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<title>
Sri Lanka: World Trade Outlook
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World Trade Outlook 1992: Sri Lanka
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<p>By John Simmons
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<p>American firms exploring commercial opportunities in Sri Lanka
face mixed prospects. Economic and trade reform should continue
to reduce regulatory and bureaucratic impediments, maintaining
Sri Lanka as the most open market in South Asia.
</p>
<p> The anticipated U.S. Senate ratification of bilateral tax
and investment treaties and an intellectual property rights
agreement this year will further enhance the business climate in
Sri Lanka. Despite encouraging policy developments and a strong
domestic economy, American exports to Sri Lanka declined for the
second straight year in 1991. Much of this decline resulted from
a drop in wheat sales, which typically comprise over half of all
U.S. exports to Sri Lanka.
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<p>U.S. exports 1991--$121 million U.S. imports 1991--$605
million
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<p> Political and labor opposition has also begun to slow Sri
Lankan government efforts to privatize state-owned industries.
Best sales products for U.S. companies include
telecommunications equipment, computers and electronics,
chemicals, and textiles and apparel machinery.
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<p>Source: International Trade Administration, Business America Magazine
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