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Sri Lanka

Indicators	Latest figures	Source
Population	20,926,315	CIA World Factbook, 2007
Population below income poverty line ($ 1 a day)	22%	CIA World Factbook, 2007
Total Surface area(sq km)	65,610	World Bank, 2006
Sex ratio	1.04 male(s)/female	CIA World Factbook, 2007
Land use
Arable land	13.96%	CIA World Factbook, 2007
Permanent cropland	15.24%	CIA World Factbook, 2007
Other	70.8 %	CIA World Factbook, 2007
Economy and trade
GDP	US$ 27.0 billion	World Bank, 2006
Structure of economy (% of GDP)
Agriculture	16.5%	World Bank, 2006
Industry	27.1%	World Bank, 2006
Manufacturing	13.9%	World Bank, 2006
Services, etc	56.5%	World Bank, 2006
Exports (% of GDP)	32.6%	World Bank, 2006
Value of total exports	US$ 6,883 million	World Bank, 2006
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)	43.1%	World Bank, 2006
Value of total imports	US$ 10,253 million	World Bank, 2006
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	74.8 years	CIA World Factbook, 2007
Infant mortality	19.45 /1,000 live births	CIA World Fact book, 2007
Literacy (% of Population age 15+)	93	World Bank 2006
Access to an Improved Water Source (% of Population)	79	World Bank 2006
Energy Usage
Petroleum Consumption (Thousand Barrels per Day)	86	EIA, 2006
Natural Gas Consumption (Billion Cubic Feet)	NA
Coal Consumption (Million Short Tons)	NA
Net Electricity Consumption (Billion Kilowatthours)	7	EIA, 2005
Primary Energy Consumption (Quadrillion Btu)	NA
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (Million Metric Tons of CO2)
From Consumption of Fossil Fuels	12.38	EIA, 2005

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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