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Sri Lanka TRADE
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Sources: The Library of Congress Country Studies; CIA World Factbook
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    A dam of the Accelerated Mahaweli Program
    Courtesy Embassy of Sri Lanka

    Sri Lanka's economy continues to be heavily dependent on foreign trade. Historically, the island has exported cash crops in order to import food to feed its population. Although the production of rice, the staple food crop, increased rapidly in the late 1970s and 1980s, in early 1988 the island remained short of self-sufficiency in food. Trade policy since independence has been dominated by the deteriorating terms of trade. Between the 1950s and the 1980s, the amount of imports that could be bought with a given amount of the traditional exports has declined. Governments responded in the 1960s and 1970s with strict controls over imports, foreign exchange, and some aspects of internal trade. When the economy was liberalized in 1977, many of these regulations were swept away. One result has been a large increase in the foreign trade deficit and the external debt.

    Data as of October 1988


    NOTE: The information regarding Sri Lanka on this page is re-published from The Library of Congress Country Studies and the CIA World Factbook. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Sri Lanka TRADE information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Sri Lanka TRADE should be addressed to the Library of Congress and the CIA.

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