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Balance of Payments (BOP) - Trade Deficit (Current Account)

Balance of payments. US dollars million, annual.

US$ −6.01 bn · 2020 (+1,989.12 on 2019)

Level, quarterlyLevel, annual

Data source: Central Bank of Sri Lanka, CBSL Economic Data Library (wizard)

Macro Lab · LK.EXT.BOP.BALANCE_OF_PAYMENTS_BOP_TRADE_DEFICIT.A · CC BY 4.0

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About this series

  • Source Central Bank of Sri Lanka, compiled by Macro Lab
  • Unit US dollars million
  • Date range 1996 – 2020
  • Last checked 7 Mar 2022

Checks: 1 recorded for this series, listed below.

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Name in the warehouse
Balance of Payments (BOP) -Trade Deficit (Current Account)
Read from
CBSL Economic Data Library (wizard) (Central Bank of Sri Lanka)
Source page
https://www.cbsl.lk/eresearch
Notes
CBSL Data Library, subject 'Balance of Payments' Continued by LK.EXT.BOP_A.NET_GOODS_AND_SERVICES_GOODS.A (CBSL BPM6 tables, from 2012-01); this copy reaches back to 1996-01, so both stay canonical.

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Vintages

One vintage so far, published 7 Mar 2022. Revisions show here once a later release changes a value.

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Source discrepancies

What the warehouse found when it checked this series: the same figure from two agencies, splice overlaps, published rates against ones recalculated from the index, and outliers.

  • Two vintages2016

    Two figures from this source that should agree differ by 217.2 (−9,090 against −8,873). Compared with LK.EXT.BOP_A.NET_GOODS_AND_SERVICES_GOODS.A.

    Consistency: −8,873.104 and −9,090.33, difference 217.226.

    BOP mirror check: LK.EXT.BOP_A.NET_GOODS_AND_SERVICES_GOODS.A vs held LK.EXT.BOP.BALANCE_OF_PAYMENTS_BOP_TRADE_DEFICIT.A disagree beyond rounding

    2016 only. CBSL revision year; table2.09 vs the older EXT.BOP mirror.