Sri Lanka services exports rise 20.07-pct in July 2026, despite drop in financial services

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s services exports in July 2026 rose by 20.07 percent to 351.92 million dollars, compared to the same period last year, the island’s Export Development Board said.

“Our priority now is to build on this momentum by strengthening the competitiveness of existing export sectors while accelerating the development of new products, services and markets,” the EDB chairman Mangala Wijesinghe said.

Exports earnings from ICT/BPM rose 2.32 percent to 143.24 million dollars in July 2026 compared with July 2025.

Earnings from construction rose to 13.09 million dollars in July 2026, up 30.88 percent year-on-year.

Transport and logistics grew 40.02 percent to 193.53 million dollars.

Financial services fell 57.25 percent to 2.10 million dollars.

Services exports reached an estimated 2,299.48 million dollars from January to July 2026, a year-on-year increase of 7.02 percent.

Total exports of goods and services for July 2026 was 1,637.26 billion US dollars, up 2.63 percent from July 2025. (Colombo/Aug31/2026)