tourism earnings down 7.5-pct in April; trade gap narrows

Sri Lanka imports down 11-pct, tourism earnings down 7.5-pct in April; trade gap narrows

Jun 18, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s trade deficit further narrowed to 797 million US dollars from 999 million dollars in April 2018, the Central Bank data showed. The considerable reduction in the trade deficit in April was due to the decline in import expenditure by 11 percent and a marginal increase of export earnings […]