What is the price of sweet potatoes per kilogram/pound in Sri Lanka today?
The retail price range for Sri Lanka sweet potatoes is between US$ 0.96 and US$ 2.39 per kilogram or between US$ 0.43 and US$ 1.08 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of sweet potatoes in Sri Lanka
The retail price range in Sri Lanka Rupee for sweet potatoes is between LKR 294.31 and LKR 735.77 per kilogram or between LKR 133.47 and LKR 333.68 per pound(lb) in Colombo and Jaffna.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for Sri Lanka sweet potatoes is between US$ 0.67 and US$ 1.67 per kilogram or between US$ 0.30 and US$ 0.76 per pound(lb).
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Sri Lanka Sweet Potatoes Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Sweet Potatoes from Sri Lanka has seen a steady increase over the last five years. In 2017, the price was 0.90 US $ per kg, which increased to 1.16 US $ per kg in 2019. The highest price was recorded in 2020, at 2.00 US $ per kg. The price then dropped to 1.20 US $ per kg in 2021. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the export price per kilogram of Sweet Potatoes from Sri Lanka will be 2.20 US $ per kg in 2023 and 2.40 US $ per kg in 2024.The Sri Lanka sweet potatoes exports are classified as:
- Sweet potatoes, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets (HS code 071420)
Sri Lanka Sweet Potatoes Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Sweet Potatoes into Sri Lanka over the last five years has been quite volatile. In 2017, the price was 0.90 US$ per kg, which was the lowest in the five year period. This was followed by a slight increase to 1.16 US$ per kg in 2019. The highest price was recorded in 2020, when the import price was 2.00 US$ per kg. This was followed by a decrease to 1.20 US$ per kg in 2021. Looking ahead, it is likely that the import price of Sweet Potatoes into Sri Lanka will remain relatively stable in the next two years. We predict that the import price in 2023 will be 1.20 US$ per kg, and in 2024 it will be 1.25 US$ per kg.Export values for Sri Lanka sweet potatoes
The total values in export for sweet potatoes in Sri Lanka were US$ 31, US$ 44, US$ 453 and US$ 549 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Sri Lanka sweet potatoes - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Sri Lanka sold 374 tonnes of sweet potatoes. For 2019 alone, the market for Sri Lanka sweet potatoes (tubers category) has gone up, with a change of 25.084 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, sweet potatoes' exports went up by 663.27% netting Sri Lanka US$0.55m for the year 2019. Sri Lanka's sweet potatoes exports are classified as:
- Sweet potatoes, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets (HS code 071420)
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Sri Lanka sweet potatoes export values
In 2019, Sri Lanka shipped sweet potatoes worth 0.55m USD, an improvement of 21.41% from 2018's total sweet potatoes export of 0.453m USD. The yearly growth in value of Sri Lanka sweet potatoes between 2017 to 2018 was 929.545 percent.
The annual variation in the amount of Sri Lanka's sweet potatoes exports between 2017 and 2019 was 663.27 percent compared to a variation of 25.084% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Sri Lanka's stake of the world's total sweet potatoes' exports in 2019 was less than 1%. The country holds number 81 in world exports of sweet potatoes.
Export markets for Sri Lanka sweet potatoes ( in '000$ )
Sri Lanka's best performing export markets for sweet potatoes are Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), India, Switzerland and Norway.
Sri Lanka purchased 0 tonnes of sweet potatoes in 2019.
Production
The production of sweet potatoes in Sri Lanka was 35,607 tonnes in 2019 and is estimated to change by an average of -17.81%. The country had approximately 3,255.00 hectares under sweet potatoes cultivation.