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About

Sri Lanka-Singapore Trade: In 2022, Sri Lanka exported $181M to Singapore. The main products that Sri Lanka exported to Singapore were Refined Petroleum ($24.9M), Precious Stones ($24.6M), and Titanium Ore ($22.5M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Sri Lanka to Singapore have decreased at an annualized rate of 5.79%, from $244M in 2017 to $181M in 2022.

In 2022, Sri Lanka did not export any services to Singapore.

Singapore-Sri Lanka Trade: In 2022, Singapore exported $768M to Sri Lanka. The main products that Singapore exported to Sri Lanka were Refined Petroleum ($479M), Office Machine Parts ($24.6M), and Computers ($21.3M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Singapore to Sri Lanka have decreased at an annualized rate of 14.2%,  from $1.66B in 2017 to $768M in 2022.

In 2022, Singapore did not export any services to Sri Lanka.

Comparison: In 2022,  Sri Lanka ranked 82 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -0.35), and 89 in total exports ($14.8B). That same year, Singapore ranked 6 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 1.68), and 21 in total exports ($379B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2022, Sri Lanka exported $181M to Singapore. The main products exported from Sri Lanka to Singapore were Refined Petroleum ($24.9M), Precious Stones ($24.6M), and Titanium Ore ($22.5M). During the last 5 years the exports of Sri Lanka to Singapore have decreased at an annualized rate of 5.79%, from $244M in 2017 to $181M in 2022.

In 2017, Singapore exported $768M to Sri Lanka. The main products exported from Singapore to Sri Lanka were Refined Petroleum ($479M), Office Machine Parts ($24.6M), and Computers ($21.3M). During the last 5 years the exports of Singapore to Sri Lanka have decreased at an annualized rate of 14.2%, from $1.66B in 2022 to $768M in 2017.

Exports from Sri Lanka (Flag) to Singapore (Flag) (2022)

Exports from Singapore (Flag) to Sri Lanka (Flag) (2022)

Latest Data

Trade between Sri Lanka (Flag) and Singapore (Flag)

Sri Lanka Exports

Date

Singapore Exports

Market Competitiveness

Color
Sri Lanka
Top Destination
United States$3.52B
Singapore
Top Destination
Hong Kong$51.6B

This map shows whether countries import more from Sri Lanka or Singapore. Each country is colored based on the difference in imports they receive from Sri Lanka and Singapore or the difference in the growth in imports.

In 2022, countries that imported more from Sri Lanka than Singapore included Iraq ($164M), Iran ($86.1M), and Azerbaijan ($76M).

In 2022, countries that imported more from Singapore than Sri Lanka included Hong Kong ($51.6B), China ($51.2B), and Malaysia ($35.9B).

Difference in imports from Singapore (Flag) and Sri Lanka (Flag) (2022)

Comparative Advantage Sri Lanka - Singapore

Flow
Scale

This chart compares trade between Sri Lanka and Singapore by product, considering products traded by both, Sri Lanka and Singapore.

During 2022, Sri Lanka had a large net trade with Singapore in the exports of Mineral Products ($50.3M), Machines ($25.4M), and Precious Metals ($25.3M).

During 2017, Singapore had a large net trade with Sri Lanka in the exports of Mineral Products ($479M), Machines ($98.1M), and Chemical Products ($56.9M).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

Depth
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Sort By
Top Product Potential Sri Lanka Singapore+$2.63MKnit T-shirts
Top Product Potential Singapore Sri Lanka+$79.2MRefined Petroleum

We estimate the export potential of an economy for each product and destination using an extension of the bilateral relatedness model of Jun et al. (2019).This extended gravity model considers similarities among products and geographies and explains more than 50% of the variance in future trade flows.

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Economic Complexity

Competitive Landscape

This visualization shows the product space at the HS4 level with the flags of Sri Lanka and Singapore. This means that a dot/product with the flag of Sri Lanka indicates it has a comparative advantage over Singapore. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Singapore indicates it has a comparative advantage over Sri Lanka.

Product Space of Sri Lanka (Flag) and Singapore (Flag) (2022)

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