今年,斯里兰卡的丁香出口大幅增长,且打破了一年来的海外销售纪录及官方统计,主要是因为该国同印度签订了自由贸易协定,且从中受益。据海关统计,2008年1~8月期间,斯里兰卡出口到南亚国家的香料总数上升到了6880t,比上年同期的1280t上涨了437%,大大超出了原来所估计的5500t。而在2005年, This year, exports of clove rose sharply in Sri Lanka, breaking the record of overseas sales in the past year and official statistics, mainly because the country had signed a free trade agreement with India and benefited from it. According to customs statistics, the total amount of spices exported to South Asia by Sri Lanka increased to 6880t from January to August 2008, an increase of 437% over 1280t in the same period of last year, well above the original estimate of 5500t. In 2005,