Canada's Merchandise Trade with Sri Lanka
| Canada’s Trade with Sri Lanka (C$) | ||||
| January - December | January - December | |||
| 2010 | 2011 | 2011 | 2012 | |
| Exports | 346,263,411 | 300,623,438 | 300,623,438 | 319,290,272 |
| Imports | 127,708,368 | 161,949,527 | 161,949,527 | 189,110,814 |
| Trade Balance | 218,555,043 | 138,673,911 | 138,673,911 | 130,179,458 |
Source: Trade Data Online. Industry Canada. 20 February 2013. http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/tdo-dcd.nsf/eng/Home.
Reproduced with the permission of the Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada.
| Canada’s Merchandise Trade with Sri Lanka, 2012 | ||||
| Canadian Imports from Sri Lanka | Canadian Exports to Sri Lanka | |||
| Merchandise Classification | % | Merchandise Classification | % | |
| 1 | Knitted or crocheted apparel | 29.90 | Cereals | 85.17 |
| 2 | Woven clothing and apparel articles | 23.54 | Iron and steel | 3.80 |
| 3 | Rubber and rubber articles | 17.92 | Edible vegetables, roots and tubers | 3.12 |
| 4 | Coffee, tea, spices, etc. | 4.63 | Electrical machinery and equipment | 1.76 |
| 5 | Boilers, mechanical appliances, etc. | 4.34 | Paper and paperboard | 1.68 |
| 6 | Vegetable textile fibers, yarns, fabrics | 2.65 | Boilers, mechanical appliances, etc. | 0.78 |
| 7 | Fish, crustaceans, molluscs | 2.51 | Plastic and plastic articles | 0.71 |
| 8 | Leather articles | 1.49 | Other textile articles, etc. | 0.42 |
| 9 | Pearls, precious stones or metals | 1.46 | Dairy produce, eggs, honey | 0.35 |
| 10 | Optical, medical, scientific, technical instrumentation | 0.95 | Tools, cutlery, base metal items | 0.32 |
| Top 10 as % of total from Sri Lanka | 89.38 | Top 10 as % of total to Sri Lanka | 98.11 | |
| Sri Lankan imports as % of Cdn total | 0.04 | Sri Lankan exports as % of Cdn total | 0.07 | |
Source: Trade Data Online. Industry Canada. 12 March 2013. http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/tdo-dcd.nsf/eng/Home
Reproduced with the permission of the Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada.
Note: All merchandise is assigned Harmonised System (HS) codes in order that accurate trade records can be kept, tariffs collected appropriately, customs procedures followed, and so forth. The HS system of codes, at its most disaggregated, assigns a 10-digit code to a given item. As the degree of aggregation increases, the number of digits in the code decreases. Thus, for example, the 6-digit HS code assigned to a motor vehicle with a spark-type ignition and a cylinder capacity of more than 3000 cc is 870323. The 2-digit HS code (in this case it is 87) includes not only this type of vehicle, but also many other types of vehicles and a wide variety of vehicle accessories and parts. The table above is based on Harmonised System (HS) codes at the 2-digit level. To learn more about the HS Code system used by Statistics Canada go to http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/tdo-dcd.nsf/eng/h_00048.html