2007 Trade Statictics
During the twelve months period ended December 31st 2007, US $ 223 million (Rs. 25,546 million) worth of imports representing the categories of live fish, cement, man-made staple fibers, plastics and plastic products, sugar and sugar confectionery, machinery and mechanical appliances, special woven fabrics, articles of Iron and steel, electrical machinery and equipment, and cotton were imported to Sri Lanka.

According to Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, US $ 45 million (Rs. 5,175 million) worth of main items representing the categories; precious stones, milling industry products, electrical machinery and equipment, special woven fabrics, machinery and mechanical appliances, rubber and rubber products, knitted or crocheted fabrics, black tea, miscellaneous chemical products, cotton has been exported from Sri Lanka to Thailand during the twelve month period in 2007.

Customs Department of the Kingdom of Thailand releasing the trade statistics for the last eleven months (January – November 2008) states that US $ 293.4 million (Rs. 33.393 billion) worth of goods from the categories; live animals, meat and edible meat offal, fish crustacean mollusk, dairy produce, bird eggs, honey, live trees and plants, edible vegetables, edible fruit and nut, coffee, tea, spice, cereal, products of milling industry, oil seed oleaginous fruit, gum, resins and other extracts, animal or vegetable fat and oils, preparation of meat and fish, sugar and confectionery, cocoa and preparation, prep of cereal and starch, prep of vegetables and fruit plant, beverage, vinegar and sprits, tobacco, salt, cement, minerals, fuels, wax, inorganic chemicals, organic chemicals, pharmaceutical products, fertilizer, tanning and dyeing extracts, essential oils for perfumery, soaps and polish, enzymes, explosive pyrotechnical products, photo and cinema goods, plastics, rubber and related articles, raw hide and leather, fur of artificial manufacture, wood, painting material, pulps of wood, paper, paper boards, books, pictures, newspapers, silk, animal hair, cotton, vegetable textile fibers, manmade filaments, manmade staple fibers, ropes, carpets, floor coverings, special woven fabrics, lace, embroidery, coated and laminated textile fabrics, knitted or crocheted fabrics, footwear, headgear, umbrella, sunshades, prepared feathers, stones and cement plaster, ceramic products, glass and glassware, peals, precious stones and metals, iron and steel, copper and related articles, aluminum and related articles, lead and related articles, zinc and related articles, tools, cutlery, nuclear reactor related machines and material, locomotive rolling stock, motor vehicles, aircrafts, cinema apparatus, clocks and watches, musical instruments, arms and ammunition, furniture, lamps, toys, sports requisites, and works of art were exported to Sri Lanka.