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Manufacturing & ExportIndustries Intelligence

Explore production capabilities, export sectors, suppliers, industrial zones and opportunity mapping across Sri Lanka.

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  • Business Discovery

    Find and compare manufacturers

  • Export Intelligence

    Export earnings by product group

  • Supplier Network

    Local suppliers and service providers

  • Industrial Zones

    BOI zones, facilities and incentives

  • Investment Opportunities

    BOI-listed manufacturing projects

  • Market Intelligence

    Destination markets and demand

Explore Manufacturing Sub-sectors

Export earnings by industrial product group from the CBSL December 2025 bulletin; freight vehicles from CBSL Economic & Social Statistics 2026.

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Manufacturing Activity by District

Registered business places and BOI export processing zones.

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Jaffna: 17,499 business placesKilinochchi: 4,403 business placesMannar: 993 business placesMullaitivu: 2,609 business placesVavuniya: 1,548 business placesGalle: 13,365 business placesHambantota: 10,331 business placesMatara: 15,616 business placesAmpara: 9,632 business placesAnuradhapura: 17,425 business placesBadulla: 13,719 business placesBatticaloa: 11,310 business placesMonaragala: 5,228 business placesPolonnaruwa: 9,472 business placesColombo: 18,471 business placesGampaha: 30,904 business placesKalutara: 11,110 business placesKegalle: 9,513 business placesKurunegala: 28,407 business placesPuttalam: 7,044 business placesRatnapura: 15,906 business placesKandy: 14,022 business placesMatale: 8,666 business placesNuwara Eliya: 15,014 business placesTrincomalee: 6,919 business places Katunayake · Biyagama Seethawaka Horana Koggala Pallekele Mawathagama
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DCS District Statistical Handbook 2025 · 2024 · zone locations: BOI

Trends & Export Performance

Industrial export earnings, 2024 and 2025.

Export earnings 2024 – 2025
USD million02,0004,0006,000Garments 2024: 5,061Garments 2025: 5,314GarmentsPetroleum 2024: 1,064Petroleum 2025: 971PetroleumRubber 2024: 976Rubber 2025: 915RubberFood & bev. 2024: 652Food & bev. 2025: 896Food & bev.
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CBSL external sector bulletin, Dec 2025

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Vacant industrial lots, Koggala Export Processing Zone

Koggala, Galle district

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The BOI lists vacant lots inside the Koggala Export Processing Zone: about 15.4 acres of developed land in six lots and about 8.7 acres of undeveloped land in three lots, for export-oriented industry.

Listed 16 Sep 2026 Board of Investment of Sri Lanka
Illustrative photo: open green land with palm trees

Galle Techno Park land for IT and knowledge services (Akmeemana)

Walahanduwa Watta, Akmeemana, Galle

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The BOI lists 31 acres at Walahanduwa Watta, Akmeemana, as the proposed Galle Techno Park, an IT zone with offices, restaurants and a clubhouse planned by the Urban Development Authority for software, research and outsourcing firms.

Listed 30 Oct 2026 Board of Investment of Sri Lanka
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State-owned land bank: 139 land records in Matara district

Matara district (many locations)

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The BOI state-owned land workbook lists 139 land records in Matara district, about 276 hectares where an extent is given, mostly forest or scrub and vacant land, across 16 DS divisions.

Listed 11 Sep 2026 Board of Investment of Sri Lanka

Manufacturing businesses in Galle & Matara

53 listed in the pilot districts: 47 in Galle and 6 in Matara. Pick a sub-sector to drill into districts, DS divisions and businesses.

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Official figures for the same districts
GalleMatara
PopulationDCS Census of Population and Housing 2024 · 20241,097,372837,889
Registered business placesDCS District Statistical Handbook 2025 · 202413,36515,616
Registered manufacturing industriesDCS District Statistical Handbook 2025 · 20241,6782,613
Registered textile & apparel makersDCS District Statistical Handbook 2025 · 2024398379

A few listings

Named places on OpenStreetMap (ODbL), extract of 28 Oct 2026, and exporters listed by the Export Development Board. Not a full count of businesses.

Supply chain in Galle & Matara

Who supplies the sector, and who it supplies. Counts are listings in our directory and OpenStreetMap data for the two districts; open a step to drill down.

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Chain curated by Backend team (2026-10-30). "No listings in our data yet" marks a gap in our coverage, not an absence of businesses.

Factories and workshops on the map

Named places on OpenStreetMap in the pilot districts, by DS division. Open Galle or Matara to see each place.

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Map of Sri Lanka's districts shaded by the number of factories and workshops mapped on OpenStreetMap in Galle and Matara; other districts are coming soon.Jaffna: coming soonKilinochchi: coming soonMannar: coming soonMullaittivu: coming soonVavuniya: coming soonHambantota: coming soonAmpara: coming soonAnuradhapura: coming soonBadulla: coming soonBatticaloa: coming soonMonaragala: coming soonPolonnaruwa: coming soonColombo: coming soonGampaha: coming soonKalutara: coming soonKegalla: coming soonKurunegala: coming soonPuttalam: coming soonRatnapura: coming soonKandy: coming soonMatale: coming soonNuwara Eliya: coming soonTrincomalee: coming soon

District outlines: geoBoundaries gbOpen LKA ADM2 boundaryID LKA-ADM2-46371173 (build Dec 2023, file commit 9469f09). Original geometry: OpenStreetMap and Wambacher, ODbL 1.0. Simplified in this repository for display. Not a legal boundary. DS division outlines: Survey Department of Sri Lanka via OCHA COD-AB v03 (CC BY-IGO 3.0), simplified for display. Not legal boundaries.