Export earnings for first ten months increase by 13 percent
December 23, 2010 10:05 am
Export earnings for the first ten months of 2010 increased by 13.2 percent year-on-year to US $6,505 million while the month of earnings for October 2010 recorded the third highest monthly export earnings ever at US $802 million the Central Bank of Sri Lanka announced.
Expenditure on imports increased by 8.4 per cent to US $1,131 million in October, 2010 mainly due to substantial increases in imports of non food consumer goods.