# Sri Lanka HS 482020 exports | Yugalinks

Explore reported HS 482020 exports from Sri Lanka: destinations, growth, concentration, prices, and history.

## Exporter position

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Exporter | Sri Lanka |
| HS6 | 482020 |
| Latest exports | $1.7M |
| Active destinations | 20 |
| Three-year growth | -1.5% |
| Destination HHI | 3,077 |
| Weighted share | 2.8% |

## Destination markets

- USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands: $888.4K; share 2.2%; growth +12.1%

## Price intelligence

- Highest reported market price: Zimbabwe at $157.0K / ton.
- Lowest reported market price: Papua New Guinea at $200.0 / ton.
- Median reported price: $2.2K / ton.
- Price spread: 7,231.7%.

## Export history

- 2010: $54.7K
- 2011: $42.3K
- 2012: $46.5K
- 2013: $34.6K
- 2014: $58.2K
- 2015: $19.4K
- 2016: $212.2K
- 2017: $743.0K
- 2018: $1.4M
- 2019: $1.5M
- 2020: $1.2M
- 2021: $1.1M
- 2022: $859.2K
- 2023: $854.5K
- 2024: $1.1M

## Methods

Reported exporter totals are combined with destination, price, history, and country-context observations. Growth, concentration, weighted share, volatility, drawdown, and price-position values are calculated indicators rather than additional reported trade.

Missing values are shown as Not reported and are not imputed.

## Complete structured values

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