m refining

Industrial production growth rate:

7.6% (2007 est.)

Electricity - production:

8.317 billion kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - consumption:

6.884 billion kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - exports:

0 kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - imports:

0 kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - production by source:

fossil fuel: 51.7%
hydro: 48.3%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Oil - production:

0 bbl/day (2005 est.)

Oil - consumption:

86,030 bbl/day (2006 est.)

Oil - exports:

291.9 bbl/day (2005)

Oil - imports:

87,090 bbl/day (2005)

Oil - proved reserves:

0 bbl (1 January 2006 est.)

Natural gas - production:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - exports:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves:

0 cu m (1 January 2006 est.)

Current account balance:

-$1.019 billion (2007 est.)

Exports:

$8.135 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Exports - commodities:

textiles and apparel, tea and spices; diamonds, emeralds, rubies;
coconut products, rubber manufactures, fish

Exports - partners:

US 25.5%, UK 13.2%, India 6.7%, Germany 5.7%, Italy 5.1% (2007)

Imports:

$10.36 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Imports - commodities:

textile fabrics, mineral products, petroleum, foodstuffs, machinery
and transportation equipment

Imports - partners:

India 23.1%, Singapore 9.9%, China 8.2%, Iran 7.5%, Hong Kong 6.4%
(2007)

Economic aid - recipient:

$1.189 billion (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

$3.644 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Debt - external:

$12.2 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:

$NA

Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:

$NA

Market value of publicly traded shares:

$7.769 billion (2006)

Currency (code):

Sri Lankan rupee (LKR)

Currency code:

LKR

Exchange rates:

Sri Lankan rupees (LKR) per US dollar - 110.78 (2007), 103.99
(2006), 100.498 (2005), 101.194 (2004), 96.521 (2003)

Communications
Sri Lanka

Telephones - main lines in use:

2.742 million (2007)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

7.983 million (2007)

Telephone system:

general assessment: telephone services have improved significantly
and are available in most parts of the country
domestic: national trunk network consists mostly of digital
microwave radio relay; fiber