Cargo handling: total

Port services. Metric tonnes, monthly.

Values

Latest · Aug 202610,970,351 MT−6.9% on Jul 2026

Period	Metric tonnes	Change, %
Aug 2026	10,970,351	−6.9
Jul 2026	11,787,250	+6.5
Jun 2026	11,066,888	−10.0
May 2026	12,291,118	+5.0
Apr 2026	11,701,718	−4.4
Mar 2026	12,234,517	+32.1
Feb 2026	9,263,880	−14.2
Jan 2026	10,793,851	+0.7
Dec 2025	10,720,788	+27.3
Nov 2025	8,418,615	−23.2
Oct 2025	10,965,082	−6.3
Sep 2025	11,698,521	+7.9

Data source: SLPA, Monthly Economic Indicators - August 2026 (2 Oct 2026)

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About this series

Source SLPA, compiled by Macro Lab
Unit Metric tonnes
Date range Nov 2013 – Aug 2026
Last checked 2 Oct 2026

Checks: no discrepancies recorded. Compiled by SLPA, read from the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.

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Name in the warehouse: Port services: Cargo handling: total
Read from: CBSL Monthly Economic Indicators (Central Bank of Sri Lanka)
Source page: https://www.cbsl.gov.lk/en/statistics/economic-indicators/monthly-indicators
Notes: Read from the Port Services table of CBSL's Monthly Economic Indicators; the Sri Lanka Ports Authority compiles the figures. Each issue gives the latest month and the same month a year earlier; every reading is kept as a vintage. Recent issues cover the ports of Colombo, Galle, Trincomalee and Hambantota International Port (container handling: Colombo only); older ones exclude the smaller northern ports. The annual series LK.SOC.PORTS.*.A come from the Economic and Social Statistics, in thousand tonnes. The July 2025 issue prints cargo in thousand tonnes under the MT heading; those figures are converted to tonnes.

Source documents

Monthly Economic Indicators - August 2026CBSL · 2 Oct 2026 · 2 values Monthly Economic Indicators - July 2026CBSL · 31 Aug 2026 · 2 values Monthly Economic Indicators - June 2026CBSL · 31 Jul 2026 · 2 values Monthly Economic Indicators - May 2026CBSL · 30 Jun 2026 · 2 values Monthly Economic Indicators - April 2026CBSL · 30 Jun 2026 · 2 values Monthly Economic Indicators - March 2026CBSL · 30 Apr 2026 · 2 values Monthly Economic Indicators - February 2026CBSL · 31 Mar 2026 · 2 values Monthly Economic Indicators - January 2026CBSL · 9 Mar 2026 · 2 values

Vintages

93 vintages, the latest published 2 Oct 2026.

Jul 2025 10,697,000 → 10,696,77929 Aug 2025 → 31 Aug 2026
Apr 2025 9,705,492 → 10,307,49230 May 2025 → 30 Jun 2026
Feb 2025 8,649,382 → 9,673,38228 Mar 2025 → 31 Mar 2026
Jan 2025 10,223,178 → 10,226,17828 Feb 2025 → 9 Mar 2026
Nov 2024 9,229,752 → 9,229,83630 Dec 2024 → 30 Jan 2026
Jul 2024 8,987,136 → 9,206,00030 Aug 2024 → 29 Aug 2025
Jun 2024 9,586,085 → 9,868,71431 Jul 2024 → 31 Jul 2025
May 2024 9,169,513 → 9,295,60628 Jun 2024 → 30 Jun 2025

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