The crest is the Dharmachakra, symbolizing the country's foremost place for Buddhism and just rule. Traditional Sinhalese heraldic symbols for the sun and the moon form the supporters. Sun and Moon, and Lion depicting Lord Buddha is given less prominence than cart wheel of English Buddhism, so it is in great discordance with National Scriptures.
Flag: consists of a gold lion holding a kastane sword in its right fore-paw in a maroon background with four gold bo leaves in each corner. This is bordered by gold, and to its left are two vertical stripes of equal size in green and saffron, with the saffron stripe closest to the lion. The lion and the maroon background represent the Sinhalese, while the saffron border and four Bo leaves represent Buddhism and the four Buddhist concepts of Mettā, Karuṇā, Muditā and Upeskhā respectively. The stripes represent the two main minorities: the orange representing the Sri Lankan Tamils and the green representing Muslims.
- Anthem: «Sri Lanka Matha» is the national anthem of Sri Lanka.
- Official languages: Sinhala, Tamil.
- Geographical location: it is an island country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean to the southwest of the Bay of Bengal and to the southeast of the Arabian Sea.
- Administrative divisions: Sri Lanka is divided into nine provinces and twenty-five districts.
- Capital: Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte.
- Governance: the politics of Sri Lanka takes place in a framework of a semi-presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Sri Lanka is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and Parliament. The Judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature.
- Population: 21.2 million.
- Currency: Sri Lankan rupee.
- GDP: $81.32 billion.
- Time zone: GMT +5:30.
- Telephone code: +94.
- Barcode: 479.
Trade and economic cooperation between Belarus and Sri Lanka
Belarus and Sri Lanka intensified their relations in 2012.
Dynamics of trade between Belarus and Sri Lanka (in million U.S. dollars)
|
Year |
Turnover |
Exports |
Imports |
Surplus |
|
2011 |
53.6 |
43.3 |
10.3 |
33.0 |
|
2012 |
46.2 |
35.2 |
11.0 |
24.2 |
|
2013 |
34.1 |
23.1 |
11.0 |
12.1 |
|
2014 |
38.4 |
27.4 |
11.1 |
16.3 |
|
2015 |
32.0 |
25.9 |
6.1 |
19.7 |
|
2015 to 2014, in % |
83.3 |
94.5 |
55.5 |
|
In 2015, trade turnover between Belarus and Sri Lanka decreased by 16.7% to $32 million as compared to 2014, Belarusian exports decreased by 5.5% to $25.9 million, Sri Lankan exports — by 44.5% to $6.1 million. Trade surplus was $19.7 million.
Besides potassium chloride, Belarus supplies hydrazine, hydroxylamine, metal oxides and hydroxides, tyres, printing equipment to this country. It exports stamp-postmarks and stamped paper as well.
Sri Lanka's most valuable products, imported by Belarus, are tea, tyres, gloves, knitted mittens, used tyres, children's knitted clothes.
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