Value & Percentage of Imports

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Composition of imports(1) : 1997 - 2002

Category	Value in Rs. Million
Category	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002*
1. Consumer Goods	72,062	80,956	87,060	105,403	110,059	126,181
(a) Food and Drink	45,996	46,543	46,116	52,584	58,466	66,540
Rice	4,331	2,621	3,290	288	969	1,732
Sugar	10,788	8,384	7,448	10,777	10,289	12,634
Wheat	8,128	8,133	7,792	9,625	9,783	12,427
Other	22,749	27,405	27,586	31,894	37,425	39,746
(b) Other consumer goods	26,066	34,413	40,943	52,819	51,593	59,641
2.Intermediate goods	182,754	192,494	210,439	287,196	296,522	334,357
Petroleum	31,828	22,275	30,124	68,381	65,190	75,627
Fertilizer	3,916	3,989	4,690	6,059	6,047	7,259
Chemicals	8,024	9,241	9,590	11,152	12,647	14,792
Textile (Including clothing)	81,816	90,099	93,105	111,386	117,993	126,438
Other	57,170	66,890	72,929	90,218	94,645	110,241
3. Investment goods	78,232	95,322	110,599	130,889	96,185	112,046
Machinery & Equipment	43,853	50,592	47,736	59,538	54,287	61,296
Transport Equipment	12,276	17,098	37,191	39,489	11,469	14,449
Building Materials	16,030	19,590	18,296	23,087	22,145	26,013
Other	6,073	8,042	7,376	8,776	8,285	10,288
4. Unclassified Imports	12,978	11,367	8,126	30,802	30,198	11,907
5. Total	346,026	380,138	416,223	554,290	532,694	584,491

* Provisional
(1) Customs data adjusted for food commisioner's and Petroleum Corporation's actual imports

Source - Central Bank of Sri Lanka

Department of Census and Statistics

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