therlands, Japan, France, Singapore (1992)
Imports:
$3 billion (c.i.f., 1992)
commodities:
food and beverages, textiles and textile materials, petroleum and
petroleum products, machinery and equipment
partners:
Japan, India, US 4.3%, UK, Singapore, Germany, Hong King, Taiwan,
South Korea (1991)
External debt:
$5.2 billion (1991)
Industrial production:
growth rate 7% (1991 est.); accounts for 16.5% of GDP
Electricity:
capacity:
1,300,000 kW
production:
3.6 billion kWh
consumption per capita:
200 kWh (1992)
Industries:
processing of rubber, tea, coconuts, and other agricultural
commodities; clothing, cement, petroleum refining, textiles, tobacco
Agriculture:
accounts for one-fourth of GDP and nearly half of labor force; most
important staple crop is paddy rice; other field crops - sugarcane,
grains, pulses, oilseeds, roots, spices; cash crops - tea, rubber,
coconuts; animal products - milk, eggs, hides, meat; not
self-sufficient in rice production
Economic aid:
recipient:
US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $1 billion; Western
(non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1980-89), $5.1
billion; OPEC bilateral aid (1979-89), $169 million; Communist
countries (1970-89), $369 million
Currency:
1 Sri Lankan rupee (SLRe) = 100 cents
Exchange rates:
Sri Lankan rupees (SLRes) per US$1 - 49.672 (January 1994), 48.322
(1993), 43.687 (1992), 41.372 (1991), 40.063 (1990), 36.047 (1989)
Fiscal year:
calendar year

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Railroads:
1,948 km total (1990); all 1.868-meter broad gauge; 102 km double
track; no electrification; government owned
Highways:
total:
75,263 km
paved:
mostly bituminous treated 27,637 km
unpaved:
crushed stone, gravel 32,887 km; improved, unimproved earth 14,739 km
Inland waterways:
430 km; navigable by shallow-draft craft
Pipelines:
crude oil and petroleum products 62 km (1987)
Ports:
Colombo, Trincomalee
Merchant marine:
26 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 289,115 GRT/453,609 DWT, bulk 2,
cargo 12, container 1, oil tanker 3, refrigerated cargo 8
Airports:
total:
14
usable:
13
with permanent-surface runways:
12
with runways over 3,659 m:
0
with runways 2,440-3,659 m:
1
with runways 1,220-2,439 m:
8
Telecommunications:
very inadequate domestic service, good international service; 114,000
telephones (1982); broadcast stations - 12 AM, 5 FM, 5 TV; su