Sri Lanka - Exports of Goods and Services





Sri Lanka: Exports of Goods and Services

Mnemonic EX.ILKA
Unit Mil. LKR, NSA
Adjustments Not Seasonally Adjusted
Quarterly 17.92 %
Data 2023 Q3 1,469,773
2023 Q2 1,246,449

Series Information

Source Department of Census and Statistics
Release Gross Domestic Product
Frequency Quarterly
Start Date 3/31/2010
End Date 9/30/2023

Sri Lanka: Trade

Reference Last Previous Units Frequency
Exports of Goods and Services 2023 Q3 1,469,773 1,246,449 Mil. LKR, NSA Quarterly
Imports of Goods and Services 2023 Q3 1,466,461 1,504,091 Mil. LKR, NSA Quarterly
Balance of Goods 2023 Q1 -896,371,461 -1,091,305,095 USD, NSA Quarterly
Current Account Balance 2023 Q1 644,324,001 119,612,576 USD, NSA Quarterly
Exports of Goods 2023 Q1 2,997,584,273 3,114,487,207 USD, NSA Quarterly
Imports of Goods 2023 Q1 3,893,955,735 4,205,792,303 USD, NSA Quarterly

Release Information

For Sri Lanka, the detailed expenditure approach to gross domestic product.

Active:

  • National accounts framework: Partial implementation of UN SNA 1993
  • Measurements:
    • Millions of Sri Lankan rupees at constant year-2015 prices (Mil. 2015 LKR)
    • At current prices (Mil. LKR)
  • Adjustment:
    • Not seasonally adjusted (NSA)
    • Seasonally adjusted at an annual rate (SAAR)
  • Native frequency: Quarterly
  • Start date:
    • 2010Q1
    • 2002Q1 for headline GDP

Predecessors:

  • At 2010 prices - 2010Q1 to 2021Q4 ("_10")
  • At 2002 prices - 2002Q1 to 2015Q4 ("_02")

GDP and its components are published as values, shares of the total GDP, and as percent change from the previous period. This allows a complete overview about the economy of Sri Lanka.

For final consumption expenditure, households-NPISHs are reported as a joint institutional sector.

Moody's Analytics supplements

For headline GDP(E) at current and constant prices, we back-extend by 13 years (2002 to 2015).

We construct intermediate identities:

  • Changes in inentories and acquisitions less disposals of valuables
  • Final consumption expenditure
  • Trade balance

For upper-level components we construct seasonally adjusted (SAAR) counterparts, using X-13ARIMA-SEATS.

Further reading

At IMF (SDDS):

  • 24 Mar 2020
  • 3 Dec 2020
  • 18 May 2023, Phillip Thorne - Moody's Analytics supplements.