Abstract:
The Export and Import Pol icy of Sri Lanka has both advantages and disadvantages. In
Sri Lanka export and import policy led to unsymmetrical export portfolio which has
continuously earned deficit trade balances. The main objective of this study is to
identity international competiveness of Sri Lankan service exports. Revealed
Symmetric Comparative Advantage Indices and Trade in Service Balance Index were
employed in this paper. According to the findings of the paper, Sri Lanka was able to
increase its comparative advantage from 2000 to 20 IO. However, comparative
advantage in service sector has not increased compared to the commodity exports and
is limited to the narrow service range. Therefore this paper concludes that service
exports of Sri Lanka do not have significant comparative advantage in the world.
