Sri Lanka’s merchandise exports have reached US $ 995.80 million in September 2021, as per the data released by the Sri Lanka Customs.
Of total export values, earnings from apparel and textile have increased by 5.83 per cent on Y-o-Y basis to US $ 457.05 million in September 2021, which is around 46 per cent of the country’s export values.
The data says the strong performance in exports of apparel (7.71 per cent) and woven fabrics (62.73 per cent) was key that helped Sri Lanka stay positive in its apparel and textile exports.
However, on a year-on-year basis, exports of made-up textile articles & yarn and other textile products declined by 40.26 per cent and 34.14 per cent, respectively, in the month of September this year.
Further, export earnings from apparel and textile decreased by 7.01 per cent in September 2021 in comparison to August 2021.
