What is the price of beef per kilogram/pound in Sri Lanka today?
The retail price range for Sri Lanka beef is between US$ 0.69 and US$ 1.09 per kilogram or between US$ 0.31 and US$ 0.49 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of beef in Sri Lanka
The retail price range in Sri Lanka Rupee for beef is between LKR 213.36 and LKR 334.86 per kilogram or between LKR 96.76 and LKR 151.87 per pound(lb) in Colombo and Jaffna.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for Sri Lanka beef is between US$ 0.49 and US$ 0.76 per kilogram or between US$ 0.22 and US$ 0.35 per pound(lb).
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Sri Lanka Beef Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Beef from Sri Lanka over the last five years has been quite volatile. In 2012, the price was 9.31 US dollars per kg, which dropped to 4.16 US dollars per kg in 2013. Prices then rose to 8.99 US dollars per kg in 2014, before increasing slightly to 9.04 US dollars per kg in 2015. Prices then dropped to 7.76 US dollars per kg in 2016 and 7.85 US dollars per kg in 2017. The price then decreased further to 6.89 US dollars per kg in 2019 and 7.04 US dollars per kg in 2020. The most recent data shows that the price has increased to 8.18 US dollars per kg in 2021. Based on this data, it is predicted that the export price per kilogram of Beef from Sri Lanka will be 8.45 US dollars per kg in 2023 and 8.72 US dollars per kg in 2024.The beef exports from Sri Lanka are categorised as:
- Fresh or chilled edible offal of bovine animals (HS code 020610)
- Carcases or half-carcases of bovine animals, fresh or chilled (HS code 020110)
- Fresh or chilled bovine cuts, with bone in (excluding carcases and 1/2 carcases) (HS code 020120)
- Frozen edible bovine offal (excluding tongues and livers) (HS code 020629)
- Fresh or chilled bovine meat, boneless (HS code 020130)
- Frozen, boneless meat of bovine animals (HS code 020230)
- Frozen edible bovine tongues (HS code 020621)
- Frozen edible bovine livers (HS code 020622)
- Frozen bovine carcases and half-carcases (HS code 020210)
- Frozen bovine cuts, with bone in (excluding carcases and half-carcases) (HS code 020220)
Sri Lanka Beef Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Beef into Sri Lanka over the last five years has been quite varied. In 2017, the price was 7.85 US dollars per kg, followed by a decrease to 6.89 US dollars per kg in 2019. In 2020, the price increased to 7.04 US dollars per kg, and then further increased to 8.18 US dollars per kg in 2021. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the import price per kilogram of Beef into Sri Lanka in 2023 will be 8.45 US dollars per kg, and in 2024 it will be 8.72 US dollars per kg.Export values for Sri Lanka beef
The total values in export for beef in Sri Lanka were US$ 520, US$ 479, US$ 1,266 and US$ 210 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Sri Lanka beef - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Sri Lanka sold 25 tonnes of beef. In 2019 alone, the market for Sri Lanka beef (meat category) has decreased, flactuating by -96.649 pc compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, beef's exports went down by -59.02% bringing Sri Lanka US$0.21m for the year 2019. Sri Lanka's beef exports are classified as:
- Frozen edible bovine offal (excluding tongues and livers) (HS code 020629)
- Frozen bovine carcases and half-carcases (HS code 020210)
- Fresh or chilled bovine cuts, with bone in (excluding carcases and 1/2 carcases) (HS code 020120)
- Frozen, boneless meat of bovine animals (HS code 020230)
- Fresh or chilled bovine meat, boneless (HS code 020130)
- Frozen bovine cuts, with bone in (excluding carcases and half-carcases) (HS code 020220)
- Frozen edible bovine livers (HS code 020622)
- Frozen edible bovine tongues (HS code 020621)
- Carcases or half-carcases of bovine animals, fresh or chilled (HS code 020110)
- Fresh or chilled edible offal of bovine animals (HS code 020610)
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Sri Lanka beef export values
In 2019, Sri Lanka supplied beef valued at 0.21m USD, a decrease of -83.41% from 2018's total beef export of 1.266m USD. The annual reduction in value of Sri Lanka beef between 2017 to 2018 was 164.301 percent.
The per year change in the amount of Sri Lanka's beef exports between 2017 and 2019 was -59.02 percent when compared to a variation of -96.649% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Sri Lanka beef ( in '000$ )
Sri Lanka's top destinations for beef are Seychelles, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Oman, the Maldives and India.
Sri Lanka imported 138 tonnes of beef in 2019.