# Sri Lanka Export Data

Source: https://srilankaexport.com/ru/sri-lanka-export-data/

## Sri Lanka Export Data

Where the country’s exports go, what’s leaving the Port of Colombo right now, and which markets buy what: the whole trade picture in one live view.

$12.1BExports per year

200+Destination markets

32,331Containers shipped this week

44Vessels loading now

Real-time port activity

### Live container traffic, Port of Colombo

LIVE · updated 1 Ноя 2026

Rolling ~30-day window: vessels in port and scheduled to load 31 Окт to 30 Ноя, refreshed daily. Outbound sailings, CICT 28,044 + JCT 4,287, weighted by containers loaded. Destinations shown are each ship’s next port of call; Colombo is a transshipment hub, so this is port outflow, not where the cargo ultimately ends up. For Sri Lanka’s actual export markets, see “Where Sri Lanka’s exports go” below.

USA / N. America 6,833India 5,233Australia 4,630Bangladesh 2,125Gulf / Pakistan 2,000Mediterranean 1,200Maldives 543UK / Europe 505South America 382East Africa 225Charter / unnamed 8,655 · ad-hoc charters & unnamed services

Top shipping lines by volume

MSC14,284

CMA5,467

COC3,543

ONE2,282

HLL1,745

OES1,360

Upcoming sailings

MSC MICHEL CAPPELLINI | MSC | SHIKRA-WB | 179 |

CMA CGM DON PASCUALE | CMA | ESA2 | 382 |

ONE HANGZHOU BAY | ONE | EC3 | 382 |

MSC FIE X | MSC | INDUSA | 2,006 |

SOL PRIME | OES | IBS | 200 |

Source: Port of Colombo terminal movements · compiled by SriLankaExport · updated daily (1 Ноя 2026)

Full-year trade profile

### Where Sri Lanka's exports go

Top Sri Lanka export destinations 2024
1 | United States | | $2.9B 23.8% |

2 | United Kingdom | | $924M 7.6% |

3 | India | | $886M 7.3% |

4 | Germany | | $626M 5.2% |

5 | Italy | | $591M 4.9% |

6 | Netherlands | | $389M 3.2% |

7 | UAE | | $341M 2.8% |

8 | Canada | | $317M 2.6% |

9 | France | | $263M 2.2% |

10 | China | | $261M 2.2% |

### What Sri Lanka exports, and which markets each product serves

Apparel & textiles

$4.6B 38%

→US 40% · UK 14% · Italy 10%

Tea & spices

$1.8B 15%

→India 9% · Iraq 8% · Russia 8%

Rubber & tyres

$994M 8%

→US 33% · Germany 10% · Belgium 6%

Gems & jewellery

$328M 3%

→Israel 29% · Switzerland 24% · India 9%

Fish & seafood

$255M 2%

→US 15% · Germany 10% · UK 9%

Coir & coconut

$209M 2%

→Mexico 12% · China 11% · US 7%

Source: UN Comtrade — Sri Lanka export statistics 2024 (HS commodity × destination)

Sri Lanka · supply side

### Where Sri Lankan exporters are: 2,821+ mapped

Real exporters from our directory, placed by registered district. Tea clusters in the central & southern hills, cinnamon & spices in the south, the supply-side companion to our global buyer-demand map.

Commercial & apparel hubsUp-country teaLow-country tea & cinnamonCoconut triangle

Exporters by district

- Colombo1,126
- Ratnapura352
- Gampaha317
- Galle236
- Matara217
- Kandy155
- Badulla136
- Kalutara105
- Nuwara Eliya94
- Kegalle42
- Matale15
- Kurunegala9
- Puttalam5
- Batticaloa3
- Hambantota3
- Jaffna2
- Polonnaruwa1
- Anuradhapura1
- Ampara1
- Vavuniya1

Sri Lankan exporters shown by registered district · aggregate, company-level figures.

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