ශ්‍රී ලංකා ප්‍රජාතාන්ත්‍රික සමාජවාදී ජනරජයේ කොන්සල් ජෙනරාල් කාර්යාලය, මුම්බායි

இலங்கை ஜனநாயக சோசலிச குடியரசின் துணைத் தூதரகம், மும்பை

Consulate General of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Mumbai

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Trade

The economic relationship between Sri Lanka and India is a cornerstone of South Asian regional integration. Anchored by the India-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement (ISFTA), India stands as one of Sri Lanka’s most vital commercial partners. Sri Lanka actively exports high-value products to the vast Indian market—such as spices (particularly pepper and Ceylon cinnamon), apparel, rubber-based items, and animal feed. Concurrently, Sri Lanka relies on India for essential imports, including petroleum products, pharmaceuticals, agricultural commodities, and vital raw textiles that fuel its domestic industries.

To provide an overview of this enduring and evolving commercial partnership, the historical data below tracks the bilateral trade trajectory, highlighting major export-import volumes and the overall trade balance.

The value of Sri Lanka’s total exports to India has increased from USD 883.65 million in 2024 to USD 1,035.72 million in 2025 registering a 17.21% growth. The value of total imports from India was USD 3,756 million (USD 3.8 billion) in 2024 reporting an increase by 15.26 % to USD 4,330.01 million (USD 4.3 billion) in 2025. 

Total two-way trade stood at USD 4,640.13 Mn (4.64 Bn USD) in 2024 and has increased by 15.64 % to USD 5,365.73 Mn.(5.36 Bn) in 2025.

India – Sri Lanka Bilateral Trade 

Value in USD Millions

YearExports to IndiaImports from IndiaTrade BalanceTotal Trade
2018767.574,167.66-3,400.094,935.23
2019758.973,828.76-3,069.794,587.73
2020604.53,008.02-2,403.523,612.52
2021815.114,418.14-3,603.035,233.25
2022854.884.580.55-3,725.675,435.43
2023829.73,171.78-2,342.084,001.48
2024883.653,756.48-2,872.834,640.13
20251,035.724,330.01-3,294.295,365.73

Sri Lanka's Exports to India

HS. Code 2025  Value(USD Millions)
 Total1,035.72
H.27Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes153.55
H.23Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder135.33
H.09Coffee, tea, mate and spices108.89
H.08Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons92.17
H.15Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes50.46
H.62Articles of apparel and clothing accessories not knitted or crocheted48.54
H.61Articles of apparel and clothing accessories knitted or crocheted37.8
H.76Aluminium and articles thereof34.56
H.22Beverages, spirits and vinegar30.93
H.84Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof24.92
H.20Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants24.87
H.47Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard24.5
H.40Rubber and articles thereof24.39
H.94Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like; prefabricated buildings21.91
H.71Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coin16.07
H.33Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations15.19
H.60Knitted or crocheted fabrics15.04
H.78Lead and articles thereof14.9
H.85Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles14.55
H.48Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard13.7
H.11Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten10.57
H.83Miscellaneous articles of base metal9.67
H.70Glass and glassware8.71
H.74Copper and articles thereof8.54
H.58Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace; tapestries; trimmings; embroidery8.18
H.38Miscellaneous chemical products8.1
H.55Man-made staple fibres7.47
H.95Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof6.52
H.44Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal5.94
H.39Plastics and articles thereof5.53
H.82Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal4.58
H.30Pharmaceutical products4.11
H.26Ores, slag and ash3.48
H.69Ceramic products3.25
H.13Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts3.16
H.52Cotton3
H.54Man-made filaments2.95
H.63Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags2.61
H.49Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans2.55
H.56Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof2.26
H.28Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes2.09
H.90Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof2.01
H.87Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts and accessories thereof1.96
H.72Iron and steel1.92
H.34Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, "dental waxes" and dental preparations with a basis of plaster1.68
H.29Organic chemicals1.6
H.32Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter; paints and varnishes; putty and other mastics; inks1.51
H.73Articles of iron or steel1.09
H.96Miscellaneous manufactured articles0.94
H.12Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder0.78
H.68Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials0.77
H.25Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement0.57
H.36Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations0.55
H.05Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included0.48
H.66Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof0.47
H.65Headgear and parts thereof0.37
H.79Zinc and articles thereof0.37
H.89Ships, boats and floating structures0.37
H.59Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use0.36
H.57Carpets and other textile floor coverings0.36
H.16Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates0.31
H.53Other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn0.3
H.88Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof0.28
H.21Miscellaneous edible preparations0.28
H.19Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products0.23
H.07Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers0.1
H.97Works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques0.09
H.35Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes0.08
H.03Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates0.07
H.31Fertilisers0.06
H.67Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair0.05
H.04Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included0.05
H.37Photographic or cinematographic goods0.03
H.42Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silk-worm gut)0.03
H.64Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles0.03
H.06Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage0.03
H.75Nickel and articles thereof0.01
Total1,035.72

Sri Lanka’s Imports from India 

CodeDescription2025 Value (USD Millions)
Total 4,330.01
H.87Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts and accessories thereof517.42
H.27Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes490.05
H.52Cotton308.14
H.30Pharmaceutical products294.15
H.84Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof280.35
H.60Knitted or crocheted fabrics251.92
H.17Sugars and sugar confectionery181.35
H.48Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard137.92
H.07Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers137.83
H.10Cereals137.35
H.85Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles114.6
H.39Plastics and articles thereof114.48
H.38Miscellaneous chemical products106.23
H.09Coffee, tea, mate and spices97.12
H.28Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes82.2
H.72Iron and steel65.73
H.55Man-made staple fibres62.18
H.40Rubber and articles thereof55.22
H.25Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement54.4
H.62Articles of apparel and clothing accessories not knitted or crocheted52.32
H.69Ceramic products49.75
H.29Organic chemicals49.3
H.73Articles of iron or steel41.21
H.54Man-made filaments40.85
H.58Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace; tapestries; trimmings; embroidery40.45
H.76Aluminium and articles thereof38.51
H.33Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations36.18
H.32Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter; paints and varnishes; putty and other mastics; inks35.38
H.15Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes35.38
H.23Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder34.46
H.90Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof33.26
H.34Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, "dental waxes" and dental preparations with a basis of plaster29.33
H.71Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coin26.52
H.03Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates24.63
H.21Miscellaneous edible preparations20.94
H.12Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder19.83
H.61Articles of apparel and clothing accessories knitted or crocheted17.47
H.44Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal16.38
H.19Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products14.89
H.74Copper and articles thereof14.69
H.83Miscellaneous articles of base metal12.71
H.08Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons12.09
H.70Glass and glassware11.69
H.53Other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn10.72
H.49Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans9.52
H.96Miscellaneous manufactured articles8.94
H.18Cocoa and cocoa preparations6.91
H.41Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather6.85
H.35Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes6.44
H.11Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten6.13
H.68Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials6.03
H.64Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles5.22
H.20Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants5.07
H.94Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like; prefabricated buildings5.05
H.78Lead and articles thereof4.73
H.82Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal4.47
H.63Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags4.24
H.59Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use4.24
H.31Fertilisers4.03
H.56Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof3.81
H.79Zinc and articles thereof3.8
H.04Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included3.16
H.57Carpets and other textile floor coverings2.57
H.95Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof2.51
H.14Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included2.37
H.26Ores, slag and ash2.36
H.91Clocks and watches and parts thereof2.04
H.13Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts1.87
H.51Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric1.72
H.42Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silk-worm gut)1.63
H.37Photographic or cinematographic goods1.6
H.86Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signaling equipment of all kinds1
H.65Headgear and parts thereof0.56
H.81Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof0.52
H.80Tin and articles thereof0.46
H.24Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes0.4
H.47Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard0.3
H.22Beverages, spirits and vinegar0.3
H.92Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles0.28
H.06Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage0.26
H.66Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof0.25
H.36Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations0.22
H.43Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof0.08
H.97Works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques0.08
H.16Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates0.07
H.50Silk0.07
H.45Cork and articles of cork0.06
H.75Nickel and articles thereof0.06
H.88Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof0.06
H.05Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included0.03
H.46Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork0.02
H.89Ships, boats and floating structures0.02
H.01Live animals0.02
H.67Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair0.02
H.93Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof0.02
Total 4,330.01