hides, beef; fish

Industries:
processing of rubber, tea, coconuts, tobacco and other agricultural
commodities; telecommunications, insurance, banking; clothing,
textiles; cement, petroleum refining

Industrial production growth rate:
7.1% (2006 est.)

Electricity - production:
7.714 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 51.7%
hydro: 48.3%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
7.174 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2004)

Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2004)

Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - consumption:
80,000 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - exports:
NA bbl/day (2001)

Oil - imports:
NA bbl/day (2001)

Natural gas - production:
0 cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:
0 cu m (2004 est.)

Current account balance:
$-1.118 billion (2006 est.)

Exports:
$7.076 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Exports - commodities:
textiles and apparel, tea and spices; diamonds, emeralds, rubies;
coconut products, rubber manufactures, fish

Exports - partners:
US 31.1%, UK 12.2%, India 8.9%, Germany 4.3% (2005)

Imports:
$9.655 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Imports - commodities:
textile fabrics, mineral products, petroleum, foodstuffs, machinery
and transportation equipment

Imports - partners:
India 20.7%, Singapore 8.3%, Hong Kong 7.3%, China 7.1%, Iran 5.9%,
Malaysia 4.4%, Japan 4.3% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$2.81 billion (2006 est.)

Debt - external:
$12.23 billion (2006 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$577 million (1998)

Currency (code):
Sri Lankan rupee (LKR)

Currency code:
LKR

Exchange rates:
Sri Lankan rupees per US dollar - 102.987 (2006), 100.498 (2005),
101.194 (2004), 96.521 (2003), 95.662 (2002)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Sri Lanka

Telephones - main lines in use:
1,509,913 (2006)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
4,284,256 (2006)

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-optic links now in use in Colombo area
and two fixed wireless local loops have been installed; competition
is strong in mobile cellular systems and mobile cellular
subscribership is increasing; telephone densi