The Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB) forecasts that the country’s total export earnings for 2025 would be $ 18.7 billion, EDB Chairperson Mangala Wijesinghe said on Sunday (8).
He added that this forecast comprises $ 14.54 billion from merchandise exports and $ 4.16 billion from services exports.
Wijesinghe said in the first 10 months of 2024, Sri Lanka has earned $ 13.5 billion from total exports (merchandise and services). This is a 7.19% increase compared to the first 10 months of 2023.
The annual target for 2024 is $ 16.4 billion and Sri Lanka has achieved 82% of that annual target in the first 10 months of 2024, Wijesinghe said.