# Sri Lanka exports to China: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

Understand reported exports from Sri Lanka to China, the product routes that need a closer look, and the conditions that may affect planning.

Canonical: https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/LKA-CHN/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, Sri Lanka reported $302.5M in goods exports to China. The overall review level is Watch.

## How to read this page

High attention means one or more conditions on these product types deserve a closer look. It is not a prediction that trade will stop or that a loss is certain. An HS6 code is the international six-digit code used to describe and compare traded goods.

## Key numbers

| Measure | Value | What it means |
| --- | ---: | --- |
| Latest reported exports | $302.5M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 30.7% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 0 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 16 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.5 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 28.9% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 090240 | Tea, black: (fermented) and partly fermented tea, in immediate packings of a content exceeding 3kg | $109.7M | 22% | Watch |
| 2 | 710310 | Stones: precious (other than diamonds) and semi-precious stones, unworked or simply sawn or roughly shaped, not strung, mounted or set | $275.3M | 51.1% | High attention |
| 3 | 380210 | Carbon: activated | $156.0M | 3.7% | Watch |
| 4 | 610990 | T-shirts, singlets and other vests: of textile materials (other than cotton), knitted or crocheted | $200.0M | 38.5% | Watch |
| 5 | 530500 | Coconut, abaca (Manila hemp or Musa textilis Nee), ramie and other vegetable textile fibres n.e.c., raw or processed but not spun: tow, noils and waste of these fibres (including yarn waste and garnetted stock) | $161.2M | 59.2% | High attention |
| 6 | 140490 | Vegetable products: n.e.s. in chapter 14 | $91.8M | 0% | Watch |
| 7 | 621210 | Brassieres: whether or not knitted or crocheted | $104.1M | 27.1% | High attention |
| 8 | 611610 | Gloves, mittens and mitts: knitted or crocheted, impregnated, coated or covered with plastics or rubber | $20.5M | 0% | Watch |
| 9 | 740321 | Copper: copper-zinc base alloys (brass) unwrought | $825.4M | 0% | Watch |
| 10 | 090230 | Tea, black: (fermented) and partly fermented tea, in immediate packings of a content not exceeding 3kg | $23.4M | 30.4% | Stable |

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-29). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) - [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) - [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) - [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

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