Rebuilding after the storm
D4
High RISK for enterprise
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Economic risk
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Business environment risk
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Commercial risk
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Financing risk
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Economic risk
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Business environment risk
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Political risk
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Commercial risk
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Financing risk
Last updated in January 2024.
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Form of state | Presidential Republic | |
Head of state | Ranil Wickremesinghe (President) | |
Next elections | 2024 (presidential) |
Strengths & Weaknesses
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- Growing tourism revenues
- Increasing workers’ remittances
- Strategic location for trade
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- Weak public finances
- Fragile external position
- Vulnerability of export base (highly dependent on textiles, clothing and tourism)
- Vulnerability to climate and natural disasters
- Political instability and policy uncertainty
- Ethnic tensions remain a threat to stability and growth prospects
Economic Overview
Trade structure by destination/origin
(% of total, 2022)
Exports | Rank | Imports |
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United States
25.5%
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United Kingdom
7.4%
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India
6.7%
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Germany
5.8%
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Italy
5.0%
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Trade structure by product
(% of total, 2022)
Exports | Rank | Imports |
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Articles of apparel & clothing accessories
44.9%
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19.4%
Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials
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Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices, and manufactures thereof
12.5%
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17.4%
Textile yarn and related products
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Rubber manufactures, n.e.s.
5.2%
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4.2%
Cereals and cereal preparations
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Non metallic mineral manufactures, n.e.s.
3.9%
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3.8%
Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances, n.e.s.
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Vegetables and fruits
3.6%
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2.9%
Medicinal and pharmaceutical products
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