What is the price of butter in Sri Lanka?

As of January 2024, butter in Sri Lanka is US$ 6.82 per kg (2,097 LKR), sourced from UN Comtrade (unit value).

Butter Price in Sri Lanka - June 2026 Market Prices (Updated Monthly)

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Butter Prices in Sri Lanka

US$ 6.82 / kg

2,097 LKR / kg

MoM ▼ 4.2% YoY ▼ 4.2%

Checked: Jun 9, 2026

Price as of: January 2024

Source: UN Comtrade (unit value)

Variety	Market level	Price (US$/kg)	Local (LKR)	MoM	YoY	Source
-	Export (unit value)	6.82	2,097	▼ 4.2%	▼ 4.2%	UN Comtrade (unit value)

As of June 2026, the butter price in Sri Lanka available is US$ 6.82 per kg (2,097 LKR), down 4.2% year-on-year.

Sri Lanka exported 49 tonnes of butter in 2024, valued at US$331,113, ranking #73 among 109 global exporters and accounting for 0.0% of world exports. The country produced 2,623 tonnes of butter in 2023, placing it at #74 globally with a slight year-on-year decrease. The latest export unit value is US$6.8161 per kg. Sri Lanka is a net exporter of butter.

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Production, Exports, Imports & HS Codes - butter in Sri Lanka

Exports UN Comtrade · 2024

In 2024, Sri Lanka exported $331.1K (48.6 t) of butter▲ 92.4% YoY. That ranks #73 worldwide (0% of global exports).

$331.1K

Export value

48.6 t

Export volume

#73 / 109

World rank

Global share

$6.82

Avg export price / kg

Export value by year (US$)

Export volume by year

Top butter exporters worldwide UN Comtrade · 2024

#1 Ireland $1.78B · 18.4%
#2 New Zealand $1.72B · 17.8%
#3 Netherlands $1.38B · 14.3%
#4 Germany $832.2M · 8.6%
#5 France $784.9M · 8.1%

Annual export data Sri Lanka · UN Comtrade

Year	Export value (US$)	Volume	Avg price/kg
2024	$331.1K	48.6 t	$6.82
2023	$172.1K	24.2 t	$7.12
2022	$4.2K	0.8 t	$5.28
2021	$4.8K	1.1 t	$4.49
2020	$4.1K	0.7 t	$5.71

Production FAOSTAT · 2023

Sri Lanka produced 2.6 kt of butter in 2023▼ 1.9% YoY. It ranks #74 among producing countries (0% of world output).

2.6 kt

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#74

World rank

Production by year (tonnes)

HS Code

butter is traded under Harmonized System code 0405.10. Trade figures above are compiled for this HS heading.

Sources: trade & HS - UN Comtrade; production - FAOSTAT (FAO). Values are official reported figures.

Sri Lanka butter - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes

In 2019 Sri Lanka shipped 22 tonnes of butter. For 2019 alone, the market for Sri Lanka butter (processed category) has improved, flactuating by 144.444 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, butter's exports decreased by -8.33 pc netting the country US$0.12m for the year 2019. Sri Lanka's butter exports are classified as:

Dairy spreads of a fat content, by weight, of >= 39% but < 80% (HS code 040520)
Butter (excluding dehydrated butter and ghee) (HS code 040510)
Fats and oils derived from milk, and dehydrated butter and ghee (excluding natural butter, recombined butter and whey butter) (HS code 040590)

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Sri Lanka butter export values

In 2019, Sri Lanka exported butter worth 0.12m USD, an increment of 0.84% from 2018's total butter export of 0.119m USD. The annual increase in value of Sri Lanka butter between 2017 to 2018 was -26.994 per cent.

The annual/yearly variation in the volume of Sri Lanka's butter exports between 2017 and 2019 was -8.33% when compared to a variation of 144.444% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.

Sri Lanka's portion of the world's total butter's exports in 2019 was less than 1%. The country is ranked position 22 in world exports of butter.

Export markets for Sri Lanka butter ( in '000$ )

Import/Export Trends

Sri Lanka is a net exporter of butter. The annual growth of Sri Lanka butter in value between 2015 to 2019 was -55%, per year, while annual growth in quantity through the same period was %, per annum.

Sri Lanka brought in 644 tonnes of butter in 2019.

Butter Prices Across Asia

Compare the latest butter prices in other Asia countries:

Philippines$10.56/kg Hong Kong$9.84/kg South Korea$11.03/kg China$3.40/kg India$4.71/kg Japan$13.89/kg Thailand$3.58/kg Vietnam$6.57/kg Maldives$11.07/kg Iran$3.67/kg Uzbekistan$6.28/kg Macao$11.62/kg Malaysia$8.19/kg Pakistan$5.41/kg Kyrgyzstan$5.58/kg

Other Processed Prices in Sri Lanka

Latest prices for other processed in Sri Lanka:

Whisky$17.94/kg Copra$3.85/kg Ethyl Alcohol$0.62/kg Sugar$2.49/kg Natural Rubber$1.98/kg Beer$0.83/kg Wine$6.65/kg Coffee$3.28/kg Cocoa Beans$2.04/kg Leather$45.61/kg Palm Oil$2.14/kg Cocoa Butter$58.15/kg Molasses$3.33/kg Vodka$6.31/kg Yerba mate$4.79/kg

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