The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a tropical island nation off the southeast coast of the Indian subcontinent. Sri Lanka is about half the size of Alabama. Most of the land is flat and rolling; mountains in the south-central region rise to over 8,000 ft (2,438 m).The capital of the country is Sri Jayawardanapura while the largest city is Colombo.
It was known as Ceylon before 1972, and Serendib, among other names, before that. It was South Asia's oldest democracy.
Area under Coconut (Ha)-394,836
Total Nut Production (Mn. Nuts) 2,870.00
House hold Fresh Nut Consumption - 1,829.76
Used by Industry - 1,040.24
Consumed locally - 274.54
Exported - 765.70
Coconut Products (Rs. Mn) - 72,879.93
As % of total exports - 5.02.
| 1 | Eastern Europe | 68 |
| 2 | Europe | 2001 |
| 3 | Middle East | 81 |
| 4 | Asia | 253 |
| 5 | American continent | 3457 |
| 6 | Africa | 25 |
| 7 | Oceanic | 1390 |
| 8 | others | 8 |
| Total | 7278 |
| 1 | U.S.A | 3183 |
| 2 | Australia | 1295 |
| 3 | Germany | 760 |
| 4 | Netherland | 524 |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 459 |
*Above mentioned all values are in Metric tons