Sri Lanka 2021 imports surge to 20.6bn amid controls, forex ‘shortages

Sri Lanka’s imports surged to 2.2 billion US dollars in December 2022 from around 1.6 to 1.7 billion US dollars in earlier months, while full year imports rose to 20.6 billion dollars, higher than the 19.9 billion US dollars in the pre-pandemic 2019.

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2022-02-11

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