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

Balance of payments. US dollars million, quarterly.

US$ −1.69 bn · 2021 Q3 (+569.23 on 2021 Q2)

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.Q · 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 2001 Q1 – 2021 Q3
  • Last checked 7 Mar 2022

Checks: 2 recorded for this series, listed below.

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Name in the warehouse
Balance of Payments (BOP) -Trade Deficit (Current Account)
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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_Q.NET_GOODS_AND_SERVICES_GOODS.Q (CBSL BPM6 tables, from 2012-01); this copy reaches back to 2001-01, 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 Q4

    Two figures from this source that should agree differ by 182.6 (−2,931 against −2,748). Compared with LK.EXT.BOP_Q.NET_GOODS_AND_SERVICES_GOODS.Q.

    Consistency: −2,747.973 and −2,930.6, difference 182.627.

    BOP mirror check: LK.EXT.BOP_Q.NET_GOODS_AND_SERVICES_GOODS.Q vs held LK.EXT.BOP.BALANCE_OF_PAYMENTS_BOP_TRADE_DEFICIT.Q disagree beyond rounding

    2016-Q4 and 2021-Q3. CBSL revision years; table2.10 vs the older EXT.BOP mirror.

  • Two vintages2021 Q3

    Two figures from this source that should agree differ by 4.14 (−1,688 against −1,683). Compared with LK.EXT.BOP_Q.NET_GOODS_AND_SERVICES_GOODS.Q.

    Consistency: −1,683.37 and −1,687.51, difference 4.14.

    BOP mirror check: LK.EXT.BOP_Q.NET_GOODS_AND_SERVICES_GOODS.Q vs held LK.EXT.BOP.BALANCE_OF_PAYMENTS_BOP_TRADE_DEFICIT.Q disagree beyond rounding

    2016-Q4 and 2021-Q3. CBSL revision years; table2.10 vs the older EXT.BOP mirror.