SRI LANKA FREIGHT FORWARDERS ASSOCIATION 2018 STATISTICS SRI LANKA FREIGHT FORWARDERS ASSOCIATION Country Stats 2018 Full Year and Last Four Years Source : Sri Lankan Airlines & SLPA

Total Air Exports 2018 Full Year + Last 4 Years (In Tons)   2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Jan 9,619.15 9,782.15 10,601.33 14,028.34 Feb 9,144.79 9,866.98 10,870.11 13,801.10 Mar 11,315.28 12,260.25 12,555.19 16,244.86 Apr 10,046.28 10,729.69 10,989.35 14,901.63 May 10,539.37 11,110.20 11,259.31 14,472.57 Jun 10,559.76 10,573.24 11,478.27 13,375.31 Jul 11,351.46 11,552.15 11,780.23 14,094.70 Aug 10,757.08 10,875.09 11,778.75 14,868.58 Sep 10,301.01 10,617.86 11,483.48 13,845.34 Oct 10,788.33 10,960.85 12,267.37 14,457.10 Nov 10,789.41 10,582.44 11,931.32 14,011.27 Dec 11,059.33 10,915.23 11,958.06 13,894.25 TOTAL 126,271.23 129,826.12 138,952.77 138,952.78 171,995.03 2018 Full Year Performance 2018 Full year figure is the highest during past 5 years & compared to 2017, the increase is 6.09%. Significant improvement of air exports compared to recent history

Total Air Exports 2018 full year and last 4 years (In Tons) Quarterly   2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 1st Quarter 30,079.22 31,909.38 34,026.63 36,475.56 44,074.30 2nd Quarter 31,145.40 32,413.13 33,726.93 37,700.31 42,749.50 3rd Quarter 32,409.55 33,045.09 35,042.46 43,418.46 42,808.61 4th Quarter 32,637.07 32,458.51 36,156.75 44,520.37 42,362.61 TOTAL 126,271.24 129,826.11 138,952.77 162,114.70 171,995.02 2018 Full Year Performance The improvement of 2018 took place in Q1 and Q2 which then in fact reduced compared to 2017.

Total Air Imports 2018 Full Year and Last 4 Years (In Tons)   2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Jan 3,043.23 3,429.92 4,085.15 4,649.34 Feb 2,399.86 3,120.15 3,848.90 4,104.60 Mar 3,707.14 4,183.99 5,644.30 4,852.32 Apr 2,814.07 3,298.26 4,310.27 4,055.56 May 3,353.11 3,859.04 5,458.26 4,774.01 Jun 3,233.05 3,795.06 6,057.82 4,757.45 Jul 3,243.01 3,870.49 5,064.26 5,526.74 Aug 3,203.97 3,697.21 4,844.06 5,252.79 Sep 3,634.51 3,961.04 4,966.18 5,251.96 Oct 4,004.78 4,686.75 5,789.04 5,539.59 Nov 4,091.84 4,439.48 5,407.82 5,228.63 Dec 3,867.86 4,232.48 5,366.05 5,278.39 TOTAL 40,596.43 46,573.86 60,842.10 59,271.38 Full Year Performance 2018 Full Year figure is slightly lower than 2017 and the drop is -1.27%. Similar performance in 2018 and 2017

Total Air Imports 2018 full year and last 4 years (In Tons) Quarterly   2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 1st Quarter 9,150.23 10,734.07 13,578.36 14,665.93 13,606.26 2nd Quarter 9,400.23 10,952.36 15,826.35 13,993.52 13,587.01 3rd Quarter 10,081.49 11,528.73 14,874.50 15,324.50 16,031.50 4th Quarter 11,964.48 13,358.71 16,562.90 16,052.10 16,046.61 TOTAL 40,596.43 46,573.87 60,842.11 60,036.05 59,271.39 Full Year Performance Quarterly comparison is almost the same between 2017 and 2018

Total Air Transshipments in 2018 Full Year and Last 4 Years (In Tons) Quarterly   2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 1st Quarter 6,297.50 9,526.23 9,174.83 8,266.84 12,560.46 2nd Quarter 8,112.81 9,482.16 10,348.89 10,766.31 12,720.85 3rd Quarter 9,162.56 7,998.68 10,304.68 12,036.99 11,380.16 4th Quarter 9,216.15 8,870.78 10,011.97 13,320.18 10,815.24 TOTAL 32,789.02 35,877.85 39,840.37 44,390.31 47,476.71 2018 Full Year Performance 2018 Full Year figure is the highest during past 5 years & compared to 2017, the increase is 6.95%. The transshipments have a significant increase in Q1 and Q2, meaning the total export growth in 2018 was mainly due to transshipments

DISCHARGE (Tons) Excluding Transshipment Air Freight Throughput in 2018 Full Year and Last 4 Years (Exports, Imports & Transshipments) in Ton’s   UPLIFT (Tons) DISCHARGE (Tons) Excluding Transshipment TRANSSHIPMENT (Tons) TTL (Tons) 2014 126,271.24 40,596.43 32,789.02 199,656.69 2015 129,826.11 46,573.87 35,877.85 212,277.83 2016 138,952.77 60,842.11 39,840.37 239,635.25 2017 162,114.70 60,036.04 44,390.32 266,541.06 2018 171,995.03 59,271.38 47,476.71 278,743.12 2018 Full Year Performance The growth of through put in 2018 is mainly due to the increase in transshipments

Total Ocean Exports 2018 Full Year and Last 4 Years (In TEU’s) 2018 Full Year Performance Exports out of Sri Lanka is almost the same as 2017 with no significant growth

2018 Ocean Freight Exports in TEU’s – 2018 Full Year and Last 4 Years - Quarterly 2016   2017 2018 Loading Laden Empty 1st Quarter 71730 89135 73785 101930 76437 103482 2nd Quarter 67977 86115 70515 92253 70265 93287 3rd Quarter 74811 84152 77725 97959 80991 87271 4th Quarter 72522 101440 74002 105710 77500 85614 Total 287040 360842 296027 397852 305193 369654 2018 Full Year Performance 2018 full year Laden volume is 3.10% more than 2017 full year. Empty has reduced while laden is increased

Total Ocean Imports in 2018 Full Year and Last 4 Years (In TEU’s) 2018 Full Year Performance Laden discharge throughput is reduced in 2018 compared to 2017 numbers

2018 Ocean Freight Imports in TEU’s – 2018 Full Year and Last 4 Years Quarterly 2016   2017 2018 Discharging Laden Empty 1st Quarter 151329 11486 167929 9698 170160 9113 2nd Quarter 143257 8145 147825 8351 150753 8395 3rd Quarter 152054 10951 161755 12685 155745 11263 4th Quarter 166415 8331 172753 8176 153856 9617 Total 613055 38913 650262 38910 630514 38388 2018 Full Year Performance 2018 full year Laden volume is 3.04% behind than 2017 full year. This could be a sign of major reduction in imports specially in Q3 and Q4

2018 Ocean Freight Transshipments in TEU’s – 2018 Full Year and Last 4 Years Quarterly 2016   2017 2018 Transshipment Laden Empty 1st Quarter 467420 63632 501971 47596 577055 88620 2nd Quarter 470135 60702 516539 53162 601213 75165 3rd Quarter 505509 52986 542697 62981 633184 89294 4th Quarter 485869 69204 552856 89642 627073 105430 Total 1928933 246524 2114063 253381 2438525 358509 2018 Full Year Performance Laden transshipments have increased in 2018 drastically, could be due to organic growth of the neighboring region. It is an even growth throughout the year in each quarter