the genus capsicum or of the genes pimenta

22.8

4.17

8.64

6.88

14.21

12

3301

Essential oils (terpeneless or not), including concretes and absolutes; resinoids; extracted oleoresins; concentrates of essential oils in fats,in fixed oil,in waxes or the like,obtained by enfleurage or maceration; terpenic by products of the deterpenation of essential oils;aqueous distillates and aqueous solutions of essential oils

5.2

6.46

9.22

9.2

11.88

13

2202

Waters, including mineral waters and aerated waters, containing added sugar or other sweetening mater or flavoured, and other non-alcoholic beverages, not including fruit or vegetable juices of heading 20.09.

14.17

12.06

9.34

6.61

10.43

14

9401

Seats (other than those of heading 94.02), whether or not convertible into beds, and parts thereof (+).

5.5

6.81

8.05

6.29

9.13

15

2008

Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added suger or other sweetening matter or spirit,not elsewhere specified or included

5.03

5.85

5.31

2.88

6.69

16

6203

Men's or boys' suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers, trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts (other than swimwear).

2.52

8.39

7.37

3.26

6.05

17

6204

Women's or girls' suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers, dresses, skirts, divided skirts, trousers, bib and brace overalls,breeches and shorts (other than swimwear).

3.46

6.36

5.95

1.99

6

18

6911

Tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and toilet articles, of porcelain or china.

0.97

1.18

1.68

2

5.99

19

7010

Carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, phials, ampoules and other containers, of glass, of a kind used for the conveyance or packing of goods; preserving jars of glass; stoppers, lids and other closures, of glass.

4.04

5.93

9.18

5.36

5.97

20

0906

Cinnamon and cinnamon-tree flowers ..

3.69

6.21

5.16

5.54

5.91

21

6104

Women's or girls' suits, ensembles, jackets, dresses, skirts, divided skirts, trousers, bib and brace overalls,breeches and shorts (other rhan swimmer), knitted or crocheted

2.4

4.65

5.21

2.11

5.7

22

1104

Cereal grains otherwise worked(for example, hulled, rolled, flaked, pearled, sliced or kibbled), except rice of heading 10.06; germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked 0r ground

2.93

3.79

5.87

4.08

5.41

23

0908

Nutmeg, mace and cardamons ..

6.78

6.77

9.84

4.19

5.31

24

8507

Electric accumulators, including separators therefor, whether or not rectangular (including square).

1.7

6.16

3.2

1.37

4.88

25

6212

Brassiers, girdles, corsets, braces, suspenders, garters and similar articles and parts thereof, whether or not knitted or crocheted.

7.11

12.94

11.11

2.41

4.13

26

4819

Cartons, boxes, cases bags and other packing containers of paper paperboard cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibers; box files, letter trays, and similar articles, of paper or paperboard of a kind used in offices, shops or the like.

9

8.16

8.2

3.53

3.98

27

2306

Oil-cake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of vegetable fats or oils, other than those of heading 23.04 or 23.05

1.64

2.88

12.21

9.2

3.95

28

4011

New pneumatic tyres, of rubber

8.39

12.28

5.6

2.96

3.6

29

3904

Polymers of vinyl chloride or of other halogenated olefins, in primary forms. ..

 

1.04

0.86

1.82

3.4

30

3823

Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining; industrial fatty alcohols.

0.52

0.75

1.41

1.14

3.24

   

Other Exports

109.76

128.46

134.33

63.24

68.32

                                                                                                                                                      Source: Sri Lanka Customs
 

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

Time of TRQC Issuance

  • Sea freight - Requests submitted before 12 noon will be issued during 11.00 am -12 noon on the following day.
  • Air freight - Requests submitted before 2.30 pm will be issued during 11.00 am - 12 noon on the following day.

 

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