{"id":2471,"date":"2024-12-09T10:39:59","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T05:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?p=2471"},"modified":"2024-12-09T10:40:56","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T05:10:56","slug":"sri-lanka-targets-about-usd19-billion-in-exports-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?p=2471","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka targets about USD19 billion in exports in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sri Lanka\u2019s Export Development Board (EDB) forecasts that the country\u2019s total export earnings for 2025 would be USD18.7 billion, EDB Chairman Mangala Wijesinghe said yesterday (08).<\/p>\n<p>He added that this forecast comprises USD14.54 billion from merchandise exports and USD4.16 billion from services exports.<\/p>\n<p>Wijesinghe said in the first 10 months of 2024, Sri Lanka has earned USD13.5 billion from total exports (merchandise and services). This is a 7.19 per cent increase compared to the first 10 months of 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The annual target for 2024 is USD16.4 billion and Sri Lanka has achieved 82 per cent of that annual target in the first 10 months of 2024, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Source: XINHUA<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Agencies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sri Lanka\u2019s Export Development Board (EDB) forecasts that the country\u2019s total export earnings for 2025 would be USD18.7 billion, EDB Chairman Mangala Wijesinghe said yesterday (08). He added that this forecast comprises USD14.54 billion from merchandise exports and USD4.16 billion from services exports. Wijesinghe said in the first 10 months of 2024, Sri Lanka has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-leadstories","category-local"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sri Lanka targets about USD19 billion in exports in 2025 - LANKA NEWS NETWORK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?p=2471\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sri Lanka targets about USD19 billion in exports in 2025 - LANKA NEWS NETWORK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sri Lanka\u2019s Export Development Board (EDB) forecasts that the country\u2019s total export earnings for 2025 would be USD18.7 billion, EDB Chairman Mangala Wijesinghe said yesterday (08). He added that this forecast comprises USD14.54 billion from merchandise exports and USD4.16 billion from services exports. Wijesinghe said in the first 10 months of 2024, Sri Lanka has [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?p=2471\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"LANKA NEWS NETWORK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/lankanewsnetwork\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-12-09T05:09:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-09T05:10:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/export.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"746\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"437\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"SMW Kodithuwakku\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@lnn_english\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@lnn_english\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"SMW Kodithuwakku\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/?p=2471#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/?p=2471\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"SMW Kodithuwakku\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/071d4085b11ff86bfadb231e97877233\"},\"headline\":\"Sri Lanka targets about USD19 billion in exports in 2025\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-12-09T05:09:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-09T05:10:56+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/?p=2471\"},\"wordCount\":111,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/?p=2471#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/export.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Lead Stories\",\"Local\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/?p=2471#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/?p=2471\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/?p=2471\",\"name\":\"Sri Lanka targets about USD19 billion in exports in 2025 - LANKA NEWS NETWORK\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/?p=2471#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/?p=2471#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/export.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-12-09T05:09:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-09T05:10:56+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/?p=2471\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/?p=2471#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/export.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/export.jpg\",\"width\":746,\"height\":437},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"LANKA NEWS NETWORK\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"LANKA NEWS NETWORK\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/LNN-Logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/LNN-Logo.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":445,\"caption\":\"LANKA NEWS NETWORK\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/web.facebook.com\\\/lankanewsnetwork\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/lnn_english\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/071d4085b11ff86bfadb231e97877233\",\"name\":\"SMW Kodithuwakku\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/35caec3a9c03781d43ba5bef23c0cec9ed46dc8eac80aa8cd3e3180dc00b034b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/35caec3a9c03781d43ba5bef23c0cec9ed46dc8eac80aa8cd3e3180dc00b034b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/35caec3a9c03781d43ba5bef23c0cec9ed46dc8eac80aa8cd3e3180dc00b034b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"SMW Kodithuwakku\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/?author=2\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Sri Lanka targets about USD19 billion in exports in 2025 - LANKA NEWS NETWORK","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?p=2471","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Sri Lanka targets about USD19 billion in exports in 2025 - LANKA NEWS NETWORK","og_description":"Sri Lanka\u2019s Export Development Board (EDB) forecasts that the country\u2019s total export earnings for 2025 would be USD18.7 billion, EDB Chairman Mangala Wijesinghe said yesterday (08). He added that this forecast comprises USD14.54 billion from merchandise exports and USD4.16 billion from services exports. Wijesinghe said in the first 10 months of 2024, Sri Lanka has [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?p=2471","og_site_name":"LANKA NEWS NETWORK","article_publisher":"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/lankanewsnetwork","article_published_time":"2024-12-09T05:09:59+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-12-09T05:10:56+00:00","og_image":[{"width":746,"height":437,"url":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/export.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"SMW Kodithuwakku","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@lnn_english","twitter_site":"@lnn_english","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"SMW Kodithuwakku","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?p=2471#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?p=2471"},"author":{"name":"SMW Kodithuwakku","@id":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/#\/schema\/person\/071d4085b11ff86bfadb231e97877233"},"headline":"Sri Lanka targets about USD19 billion in exports in 2025","datePublished":"2024-12-09T05:09:59+00:00","dateModified":"2024-12-09T05:10:56+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?p=2471"},"wordCount":111,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?p=2471#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/export.jpg","articleSection":["Lead Stories","Local"],"inLanguage":"en","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?p=2471#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?p=2471","url":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?p=2471","name":"Sri Lanka targets about USD19 billion in exports in 2025 - LANKA NEWS NETWORK","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?p=2471#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?p=2471#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/export.jpg","datePublished":"2024-12-09T05:09:59+00:00","dateModified":"2024-12-09T05:10:56+00:00","inLanguage":"en","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?p=2471"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en","@id":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?p=2471#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/export.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/export.jpg","width":746,"height":437},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/","name":"LANKA NEWS NETWORK","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/#organization","name":"LANKA NEWS NETWORK","url":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en","@id":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/LNN-Logo.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/LNN-Logo.jpg","width":800,"height":445,"caption":"LANKA NEWS NETWORK"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/lankanewsnetwork","https:\/\/x.com\/lnn_english"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/#\/schema\/person\/071d4085b11ff86bfadb231e97877233","name":"SMW Kodithuwakku","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/35caec3a9c03781d43ba5bef23c0cec9ed46dc8eac80aa8cd3e3180dc00b034b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/35caec3a9c03781d43ba5bef23c0cec9ed46dc8eac80aa8cd3e3180dc00b034b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/35caec3a9c03781d43ba5bef23c0cec9ed46dc8eac80aa8cd3e3180dc00b034b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"SMW Kodithuwakku"},"url":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?author=2"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2471"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2472,"href":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2471\/revisions\/2472"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}