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Manufacturing & Export Industries

Manufacturing’s real growth and merchandise export earnings. Factory counts by product were not published in the tables used here.

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Manufacturing, real growth

7.6%

Central Bank of Sri Lanka · 2024 · percent

Share of GDP

16.4%

Central Bank of Sri Lanka · 2024 · percent

Merchandise exports

USD 12,772 mn

+7.2% vs 2023, as published

Central Bank of Sri Lanka · 2024 · USD million

Textiles and garments exports

USD 5,061 mn

+3.7% vs 2023, as published

Central Bank of Sri Lanka · 2024 · USD million

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Activity by district

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No official district breakdown for this sector was loaded. The national figures above are the ones that were published.

Jaffna, Northern ProvinceKilinochchi, Northern ProvinceMannar, Northern ProvinceMullaittivu, Northern ProvinceVavuniya, Northern ProvinceGalle, Southern ProvinceHambantota, Southern ProvinceMatara, Southern ProvinceAmpara, Eastern ProvinceAnuradhapura, North Central ProvinceBadulla, Uva ProvinceBatticaloa, Eastern ProvinceMonaragala, Uva ProvincePolonnaruwa, North Central ProvinceColombo, Western ProvinceGampaha, Western ProvinceKalutara, Western ProvinceKegalla, Sabaragamuwa ProvinceKurunegala, North Western ProvincePuttalam, North Western ProvinceRatnapura, Sabaragamuwa ProvinceKandy, Central ProvinceMatale, Central ProvinceNuwara Eliya, Central ProvinceTrincomalee, Eastern Province
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Merchandise export earnings, USD million

Central Bank of Sri Lanka · 2023 · USD million. Each bar is a published figure, not an index.

2023: USD 11,910.7 mn.2024: USD 12,772 mn.

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Pharmaceutical manufacturing zone, Arabokka

BOI booklet project for a pharmaceutical zone on 400 acres at Hambantota. Published minimum investment in that booklet is not repeated here. The booklet says the details were collected from government institutions and may need checking.

Hambantota · 14 March 2023 · Not independently verified

Source: Ready to Invest Opportunities in Sri Lanka, Board of Investment, 14 March 2023
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