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

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

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

## Route overview

In 2024, Vietnam reported $179.1M in goods exports to Sri Lanka. The overall review level is High attention.

## 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 | $179.1M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 53% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 0 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 18 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.1 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 32.5% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 720711 | Iron or non-alloy steel: semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel: containing by weight less than 0.25% of carbon, of rectangular (including square) cross-section, width less than twice thickness | $127.2M | 0% | Watch |
| 2 | 400122 | Rubber: technically specified natural rubber (TSNR), in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip (excluding latex and smoked sheets) | $52.6M | 26.1% | High attention |
| 3 | 230990 | Dog or cat food: (not put up for retail sale), used in animal feeding | $45.1M | 16.1% | Watch |
| 4 | 540244 | Yarn, synthetic: filament, monofilament (less than 67 decitex), other than high tenacity or textured yarn, elastomeric, single, untwisted or twisted 50 turns or less per metre, not for retail sale, not sewing thread | $32.1M | 39.4% | Stable |
| 5 | 400121 | Rubber: natural (excluding latex), in smoked sheets | $17.6M | 64.5% | High attention |
| 6 | 400110 | Rubber: natural rubber latex, whether or not pre-vulcanised, in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip | $35.5M | 16.8% | High attention |
| 7 | 600410 | Fabrics: knitted or crocheted fabrics of a width exceeding 30 cm, other than those of heading 60.01, containing by weight 5% or more of elastomeric yarn but not containing rubber thread | $313.2M | 48.7% | Stable |
| 8 | 550953 | Yarn: (not sewing thread), of polyester staple fibres, mixed mainly or solely with cotton, not put up for retail sale | $10.8M | 0% | High attention |
| 9 | 520849 | Fabrics, woven: containing 85% or more by weight of cotton, of yarns of different colours, of weaves n.e.s. in item no. 5208.4, weighing not more than 200g/m2 | $14.7M | 0% | High attention |
| 10 | 520524 | Cotton yarn: (not sewing thread), single, of combed fibres, 85% or more by weight of cotton, less than 192.31 but not less than 125 decitex (exceeding 52 but not exceeding 80 metric number), not for retail sale | $32.1M | 28% | High attention |

## 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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