Total imports (USD)
Imports. US dollars million, annual.
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Data source: Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Imports - Annual (1990 to Latest (11 Feb 2026)
Macro Lab · LK.EXT.TRADE_A.IMPORTS.TOTAL_IMPORTS.A · CC BY 4.0
About this series
- Source Central Bank of Sri Lanka, compiled by Macro Lab
- Unit US dollars million
- Date range 2007 – 2025
- Last checked 11 Feb 2026
Checks: 4 recorded for this series, listed below.
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Details
- Name in the warehouse
- Imports: Total imports (USD)
- Read from
- CBSL statistical tables (Central Bank of Sri Lanka)
- Source page
- https://www.cbsl.gov.lk/en/statistics/statistical-tables
- Notes
- CBSL table2.03, '2.03 In USD 2007-2025' sheet: imports by category, annual, USD. Flat leaf labels, matching the house convention for the equivalent monthly USD sheet (load_cbsl_tables.py); no two row labels collide in this sheet.
Source documents
Vintages
One vintage so far, published 11 Feb 2026. 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.
- Rounding2007
This series reads 11,296; the same figure from the other source reads 11,296.
Two agencies: 11,296.473 and 11,296, difference 0.473.
IMPORTS total (USD): the 2007-2025 detailed-category sheet vs the pre-2010 broad-category sheet's own Imports total, on the years both sheets carry - two independently summed classifications of the same underlying trade, not the same series
LK.EXT.TRADE_A.IMPORTS.TOTAL_IMPORTS.A, 2007 (USD): 11296.4728 (2007-2025 detailed sheet) vs 11296.0000 (pre-2010 broad sheet), diff +0.4728 - summation rounding across the detailed categories in one edition vs the broad categories in the other, not a real disagreement.
- Rounding2008
This series reads 14,091; the same figure from the other source reads 14,091.
Two agencies: 14,091.175 and 14,091.18, difference −0.005.
IMPORTS total (USD): the 2007-2025 detailed-category sheet vs the pre-2010 broad-category sheet's own Imports total, on the years both sheets carry - two independently summed classifications of the same underlying trade, not the same series
LK.EXT.TRADE_A.IMPORTS.TOTAL_IMPORTS.A, 2008 (USD): 14091.1754 (2007-2025 detailed sheet) vs 14091.1800 (pre-2010 broad sheet), diff -0.0046 - summation rounding across the detailed categories in one edition vs the broad categories in the other, not a real disagreement.
- Rounding2009
This series reads 10,207; the same figure from the other source reads 10,207.
Two agencies: 10,206.633 and 10,206.63, difference 0.003.
IMPORTS total (USD): the 2007-2025 detailed-category sheet vs the pre-2010 broad-category sheet's own Imports total, on the years both sheets carry - two independently summed classifications of the same underlying trade, not the same series
LK.EXT.TRADE_A.IMPORTS.TOTAL_IMPORTS.A, 2009 (USD): 10206.6330 (2007-2025 detailed sheet) vs 10206.6300 (pre-2010 broad sheet), diff +0.0030 - summation rounding across the detailed categories in one edition vs the broad categories in the other, not a real disagreement.
- Two vintages2010
This series reads 13,451; the same figure from the other source reads 13,512.
Two agencies: 13,450.939 and 13,511.68, difference −60.741.
IMPORTS total (USD): the 2007-2025 detailed-category sheet vs the pre-2010 broad-category sheet's own Imports total, on the years both sheets carry - two independently summed classifications of the same underlying trade, not the same series