# Sri Lanka HS 870421 exports | Yugalinks

Explore reported HS 870421 exports from Sri Lanka: destinations, growth, concentration, prices, and history.

## Exporter position

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Exporter | Sri Lanka |
| HS6 | 870421 |
| Latest exports | $2.0M |
| Active destinations | 9 |
| Three-year growth | -9.5% |
| Destination HHI | 979 |
| Weighted share | 1.4% |

## Destination markets

No destination observations are available.

## Price intelligence

- Highest reported market price: Maldives at $17.5K / ton.
- Lowest reported market price: United Rep. of Tanzania at $3.2K / ton.
- Median reported price: $9.9K / ton.
- Price spread: 145.2%.

## Export history

- 2010: $142.7K
- 2011: $501.0K
- 2012: $2.2M
- 2013: $815.0K
- 2014: $1.4M
- 2015: $1.3M
- 2016: $2.1M
- 2017: $2.1M
- 2018: $1.4M
- 2019: $307.4K
- 2020: $423.4K
- 2021: $658.4K
- 2022: $368.7K
- 2023: $847.5K
- 2024: $488.6K

## 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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