Data source: Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Imports - Annual (1990 to Latest (11 Feb 2026)
Macro Lab · LK.EXT.TRADE_LKR.IMPORTS.TOTAL_IMPORTS.A · CC BY 4.0
About this series
- Source Central Bank of Sri Lanka, compiled by Macro Lab
- Unit Rupees million
- Date range 2007 – 2025
- Last checked 11 Feb 2026
Checks: 4 recorded for this series, listed below.
Show more
Details
- Name in the warehouse
- Imports: Total imports (LKR)
- 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 Rupees 2007-2025' sheet: imports by category, annual, LKR. 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.
Related series
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 1,250,386; the same figure from the other source reads 1,250,386.
Two agencies: 1,250,386.204 and 1,250,386, difference 0.204.
IMPORTS total (LKR): 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_LKR.IMPORTS.TOTAL_IMPORTS.A, 2007 (LKR): 1250386.2040 (2007-2025 detailed sheet) vs 1250386.0000 (pre-2010 broad sheet), diff +0.2040 - summation rounding across the detailed categories in one edition vs the broad categories in the other, not a real disagreement.
- Rounding2008
This series reads 1,525,705; the same figure from the other source reads 1,525,705.
Two agencies: 1,525,705.051 and 1,525,705.05, difference 0.001.
IMPORTS total (LKR): 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_LKR.IMPORTS.TOTAL_IMPORTS.A, 2008 (LKR): 1525705.0512 (2007-2025 detailed sheet) vs 1525705.0500 (pre-2010 broad sheet), diff +0.0012 - summation rounding across the detailed categories in one edition vs the broad categories in the other, not a real disagreement.
- Rounding2009
This series reads 1,172,618; the same figure from the other source reads 1,172,618.
Two agencies: 1,172,617.954 and 1,172,617.95, difference 0.004.
IMPORTS total (LKR): 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_LKR.IMPORTS.TOTAL_IMPORTS.A, 2009 (LKR): 1172617.9542 (2007-2025 detailed sheet) vs 1172617.9500 (pre-2010 broad sheet), diff +0.0042 - 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 1,519,737; the same figure from the other source reads 1,526,604.
Two agencies: 1,519,737.095 and 1,526,604.02, difference −6,866.925.
IMPORTS total (LKR): 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