SRI LANKA LOGISTICS & FREIGHT FORWARDERS ASSOCIATION 2019 Statistics SRI LANKA LOGISTICS & FREIGHT FORWARDERS ASSOCIATION Country Statistics 2019 – First Quarter and Second Quarter Source : Sri Lankan Airlines & SLPA

Total Air Exports (In Tons) Quarterly   2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 1st Quarter 31,909.38 34,026.63 36,475.56 44,074.30 43,496.02 2nd Quarter 32,413.13 33,726.93 37,700.31 42,749.50 38,108.60 3rd Quarter 33,045.09 35,042.46 43,418.46 42,808.61 4th Quarter 32,458.51 36,156.75 44,520.37 42,362.61 TOTAL 129,826.11 138,952.77 162,114.70 171,995.02 81,604.62 Slight drop of volumes in both Q1 and Q2 compared to the previous years’ trend. 2nd quarter drop is higher than that of Q1 which is not a positive movement, could be partially due the domestic disturbances in April/May period and the seair volumes were not as active as in 2018.

Total Air Exports (In Tons)   2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Jan 9,782.15 10,601.33 14,028.34 13,785.71 Feb 9,866.98 10,870.11 13,801.10 13,417.90 Mar 12,260.25 12,555.19 16,244.86 16,292.42 Apr 10,729.69 10,989.35 14,901.63 12,808.03 May 11,110.20 11,259.31 14,472.57 12,822.10 Jun 10,573.24 11,478.27 13,375.31 12,478.47 Jul 11,552.15 11,780.23 14,094.70 Aug 10,875.09 11,778.75 14,868.58 Sep 10,617.86 11,483.48 13,845.34 Oct 10,960.85 12,267.37 14,457.10 Nov 10,582.44 11,931.32 14,011.27 Dec 10,915.23 11,958.06 13,894.25 TOTAL 129,826.12 138,952.77 138,952.78 171,995.03 81,604.62 Slight decline of month on month volumes in 2019, this could affect the overall volume performance in 2019

Total Air Imports (In Tons) Quarterly   2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 1st Quarter 10,734.07 13,578.36 14,665.93 13,606.26 13,442.18 2nd Quarter 10,952.36 15,826.35 13,993.52 13,587.01 12,126.14 3rd Quarter 11,528.73 14,874.50 15,324.50 16,031.50 4th Quarter 13,358.71 16,562.90 16,052.10 16,046.61 TOTAL 46,573.87 60,842.11 60,036.05 59,271.39 25,568.32 Imports too follow a similar declining trend compared to history and the trend Need some significant improvements in 2019 Q3 and Q4 to meet the previous year volumes

Total Air Imports (In Tons)   2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Jan 3,429.92 4,085.15 4,649.34 4,590.66 Feb 3,120.15 3,848.90 4,104.60 3,530.99 Mar 4,183.99 5,644.30 4,852.32 5,320.53 Apr 3,298.26 4,310.27 4,055.56 3,733.33 May 3,859.04 5,458.26 4,774.01 4,242.23 Jun 3,795.06 6,057.82 4,757.45 4,150.59 Jul 3,870.49 5,064.26 5,526.74 Aug 3,697.21 4,844.06 5,252.79 Sep 3,961.04 4,966.18 5,251.96 Oct 4,686.75 5,789.04 5,539.59 Nov 4,439.48 5,407.82 5,228.63 Dec 4,232.48 5,366.05 5,278.39 TOTAL 46,573.86 60,842.10 59,271.38 25,568.32 Feb, Apr and May volumes see a significant drop. While Apr and May volumes can be justified, Mar drop is unassuming.

Total Air Transshipments (In Tons) Quarterly   2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 1st Quarter 9,526.23 9,174.83 8,266.84 12,560.46 10,890.86 2nd Quarter 9,482.16 10,348.89 10,766.31 12,720.85 10,366.65 3rd Quarter 7,998.68 10,304.68 12,036.99 11,380.16 4th Quarter 8,870.78 10,011.97 13,320.18 10,815.24 TOTAL 35,877.85 39,840.37 44,390.31 47,476.71 21,257.51 Transshipments see a dip of volumes compared to 2018. Both Q1 and Q2 are under performed. However compared with last 4 years, the volumes are relatively even except for 2018 which sees a significant increase that magnifies the under performance in 2019

Air Freight throughput (Exports, Imports & Transshipments) in Ton’s   UPLIFT (Tons) DISCHARGE (Tons) Excluding Transshipment TRANSSHIPMENT (Tons) TTL (Tons) 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 2019* 2nd Qtr 81,604.62 25,568.32 21,257.52 128,430.46 Transshipments see a dip of volumes compared to 2018. Both Q1 and Q2 are under performed. However compared with last 4 years, the volumes are relatively even except for 2018 which sees a significant increase that magnifies the under performance in 2019

2019 Ocean Freight Exports in TEU’s Quarterly 2017 2018 2019   Loading Laden Empty 1st Quarter 73785 101930 76437 103482 80896 75381 2nd Quarter 70515 92253 70265 93287 77125 82566 3rd Quarter 77725 97959 80991 87271 4th Quarter 74002 105710 77500 85614 Total 296027 397852 305193 369654 158021 157947 Laden performance is favorable, whereas empties are quite a low in number compared to same period 2018

Total Ocean Exports (In TEU’s)

2019 Ocean Freight Imports in TEU’s Quarterly 2017   2018 2019 Discharging Laden Empty 1st Quarter 167929 9698 170160 9113 142723 15754 2nd Quarter 147825 8351 150753 8395 141240 10172 3rd Quarter 161755 12685 155745 11263 4th Quarter 172753 8176 153856 9617 Total 650262 38910 630514 38388 283963 25926 Increase of empties, but decline of laden containers compared to same period in 2018.

Total Ocean Imports (In TEU’s)

2019 Ocean Freight Transshipments in TEU’s Quarterly 2017 2018 2019   Transshipment Laden Empty 1st Quarter 501971 47596 577055 88620 636023 78940 2nd Quarter 516539 53162 601213 75165 644366 79225 3rd Quarter 542697 62981 633184 89294 4th Quarter 552856 89642 627073 105430 Total 2114063 253381 2438525 358509 1280389 158165 Laden transshipments were increased quite a lot and empties too except for Q1. Overall favorable performance of transshipments