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About Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka is an island country in South Asia, located about 31 kilometres off the southern coast of India. It is home to about 20 million people and is well-known for the production and export of tea, coffee, coconuts, rubber and cinnamon.

Colombo, located on the west coast of the island, is Sri Lanka’s largest city and its commercial capital. It is also Sri Lanka’s most populous city and home to most of the country’s major corporations.

  • Ease of doing business ranking: 1051
  • Economic freedom ranking: 1112
Sri Lanka is Singapore’s 49th largest trading partner in 2009 with total trade amounting to S$1.21 billion, down from S$1.49 billion in 20083.

Singapore-Sri Lanka bilateral trade (S$ Thousands):

 

2008

2009

Imports

100,374

110,511

Exports

1,392,827

1,096,978

Total Trade

1,493,201

1,207,489

Source: IE Singapore's StatLink


1 World Bank Doing Business 2010 report
2 2009 Index of Economic Freedom
3 IE Singapore's StatLink

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