Summary
- Share of its imports
- 22.1%
- Value imported
- $4.2billion
- Rank among its suppliers
- 2nd
- Products where it sells over 50%
- 98
- Products where it sells over 75%
- 35
- Dominated value
- $1.6billion
- Share of total imports
- 8.2%
Trend
Trend in shares
India went from 9.5% to 22.1% of what Sri Lanka buys
Share (%)
- India 22.1%
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Value (USD millions) | Share | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 397 | 9.5% | 2 |
| 1996 | 459 | 11.4% | 1 |
| 1997 | 464 | 10.1% | 1 |
| 1998 | 434 | 9% | 3 |
| 1999 | 598 | 9.5% | 1 |
| 2000 | 667 | 9.2% | 2 |
| 2001 | 674 | 11.2% | 1 |
| 2002 | 919 | 14% | 1 |
| 2003 | 1,189 | 16.3% | 1 |
| 2004 | 1,438 | 16.5% | 1 |
| 2005 | 1,530 | 16.8% | 1 |
| 2006 | 1,919 | 17.7% | 1 |
| 2007 | 2,960 | 24.3% | 1 |
| 2008 | 2,959 | 20% | 1 |
| 2009 | 1,806 | 17.6% | 1 |
| 2010 | 2,901 | 21.1% | 1 |
| 2011 | 4,761 | 22.8% | 1 |
| 2012 | 3,819 | 20.2% | 1 |
| 2013 | 4,212 | 21.4% | 1 |
| 2014 | 6,632 | 29% | 1 |
| 2015 | 5,627 | 25.5% | 1 |
| 2016 | 4,506 | 21.6% | 1 |
| 2017 | 4,634 | 20.4% | 1 |
| 2018 | 4,668 | 23.4% | 1 |
| 2019 | 4,238 | 20.7% | 1 |
| 2020 | 3,290 | 19.9% | 2 |
| 2021 | 4,895 | 22% | 2 |
| 2022 | 5,357 | 28.8% | 1 |
| 2023 | 3,628 | 20.8% | 1 |
| 2024 | 4,240 | 22.1% | 2 |
Products where India sells more than half
| Product | Supplier | Share | Second | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medicines in measured doses or retail packs | India | 54.9% | Pakistan · 9.7% | $225 million |
| Cane and beet sugar | India | 58.3% | United Arab Emirates · 15.9% | $217 million |
| Cargo and cruise ships | India | 99.6%over 75% | United Kingdom · 0.2% | $145 million |
| Dredgers and floating cranes | India | 100%over 75% | United States · 0.01% | $126 million |
| Lightweight cotton fabric | India | 66.4% | China · 17.6% | $93 million |
| Cotton yarn | India | 71.1% | Vietnam · 10.2% | $83 million |
| Pepper, dried chili and paprika | India | 97.7%over 75% | Pakistan · 2.1% | $82 million |
| Rice | India | 83.7%over 75% | Pakistan · 11.8% | $70 million |
| Carbon black and other carbon | India | 81.8%over 75% | China · 11.3% | $49 million |
| Coated paper | India | 51.8% | China · 31.9% | $44 million |
| Ceramic tiles | India | 78.5%over 75% | China · 20% | $35 million |
| Activated carbon | India | 66.3% | Philippines · 18.8% | $30 million |
| Blended cotton yarn | India | 79.5%over 75% | Vietnam · 7.2% | $26 million |
| Tractors | India | 70.2% | China · 10.9% | $25 million |
| Detergents and surfactants | India | 54.1% | China · 15.4% | $23 million |
| Fragrance mixtures | India | 61.1% | Singapore · 11.3% | $23 million |
| Tugboats | India | 82.5%over 75% | Saudi Arabia · 17.4% | $19 million |
| Spark-ignition engines | India | 64.6% | Japan · 17.8% | $17 million |
| Anise, coriander and cumin seeds | India | 58.5% | Russia · 11.9% | $15 million |
| Alloy steel wire rod | India | 93.4%over 75% | China · 6.6% | $10 million |
| Artificial staple fiber yarn | India | 53.4% | China · 40.7% | $8 million |
| Nitrogen heterocyclic compounds | India | 62.2% | China · 31.6% | $7 million |
| Wood charcoal | India | 59.4% | Indonesia · 40.2% | $7 million |
| Home appliances | India | 63.8% | China · 30.4% | $7 million |
| Reclaimed rubber in primary forms or sheets | India | 80.2%over 75% | China · 11.4% | $7 million |
| Other inorganic acids and nonmetal oxides | India | 54.8% | China · 36.1% | $6 million |
| Spark plugs, starters and ignition equipment | India | 66.3% | China · 11.7% | $6 million |
| Women's blouses | India | 66.7% | Bangladesh · 21.5% | $6 million |
| Leather footwear | India | 67.9% | China · 24.6% | $6 million |
| Eggs in shell | India | 89.5%over 75% | Spain · 10.2% | $5 million |
and 68 more
A product has a dominant supplier when a single country sells more than 50% of what is bought of it; we flag it separately above 75%.
Are there other suppliers in the world?
- India sells 5.4% of what the world exports of medicines in measured doses or retail packs; next come Germany (13.2%), Switzerland (9%) and Italy (8.6%). The rest of the world exported 2,040 times what Sri Lanka buys from India.
- India sells 4.9% of what the world exports of cane and beet sugar; next come Brazil (47.2%), Thailand (6.2%) and France (4%). The rest of the world exported 182.9 times what Sri Lanka buys from India.
- India sells 3.1% of what the world exports of cargo and cruise ships; next come China (31%), South Korea (29.6%) and Japan (10.9%). The rest of the world exported 567.4 times what Sri Lanka buys from India.
- India sells 4.4% of what the world exports of dredgers and floating cranes; next come China (23.7%), South Korea (12.3%) and Saudi Arabia (9.9%). The rest of the world exported 176.8 times what Sri Lanka buys from India.
- India sells 11.3% of what the world exports of lightweight cotton fabric; next come China (41.7%), Pakistan (8.1%) and Italy (5.1%). The rest of the world exported 78.1 times what Sri Lanka buys from India.
- India sells 30% of what the world exports of cotton yarn; next come Vietnam (17.8%), Uzbekistan (10.7%) and United States (7.8%). The rest of the world exported 95.1 times what Sri Lanka buys from India.
- India sells 24.8% of what the world exports of pepper, dried chili and paprika; next come Vietnam (20.2%), China (14.6%) and Spain (5.7%). The rest of the world exported 52.1 times what Sri Lanka buys from India.
- India sells 29.3% of what the world exports of rice; next come Thailand (17.2%), Vietnam (10.5%) and Pakistan (10.1%). The rest of the world exported 392.3 times what Sri Lanka buys from India.
- India sells 8.1% of what the world exports of carbon black and other carbon; next come China (18.4%), Russia (10.2%) and Germany (8%). The rest of the world exported 125.1 times what Sri Lanka buys from India.
- India sells 1.6% of what the world exports of coated paper; next come China (15.4%), Finland (14.2%) and Sweden (12.6%). The rest of the world exported 571.9 times what Sri Lanka buys from India.
Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.
Seen from India
Sri Lanka is India’s 30th-largest customer, with 0.92% of its exports.
Links
Sources and method
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
The data come from CEPII BACI (Etalab 2.0 licence), which reconciles what the exporting and the importing country report, in current USD, FOB. Data up to 2024.
Dependence is the share of a country’s imports (or exports) that each partner accounts for. It does not measure whether a product has a substitute or how much it would cost to change supplier.
The concentration index (HHI) adds up the square of each partner’s share, in percent: it runs from 0 to 10,000. Its equivalent is 10,000 ÷ HHI, the number of partners of the same size that would give that value.
Products are HS4 headings of the 1992 nomenclature (some combine different goods), with a floor of $1 million per product and country.
The EU is the 27 current members in every year; the United Kingdom is outside the EU throughout the series.
Re-exports: countries that act as redistribution hubs carry their notice and the figures are not corrected.