Cinnamon leads Sri Lanka minor-crop export earnings above Rs150 billion

Sri Lanka earned more than Rs150 billion from minor-crop exports in the first nine months of the year, with cinnamon providing the largest share, according to the Department of Cinnamon Development.

Cinnamon exports generated Rs76 billion over that period. The department said this was Rs2.278 billion more than in the same period a year earlier.

Sri Lankan cinnamon products are exported to 90 countries, the department said. It aims to reach Rs100 billion in cinnamon export revenue by year-end; that figure is a target rather than earnings already recorded.