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KEY HIGHLIGHTS
- Sri Lanka’s economy recorded a 4.8% growth in Q1 2025, slightly lower than the 5.1% growth seen in Q1 2024.
- At the retail level, prices of most rice varieties declined, except for imported raw white and local raw red rice.
- Vegetable prices also fell, reflecting a similar downward trend in wholesale markets. In contrast, retail fruit prices increased, aligning with higher wholesale prices.
- Fish and egg prices showed a declining trend, while prices of dry fish and meat registered an increase.
- For the 2025 Yala season, paddy production is forecasted at 1.99 million metric tons, based on the sown extent as of end-May 2025—a 0.6% increase compared to the previous Yala season.