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Sri Lanka earns more from fruit and vegetable exports during 2014

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Sri Lanka’s earnings from exports of fruits and vegetables during the year 2014 have increased, compared to the previous year’s income, a study conducted by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (CCC) finds.

According to the study, which is titled as ‘Fruit and Vegetable Sector Statistical Analysis 2014’, earnings from fruit exports have seen the biggest jump, accounting for a 51 percent rise, while earnings from vegetable exports have gone up by 25 percent during the same period.

Exports of fruits from Sri Lanka to countries such as the UAE, India, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the Maldives and Germany all have gone up during the year under review. The above mentioned countries are also the biggest buyers of the fruits produced in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka’s export earnings from vegetables have mainly come from markets such as, the Maldives, UAE and UK, which are the biggest buyers of the Sri Lankan vegetables.

The CCC’s latest study on the fruit and vegetable sector has analysed the performance of both the local and the global fruit and vegetable sector during the year 2014. Accordingly, the report has analysed areas such as the global fruit and vegetable production by variety, world export and import markets of fruit and vegetables and world export and import products of fruit and vegetables, etc. It also has a separate analysis on Sri Lanka’s fruit and vegetable sector.

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