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Sri Lanka

Indicators	Latest figures	Source
Population	20 Million	World Bank, 2007
Population Density	294.2	UNSTAT, 2007
Population below income poverty line ($ 1 a day)	23%	World Bank, 2007
Total Surface area(sq km)	65,610	World Bank, 2007
Sex ratio	1.04 male(s)/female	CIA World Factbook, 2008
Total adult literacy rate( Age 15 and above)	90.70%	CIA World Factbook, 2008
Rural Population	85%	CIA World Factbook, 2008
Land use
Arable land	13.96%
Permanent cropland	15.24%
Other	70.8 % (2005)
Economy and trade
GDP (Absolute Terms)	US$ 32.35 billion	World Bank, 2007
GDP (Relative Terms)	6.80%	World Bank, 2007
Structure of economy (% of GDP)		World Bank, 2007
Agriculture	12%
Industry	38%
Manufacturing
Services	50%
Exports (% of GDP)	29%	World Bank, 2007
Value of total exports	US$ 6159.9 million	UNSTAT, 2005
Major exports		World Bank, 2006
1.Tea	US$ 882 million
2.Agricultural Goods	US$ 461 million
3.Manufactures	US$ 3,088 million
Main export partners	US, UK, India, Belgium	CIA World Factbook, 2007
Imports (% of GDP)	40%	World Bank, 2007
Value of total imports	US$ 8307.1 million	UNSTAT, 2007
Balance of Trade	(-) 2147.2 million US $	UNSTAT, 2007
Major imports		World Bank, 2006
1.Food	US$ 757 million
2. Fuel and energy	US$ 2,070 million
3. Capital goods	US$ 2,246 million
Main import partners	India, China, Singapore, Iran, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Japan	CIA World Factbook, 2007
Development indicators
Life expectancy at Birth	72 years	World Bank, 2007
Infant mortality	18.57 /1,000 live births	CIA World Fact book, 2007
Population with sustainable access to improved sanitation	86%	UNSTAT, 2007
Access to an Improved Water Source (% of Population)	82%	World Bank, 2007
Net primary enrolment ratio	96.7%%	World Bank, 2004
Energy Usage
Petroleum Consumption (Thousand Barrels per Day)	89	EIA, 2007
Natural Gas Consumption (Billion Cubic Feet)	0	EIA, 2007
Coal Consumption (Million Short Tons)	0.111	EIA, 2007
Net Electricity Consumption (Billion Kilowatthours)	6.88	EIA, 2006
Primary Energy Consumption (Quadrillion Btu)	0.218	EIA, 2007
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (Million Metric Tons of CO2)
From Consumption of Fossil Fuels	12.58	EIA, 2006

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		Sri Lanka

Part A.1		Tariffs and imports: Summary and duty ranges
Summary			Total	Ag	Non-Ag	WTO member since				1995
Simple average final bound			30.3	50.1	19.6	Binding coverage:			Total	37.8
Simple average MFN applied		2006	11.2	23.8	9.2				Non-Ag	28.3
Trade weighted average		2004	7.4	19.2	5.9	Ag: Tariff quotas (in %)				0
Imports in billion US$		2004	7.9	0.9	7.0	Ag: Special safeguards (in % )				0

Frequency distribution		Duty-free	0 <= 5	5 <= 10	10 <= 15	15 <= 25	25 <= 50	50 <= 100	> 100	NAV
Frequency distribution		Tariff lines and import values (in %)								in %
Agricultural products
Final bound		0	0.2	0.1	0	0.5	96.0	3.0	0.0	2.5
MFN applied	2006	4.1	8.6	3.4	16.8	0.4	65.5	0.7	0.5	5.3
Imports	2004	0.7	26.3	1.7	33.1	1.0	32.3	4.8	0.0	26.6
Non-agricultural products
Final bound		0.2	7.5	7.1	0.1	7.2	5.4	0.7	0	0.3
MFN applied	2006	13.7	38.7	7.7	26.0	0	13.8	0.0	0	0.6
Imports	2004	43.7	25.5	6.4	15.3	0	9.1	0.0	0	0.4

Part A.2		Tariffs and imports by product groups
		Final bound duties				MFN applied duties			Imports
Product groups		AVG	Duty-free	Max	Binding	AVG	Duty-free	Max	Share	Duty-free
			in %		in %		in %		in %	in %
Animal products		49.9	0	50	100	26.2	0	28	0.1	0
Dairy products		48.5	0	60	100	22.9	0	28	1.6	0
Fruit, vegetables, plants		50.4	0	66	100	24.0	0.5	60	1.4	2.5
Coffee, tea		50.0	0	50	100	28.0	0	28	0.3	0
Cereals & preparations		50.3	0	60	100	23.7	0	50	3.9	0
Oilseeds, fats & oils		49.7	0	60	100	21.4	0	28	1.4	0
Sugars and confectionery		50.0	0	50	100	18.2	0	28	1.6	0
Beverages & tobacco		51.9	0	251	100	58.2	0	250	0.8	0
Cotton		50.0	0	50	100	0.0	100.0	0	0.0	100.0
Other agricultural products		49.6	0	50	100	13.2	15.5	28	0.6	4.0
Fish & fish products		50.0	0	50	95.3	15.0	0	28	0.8	0
Minerals & metals		48.8	3.2	75	6.7	10.6	5.1	28	16.7	31.0
Petroleum		28.3	0	45	50.0	8.4	46.0	28	13.6	82.5
Chemicals		9.1	2.2	60	5.4	5.3	7.5	42	8.3	21.1
Wood, paper, etc.		30.8	2.8	60	14.5	13.8	7.4	28	3.5	21.8
Textiles		10.0	0.9	50	95.3	3.9	77.6	33	19.8	97.1
Clothing		17.5	0	18	100	14.8	1.5	15	1.2	41.8
Leather, footwear, etc.		50.0	0	50	8.9	19.3	0	63	1.5	0
Non-electrical machinery		7.7	0	60	14.1	4.9	0	28	7.3	0
Electrical machinery		34.1	0	60	12.1	12.0	0	28	6.0	0
Transport equipment		18.3	0	45	4.9	9.9	0	28	7.0	0
Manufactures, n.e.s.		33.9	0	100	18.9	14.0	0	28	2.7	0

Part B		Exports to major trading partners and duties faced
Major markets		Bilateral imports		Diversification		MFN AVG of		Pref.	Duty-free imports
			in million	95% trade in no. of		traded TL		margin	TL	Value
			US$	HS 2-digit	HS 6-digit	Simple	Weighted	Weighted	in %	in %
United States		2005	2,124	18	110	7.5	14.0	0.2	46.2	15.1
European Communities		2005	1,739	50	254	7.6	8.3	8.2	94.5	99.6
India		2004	360	42	136	20.6	22.8	21.4	78.2	93.4
Japan		2005	178	42	126	15.3	5.7	0.8	40.7	49.5
Russian Federation		2005	163	5	8	18.4	15.2	3.4	0.0	0.0
Canada		2005	90	34	142	7.0	11.7	0.7	44.0	24.3


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