Sri Lanka Imports

Imports to Sri Lanka dropped 23.1 percent year-on-year to USD 1,400 million in June 2019, amid declines in purchases of intermediate goods (-11.1 percent), due to lower expenditure in fuel (-17 percent); consumer (-39.4 percent) and investment goods (-32.6 percent). Imports in Sri Lanka averaged 1216.30 USD Million from 2001 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 2048 USD Million in December of 2017 and a record low of 408 USD Million in February of 2002.

Imports in Sri Lanka is expected to be 1820.00 USD Million by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Imports in Sri Lanka to stand at 1990.00 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Sri Lanka Imports is projected to trend around 1950.00 USD Million in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Sri Lanka Trade	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Balance of Trade	-316.00	-823.00	-50.10	-1100.70	USD Million	[+]
Current Account	423.20	-815.14	423.20	-1695.29	USD Million	[+]
Current Account to GDP	-3.00	-2.60	-0.40	-19.30	percent	[+]
Exports	1084.00	961.00	1137.00	304.80	USD Million	[+]
Imports	1400.00	1784.00	2048.00	408.00	USD Million	[+]
External Debt	54221.66	52310.45	54221.66	37098.10	USD Million	[+]
Terms of Trade	113.97	87.21	161.24	74.50	Index Points	[+]
Tourist Arrivals	143587.00	115701.00	253169.00	5536.00		[+]
Gold Reserves	19.89	19.90	23.10	3.63	Tonnes	[+]
Terrorism Index	4.05	2.91	7.13	2.91		[+]
Tourism Revenues	313.40	458.60	475.20	19.30	USD Million	[+]
Remittances	562.10	553.70	729.35	241.34	USD Million	[+]
Foreign Direct Investment	167.00	352.00	961.00	20.00	USD Million	[+]

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Sri Lanka imports petroleum, textile fabrics, foodstuffs and machinery and transportation equipment. Main import partners are India, China, Iran and Singapore. This page provides the latest reported value for - Sri Lanka Imports - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Sri Lanka Imports - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on September of 2019.