Export

Sri Lankan Apparel Exports Increase 7.72% In March 2024

Textile Insights May 7, 2024

Sri Lanka’s apparel exports stood at US $418.33 million in March 2024, an increase of 7.72 percent over the same month of previous year. March’s performance represents the highest monthly export earnings since reaching $442.6 million in December 2022 and the highest level so far in

Export

Sri Lankan Exports Of Apparel Drop 18.81% In 2023

Textile Insights February 14, 2024

Sri Lankan exports of apparel in 2023 amounted to US $4,535 million, dropping by 18.81 percent compared to $5,591 million in 2022 Of this exports of knitted garment totaled $2,705 million in the previous year, down 20.13 percent as against $3,387 million in 2022 Woven clothing overseas shipments reached $1,735 million in the reporting year, […]

Economy

Sri Lankan Textile & Garment Exports Dip 18.8% In Jan To Nov

Textile Insights January 9, 2024

In the period between January and November 2023, Sri Lankan exports of textiles and apparels decreased 18.84 percent from a year ago period to US $4.42 billion. Of this, earnings from garment exports declined 20 percent in the first eleven months of 2023, while overseas shipments of textiles fell slower at 4.84 percent as against […]

Export

Sri Lankan Apparel Exports Plunge 26% in Jan-Sept Period

Textile Insights November 4, 2023

The garment industry which accounts for around 45 percent of Sri Lanka’s export earnings saw apparel exports plunge 26 percent over a year ago period in the first nine months of the current year. Between January and September 2023, Sri Lankan clothing exports slipped to $3.34 billion, down 26 percent over the comparable months of […]