□ COUNTRY AT GLANCE

□ NATURAL & GEOGRAPHICAL ENVIRONMEf

 Facts

• Country : Srilanka
-Conven .......rm: Democratic Socialist
Republi nventional short form: Sri
Lanka
• Capital:
• Largest
• Govern nt type: Reput>
• lndepe nee: 4 February 19 om the UK
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 Demographics

Ethnic Groups • Sinhalese 73.So/o

• Sri Lankan Tamil

■Sinhalese ■Tamil Moors ■Indian Tamil Others

Religion as on 2015

■Buddhism ■ Islam Hinduism

■Christianity
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Hon. Ranil Wickremestnghe

Prime Minister of SriLanka
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• Sport - - and
Most famous Cricket ,Football (Soccer)
Rugby Union.
• Earliest matches - 1832
• BCCSL - governing body
• Co-Hosted 1996 and 2011 World Cup
• Won in 1996 , runners up in 2007 & 2011
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• Trad s: WTO 24nd South Asian

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• 56 billion 4 IM ,est.) / $140 Billion PPP
• GDR . �lo .5°/o (2014 est.)
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• Central bank disco1:.1 rate: 7.5°/o
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• Commercial ba ding rate:
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55.65 600.12 655.77 -544.47

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2002
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2006 494.06 1,822.07 2,316.13 -1,328.01

2007 516.40 ,785.04 ,301.44 2,268.64

2008 418.08 (3,006.93 3,425.01 -2,588.85

2009 324.87 jl,709.93 2,034.8 1,385.06

466.60 2,546.23 3,012.83 -2,079.63

21.65 ,338.04 ,859.69 3,816.39

566.37 3,517.23 4,083.60 -3,517.23

543.37 ,092.67 2,549.30

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Mineral fuels & oils 403:0·2
Cotton 191.96
Ptiarmaceutical pn@ucts 164:
Knitted anacrothetea-fabric 9:J.87

Plastic-articles 8436
Iron-& Steel 209:29

Chemicals 55.83
Ceml!nt 181.40

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Insulated wires, ca61es etc 3""3.87

..... Copper & Copper tiasecl products 7.54

Refrigerators, freezers and other 6.65

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Paper &Paper proclucts -2 4 . 4 2

Sfiips, Boats ana floatlngstructures Sl.83

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Furniture, bedding, mattress etc 15.92

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