What is the price of wheat per kilogram/pound in Sri Lanka today?
The retail price range for Sri Lanka wheat is between US$ 0.74 and US$ 1.23 per kilogram or between US$ 0.33 and US$ 0.56 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of wheat in Sri Lanka
The retail price range in Sri Lanka Rupee for wheat is between LKR 226.29 and LKR 377.15 per kilogram or between LKR 102.63 and LKR 171.04 per pound(lb) in Colombo and Jaffna.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for Sri Lanka wheat is between US$ 0.51 and US$ 0.86 per kilogram or between US$ 0.23 and US$ 0.39 per pound(lb).
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Sri Lanka Wheat Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Wheat from Sri Lanka over the last five years has been relatively stable. In 2017, the price was 0.30 US $ per kg, followed by 0.32 US $ per kg in 2019. In 2020, the price dropped to 0.30 US $ per kg, before increasing to 0.38 US $ per kg in 2021. Based on this trend, it is likely that the export price of Wheat from Sri Lanka in 2023 will be around 0.36 US $ per kg, and in 2024, it is likely to be around 0.39 US $ per kg.The wheat exports from Sri Lanka are categorised as:
- Wheat and meslin (excluding durum wheat) (HS code 100190)
- Durum wheat (excluding seed for sowing) (HS code 100119)
- Durum wheat seed for sowing (HS code 100111)
- Durum wheat (HS code 100110)
- Wheat (excl durum) & meslin (HS code 1001Xb)
- Wheat gluten, whether or not dried (HS code 110900)
- Wheat and meslin (excluding seed for sowing, and durum wheat) (HS code 100199)
- Seed of wheat and meslin, for sowing (excluding durum) (HS code 100191)
Sri Lanka Wheat Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Wheat into Sri Lanka over the last five years has been relatively stable. In 2012, the price was 0.40 US dollars per kg, and in 2013 it decreased to 0.29 US dollars per kg. In 2014, the price increased to 0.36 US dollars per kg, and in 2015 it remained at 0.37 US dollars per kg. In 2016, the price decreased to 0.28 US dollars per kg, and in 2017 it increased slightly to 0.30 US dollars per kg. In 2019, the price increased to 0.32 US dollars per kg, and in 2020 it decreased to 0.30 US dollars per kg. In 2021, the price increased to 0.38 US dollars per kg. Based on this data, it is likely that the import price per kilogram of Wheat into Sri Lanka in 2023 will be around 0.35 US dollars per kg, and in 2024 it will be around 0.37 US dollars per kg.Export values for Sri Lanka wheat
The total values in export for wheat in Sri Lanka were US$ 1,100, US$ 909, US$ 173 and US$ 93 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Sri Lanka wheat - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Sri Lanka shipped 277 tonnes of wheat. For 2019 alone, the interest in Sri Lanka wheat (cereals/grains category) has shrunk, recording a change of -58.902 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, wheat's exports decreased by -90.79% earning the exporter US$0.09m for the year 2019. Sri Lanka's wheat exports are classified as:
- Durum wheat (excluding seed for sowing) (HS code 100119)
- Wheat and meslin (excluding seed for sowing, and durum wheat) (HS code 100199)
- Seed of wheat and meslin, for sowing (excluding durum) (HS code 100191)
- Wheat (excl durum) & meslin (HS code 1001Xb)
- Wheat and meslin (excluding durum wheat) (HS code 100190)
- Wheat gluten, whether or not dried (HS code 110900)
- Durum wheat (HS code 100110)
- Durum wheat seed for sowing (HS code 100111)
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Sri Lanka wheat export values
In 2019, Sri Lanka supplied wheat with a value of 0.09m USD, a reduction of -47.98% from 2018's total wheat export of 0.173m USD. The annual change in value of Sri Lanka wheat between 2017 to 2018 was -80.968 per cent.
The per year variation in the volume of Sri Lanka's wheat exports between 2017 and 2019 was -90.79 percent in comparison to a variation of -58.902% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Sri Lanka's stake of the world's total wheat's exports in 2019 was less than 1%. Sri Lanka is ranked number 64 in world exports of wheat.
Export markets for Sri Lanka wheat ( in '000$ )
Sri Lanka's leading export markets for wheat are Ghana, the Gambia, Togo, Saudi Arabia and Jordan.
Import/Export Trends
Sri Lanka is a net exporter of wheat. The annual growth of Sri Lanka wheat in value between 2015 to 2019 was -39%, per year, while annual growth in quantity for the same period was %, per annum.
Sri Lanka bought 973,157 tonnes of wheat in 2019.