Summary
- Sri Lanka → United Arab Emirates
- $341million
- United Arab Emirates → Sri Lanka
- $1.4billion
- Sri Lanka’s balance
- -$1billion
Balance
Sri Lanka’s trade balance with the United Arab Emirates
Trade between Sri Lanka and the United Arab Emirates grew 7.3-fold since 1999
USD billions (current). Sri Lanka’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 0.3
- Imports 1.4
- Balance -1
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 1996 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 1997 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 1998 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 1999 | $121 million | $111 million | $10 million |
| 2000 | $132 million | $140 million | -$7 million |
| 2001 | $145 million | $151 million | -$6 million |
| 2002 | $117 million | $265 million | -$148 million |
| 2003 | $107 million | $180 million | -$73 million |
| 2004 | $117 million | $196 million | -$79 million |
| 2005 | $145 million | $237 million | -$92 million |
| 2006 | $173 million | $186 million | -$14 million |
| 2007 | $194 million | $391 million | -$197 million |
| 2008 | $255 million | $474 million | -$219 million |
| 2009 | $211 million | $295 million | -$84 million |
| 2010 | $247 million | $336 million | -$89 million |
| 2011 | $297 million | $815 million | -$518 million |
| 2012 | $287 million | $1.3 billion | -$1 billion |
| 2013 | $222 million | $1.2 billion | -$1 billion |
| 2014 | $232 million | $1.8 billion | -$1.5 billion |
| 2015 | $263 million | $1.1 billion | -$845 million |
| 2016 | $221 million | $1.1 billion | -$906 million |
| 2017 | $340 million | $1.6 billion | -$1.3 billion |
| 2018 | $215 million | $963 million | -$748 million |
| 2019 | $341 million | $1.6 billion | -$1.3 billion |
| 2020 | $214 million | $951 million | -$737 million |
| 2021 | $303 million | $1.6 billion | -$1.3 billion |
| 2022 | $377 million | $1.1 billion | -$675 million |
| 2023 | $329 million | $1.8 billion | -$1.5 billion |
| 2024 | $341 million | $1.4 billion | -$1 billion |
What they sell each other
What Sri Lanka sells to the United Arab Emirates
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What the United Arab Emirates sells to Sri Lanka
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
How it travels
The estimated sea route between Colombo and Jebel Ali is 1,955 nautical miles (3,620 km) long: ≈ 4.5–6 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
Passages it crosses: Strait of Hormuz.
Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.
Split by transport mode
Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.
How much each matters to the other
The United Arab Emirates was Sri Lanka’s 4th largest trading partner (5% of its trade), and Sri Lanka was the United Arab Emirates’ 42nd (0.3%).
- The United Arab Emirates in Sri Lanka’s trade
- 5.1%
- The United Arab Emirates’ rank among Sri Lanka’s partners
- 4th
- Sri Lanka in the United Arab Emirates’ trade
- 0.3%
- Sri Lanka’s rank among the United Arab Emirates’ partners
- 42nd
Compare with
Other partners of Sri Lanka
Other partners of the United Arab Emirates
Sources and methodology
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- World Bank, Global Shipping Traffic Density · CC BY 4.0 (route network derived by this site)
- World Port Index (NGA) · Public domain (US Government work)
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.