What is the price of dates per kilogram/pound in Sri Lanka today?
The retail price range for Sri Lanka dates is between US$ 0.79 and US$ 1.18 per kilogram or between US$ 0.36 and US$ 0.54 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of dates in Sri Lanka
The retail price range in Sri Lanka Rupee for dates is between LKR 242.56 and LKR 363.84 per kilogram or between LKR 110.00 and LKR 165.01 per pound(lb) in Colombo and Jaffna.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for Sri Lanka dates is between US$ 0.55 and US$ 0.83 per kilogram or between US$ 0.25 and US$ 0.38 per pound(lb).
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Sri Lanka Dates Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Dates from Sri Lanka over the last five years has been quite varied. In 2017, the price was 0.67 US$ per kg, followed by a significant increase to 1.93 US$ per kg in 2019. The price then dropped to 0.58 US$ per kg in 2020, before rising again to 1.36 US$ per kg in 2021. Based on this data, it is predicted that the export price per kilogram of Dates from Sri Lanka in 2023 will be around 1.50 US$ per kg, and in 2024 will be around 1.60 US$ per kg.The Sri Lanka dates exports are categorised as:
- Fresh or dried dates (HS code 080410)
Sri Lanka Dates Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Dates into Sri Lanka over the last five years has been quite varied. In 2017, the price was 0.67 US dollars per kg, followed by a significant increase to 1.93 US dollars per kg in 2019. This was followed by a decrease to 0.58 US dollars per kg in 2020, and then a slight increase to 1.36 US dollars per kg in 2021. Based on this data, it is likely that the import price per kilogram of Dates into Sri Lanka will remain relatively stable in the next two years, with an estimated price of 1.36 US dollars per kg in 2023 and 1.37 US dollars per kg in 2024.Export values for Sri Lanka dates
The total values in export for dates in Sri Lanka were US$ 31, US$ 18, US$ 15 and US$ 31 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Sri Lanka dates - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Sri Lanka sold 10 tonnes of dates. For the year 2019 alone, the interest in Sri Lanka dates (fruits category) has gone up, changing by 900 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, dates' exports reduced by -62.96 percent bringing the exporter US$0.03m for the year 2019. Sri Lanka's dates exports are categorised as:
- Fresh or dried dates (HS code 080410)
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Sri Lanka dates export values
In 2019, Sri Lanka sold dates worth 0.03m USD, an increase of 100.00% from 2018's total dates export of 0.015m USD. The annual change in value of Sri Lanka dates between 2017 to 2018 was -16.667 per cent.
The annual variation in the amount of Sri Lanka's dates exports between 2017 and 2019 was -62.96 pc in comparison to a variation of 900% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Sri Lanka's portion of the world's total dates' exports in 2019 was less than 1%. The country is ranked number 88 in world exports of dates.
Export markets for Sri Lanka dates ( in '000$ )
Sri Lanka's best performing destinations for dates are US, South Korea, Germany, Czech Republic and United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Import/Export Trends
Sri Lanka is a net importer of dates. The annual growth of Sri Lanka dates in value between 2015 to 2019 was 131%, per annum, while annual growth in quantity through the same period was %, per annum.
Sri Lanka procured 8,002 tonnes of dates in 2019.