Sweet Potatoes Prices in Sri Lanka
| Variety | Market level | Price (US$/kg) | Local (LKR) | MoM | YoY | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | Farmgate | 0.37 | 115 | ▲ 34.2% | ▲ 34.2% | FAOSTAT Producer Prices |
As of June 2026, the sweet potatoes price in Sri Lanka available is US$ 0.37 per kg (115 LKR), up 34.2% year-on-year.
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Sweet Potatoes Price History & Trend
Monthly sweet potatoes price, US$ per kg - the line grows each month as we record it. Source: FAOSTAT Producer Prices.
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Sri Lanka sweet potatoes - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Sri Lanka sold 374 tonnes of sweet potatoes. For 2019 alone, the market for Sri Lanka sweet potatoes (tubers category) has gone up, with a change of 25.084 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, sweet potatoes' exports went up by 663.27% netting Sri Lanka US$0.55m for the year 2019. Sri Lanka's sweet potatoes exports are classified as:
- Sweet potatoes, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets (HS code 071420)
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Sri Lanka sweet potatoes export values
In 2019, Sri Lanka shipped sweet potatoes worth 0.55m USD, an improvement of 21.41% from 2018's total sweet potatoes export of 0.453m USD. The yearly growth in value of Sri Lanka sweet potatoes between 2017 to 2018 was 929.545 percent.
The annual variation in the amount of Sri Lanka's sweet potatoes exports between 2017 and 2019 was 663.27 percent compared to a variation of 25.084% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Sri Lanka's stake of the world's total sweet potatoes' exports in 2019 was less than 1%. The country holds number 81 in world exports of sweet potatoes.
Export markets for Sri Lanka sweet potatoes ( in '000$ )
Sri Lanka's best performing export markets for sweet potatoes are Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), India, Switzerland and Norway.
Sri Lanka purchased 0 tonnes of sweet potatoes in 2019.
Production
The production of sweet potatoes in Sri Lanka was 35,607 tonnes in 2019 and is estimated to change by an average of -17.81%. The country had approximately 3,255.00 hectares under sweet potatoes cultivation.