Sri Lanka’s total export earnings fell 1.68 percent in the first 10 months to $8,675 million compared to the corresponding period in 2015.
Cumulative export earnings of manufacturing during the period January to October rose 4.46 to USD 2,063 million while tea exports were down 6.25% at USD 1,044 million during January –October period in 2015, while other export crops earnings fell 17.14 to USD 408 million compared to the same period in 2015. The export earnings of natural rubber and coconut rose 18.35 , 2.28 to USD 26.31 and USD 458.84 million respectively. Textile and apparel export earnings has recorded an increase of 2.28% by earning USD 4,092 million as against the corresponding period of the previous year.
In the first 10 months of 2015 and 2014, textile and apparel export earnings were USD 4,001 and USD 4,039 million respectively. Industrial products exports reached USD 6,574 million registering a slight growth of 0.34% while fisheries products export earnings fell 2.07% to USD 147 million during the same period.
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