What is the price of vegetables per kilogram/pound in Sri Lanka today?
The retail price range for Sri Lanka vegetables is between US$ 0.60 and US$ 2.95 per kilogram or between US$ 0.27 and US$ 1.34 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of vegetables in Sri Lanka
The retail price range in Sri Lanka Rupee for vegetables is between LKR 183.28 and LKR 907.39 per kilogram or between LKR 83.12 and LKR 411.52 per pound(lb) in Colombo and Jaffna.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for Sri Lanka vegetables is between US$ 0.42 and US$ 2.06 per kilogram or between US$ 0.19 and US$ 0.94 per pound(lb).
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Sri Lanka Vegetables Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of vegetables from Sri Lanka over the last five years has been relatively stable. In 2017, the price was 1.68 US$ per kg, and in 2021 it was 2.76 US$ per kg, representing an increase of 64.5%. In 2020, the price was 2.14 US$ per kg, which was the highest price in the last five years. Based on this data, it is predicted that the export price per kilogram of vegetables from Sri Lanka in 2023 will be 3.38 US$ per kg and in 2024 will be 4.00 US$ per kg.The vegetables exports from Sri Lanka are classified as:
- Homogenised vegetables put up for retail sale as infant food or for dietetic purposes, in containers of <= 250 g (HS code 200510)
- Vegetables, uncooked or cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, frozen (excluding potatoes, leguminous vegetables, spinach, New Zealand spinach, orache spinach, and sweetcorn) (HS code 071080)
- Fresh or chilled vegetables (excluding potatoes, tomatoes, vegetables of the Allium spp., cabbages of the genus Brassica, lettuces of the species Lactuca sativa and Cichorium, carrots, turnips, salad beetroot, salsify, celeriac, radishes and similar edible roots, cucumbers and gherkins, leguminous vegetables, asparagus, aubergines, mushrooms, truffles, fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta, spinach, New Zealand spinach and orache spinach) (HS code 070990)
- Fresh or chilled vegetables n.e.s. (HS code 070999)
- Vegetables and mixtures of vegetables, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar, non-frozen (excluding preserved by sugar, homogenized vegetables of subheading 2005.10, and tomatoes, mushrooms, truffles, potatoes, peas "Pisum sativum", beans "Vigna, Phaseolus", asparagus, olives and sweet corn "Zea Mays var. Saccharata", unmixed) (HS code 200590)
- Dried, shelled leguminous vegetables, whether or not skinned or split (excluding peas, chickpeas, beans, lentils, broad beans, horse beans and pigeon peas) (HS code 071390)
- Vegetables and mixtures of vegetables, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen (excluding preserved by sugar, and tomatoes, mushrooms, truffles and potatoes, unmixed) (HS code 200490)
- Dried vegetables and mixtures of vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared (excluding onions, mushrooms and truffles, not mixed) (HS code 071290)
Sri Lanka Vegetables Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of vegetables into Sri Lanka has been relatively stable over the last five years. In 2017, the price was 1.68 US dollars per kg, and this increased to 2.14 US dollars per kg in 2020. This represents an increase of 27.4% over the five-year period. The highest price was recorded in 2021, when the import price was 2.76 US dollars per kg. This is an increase of 64.5% from 2017. Based on this trend, it is likely that the import price per kilogram of vegetables into Sri Lanka will continue to increase in the coming years. We can predict that the import price in 2023 will be around 3.08 US dollars per kg, and in 2024 it will be around 3.45 US dollars per kg.Export values for Sri Lanka vegetables
The total values in export for vegetables in Sri Lanka were US$ 11,420, US$ 16,738, US$ 10,245 and US$ 10,958 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Sri Lanka vegetables - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Sri Lanka exported 4,446 tonnes of vegetables. Through 2019 alone, the market for Sri Lanka vegetables (vegetables category) has surged, recording a change of 9.751 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, vegetables' exports decreased by -55.46 percent netting the country US$10.96m for the year 2019. Sri Lanka's vegetables exports are classified as:
- Fresh or chilled vegetables n.e.s. (HS code 070999)
- Dried, shelled leguminous vegetables, whether or not skinned or split (excluding peas, chickpeas, beans, lentils, broad beans, horse beans and pigeon peas) (HS code 071390)
- Dried vegetables and mixtures of vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared (excluding onions, mushrooms and truffles, not mixed) (HS code 071290)
- Vegetables and mixtures of vegetables, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen (excluding preserved by sugar, and tomatoes, mushrooms, truffles and potatoes, unmixed) (HS code 200490)
- Vegetables and mixtures of vegetables, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar, non-frozen (excluding preserved by sugar, homogenized vegetables of subheading 2005.10, and tomatoes, mushrooms, truffles, potatoes, peas "Pisum sativum", beans "Vigna, Phaseolus", asparagus, olives and sweet corn "Zea Mays var. Saccharata", unmixed) (HS code 200590)
- Vegetables, uncooked or cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, frozen (excluding potatoes, leguminous vegetables, spinach, New Zealand spinach, orache spinach, and sweetcorn) (HS code 071080)
- Fresh or chilled vegetables (excluding potatoes, tomatoes, vegetables of the Allium spp., cabbages of the genus Brassica, lettuces of the species Lactuca sativa and Cichorium, carrots, turnips, salad beetroot, salsify, celeriac, radishes and similar edible roots, cucumbers and gherkins, leguminous vegetables, asparagus, aubergines, mushrooms, truffles, fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta, spinach, New Zealand spinach and orache spinach) (HS code 070990)
- Homogenised vegetables put up for retail sale as infant food or for dietetic purposes, in containers of <= 250 g (HS code 200510)
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Sri Lanka vegetables export values
In 2019, Sri Lanka exported vegetables worth 10.96m USD, a growth of 6.98% from 2018's total vegetables export of 10.245m USD. The yearly change in value of Sri Lanka vegetables between 2017 to 2018 was -38.792%.
The annual change in the quantity of Sri Lanka's vegetables exports between 2017 and 2019 was -55.46 percent compared to a variation of 9.751% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Sri Lanka vegetables ( in '000$ )
Sri Lanka's best performing export markets for vegetables are South Africa, the Philippines, Indonesia, Belgium and Vietnam.
Sri Lanka imported 1,026 tonnes of vegetables in 2019.
Production
The production of vegetables in Sri Lanka was 548,240 tonnes in 2019 and is estimated to change by an average of 0.8%. The country had an estimated 53,192.00 hectares under vegetables cultivation.