1. 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

2. 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.

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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.

6. 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 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

7. 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 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

8. 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

9. Total Ocean Exports (In TEU’s)

10. 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.

11. Total Ocean Imports (In TEU’s)

12. 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
253381
358509
158165
Laden transshipments were increased quite a lot and empties too except for Q1. Overall favorable performance of transshipments