Sri Lanka Business Directory

• Full name : Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
• Population : 20,277,597 (2012 census)
• Capital and largest city : Colombo
• Area : 65,610 square kilometers / 25,332 square miles
• Major language : Sinhala, Tamil
• Major religions : Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity, Islam.
• Life expectancy : 74.07 years (2012)
• Monetary unit : Sri Lankan rupee (LKR)
• GNI per capita : 9,470 PPP dollars (2013)
• Internet domain : .lk
• International dialling code : +94

Major Cities : Colombo, Kandy, Nuwara Eliya, Negombo, Unawatuna, Sigiriya, Mirissa, Galle, Yala, Hikkaduwa.

Ease of Doing Business : World Bank - Doing Business 2016 Rank 98 .

Major Trading Partners : Export [United States, United Kingdom, India, Belgium, Germany, Italy] and Import [India, China, Singapore, Iran, UAE, Malaysia].

Major Exports : Apparel, Tea, Retreated or used pneumatic tyres of rubber, Diamonds, "New pneumatic tyres, of rubber", "Gloves, mittens & mitts", Cinnamon & Cinnamon tree flowers, Natural rubber, Raw bristle fibre of coconut (coir), Wheat or meslin flour, "Coconuts, cashew nuts, fresh or dried", "Activated carbon; activated natural mineral products", "Other articles of vulcanised rubber other than hard rubber", Pepper, Fish fillets & other fish meat, "Precious stones; gem", "Insulated wire, cable & other insulated electric conductors; winding wires", "Toys, games & sports requisites", "Other vessels for the transport of goods & both persons and goods", Wood & articles of wood, "Fish, frozen", "Printed books, news papers & other products of printing industry", Bicycles & other cycles, Electrical transformers etc.

Major Imports : "Petroleum oils & oils obtained from bituminous minerals, other than crude", "Petroleum oils & oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude", Iron or steel & its articles, Knitted or crocheted fabrics, Cotton, Plastics and articles thereof, "Motor cars & vehicles, designed for transport of persons", Motor vehicles for the transport of goods, Cement, whether or not coloured or in the form of clinkers, Diamonds, Man-made staple fibres, Wheat & meslin, "Cane or beet sugar & chemically pure sucrose, in solid form", Fertilisers, "Milk & cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter", Medicaments, "Telephone sets, including telephones for cellular or other wireless networks", "Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics;lace; tapestries; trimmings; embro", "Petroleum gases & other gaseous hydrocarbons", Miscellaneous chemical products, "Optical photographic, cinematographic", "Gold, unrought or in semi-manufactured forms or in powder form", Organic chemicals, "Dried leguminous vegetables, shelled, whether or not skinned or split", "Other aircrafts;spacecraft and suborbital and spacecraft launch vehicles" etc.

Industries : Processing of rubber, tea, coconuts and other agricultural commodities; clothing, cement, petroleum refining, textiles, tobacco etc.

Agriculture : - Rice, sugarcane, grains, pulses, oilseed, roots, spices, tea, rubber, coconuts, milk, eggs, hides, meat etc.

• Apparel Manufacturers Directory
• Tea Company List
• Rubber Manufacturing Companies
• Diamond Manufacturers
• Agro Export Companies
• Seafood Export Companies
• Gems & Jewellery
• IT Companies List

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• Machinery and Equipments
• Electronics manufacturing
• Telecommunications
• Pharmaceuticals
• Chemicals