Coconut and Coconut based Products

Coconut, the tree of abundance, drives a global industry in Sri Lanka, where delicious and rejuvenating food and beverages, sustainable horticulture products, and industrial raw materials born from the lush groves that scatter the island

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Coconut & Coconut based Products

With a culture that entwines with the coconut tree and a climate that ensures an around the year harvesting, Sri Lanka is the fourth-largest exporters of coconut products to the world. Among the most popular Sri Lankan coconut exports to the global market are desiccated coconut, virgin coconut oil and coconut water, while the country’s bristle fibre products manufactured through indigenous ‘Drum’ extraction method and activated carbon made with coconut shells are also in high demand.

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Industry Facts

$856.79 million

in Export Revenue in 2024
3119 million nuts

target yield per year
443,528 hectares

of land (2020)

Major Coconut & Coconut-based Products Exporters

HAYCARB PLC

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JACOBI CARBONS LANKA PVT LTD

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HAYCARB PLC

Haycarb PLC is a world’s leading manufacturer and marketer of coconut shell activated carbon. Accounting for over 16% of the global market share, the company has an annual capacity of over 42,000 metric tons of activated carbon. Haycarb manufactures a complete range of standard, washed and impregnated granular activated carbon, powder activated carbon and extruded pellet activated carbon for a full spectrum of applications in Water Treatment, Air Treatment, Gold Recovery, Food and Beverage Industry, Energy Storage and Specialty Applications.

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JACOBI CARBONS LANKA PVT LTD

Jacobi Carbons Lanka (Pvt) Ltd is a one of best exporter in Sri Lankan expoters' Industry.

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NESTLE LANKA LTD

A Swiss Company in the food and beverage, nutrition and wellness business. We are the world's leading nutrition, health and wellness company. Our mission of "Good Food, Good Life" is to provide consumers with the best tasting, most nutritious choices in a wide range of food and beverage categories and eating occasions, from morning to night. We operate on the principle of 'Creating Shared Value', which is a fundamental part of Nestlé's way of doing business that focuses on specific areas of the Company's core business activities ? namely water, nutrition and rural development ? where value can be created both for society and shareholders. The Nestlé Corporate Business Principles are at the basis of our company's culture, developed over 140 years, which reflects the ideas of fairness, honesty and long-term thinking.

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SILVERMILL NATURAL BEVERAGES PVT LTD

In 1913 young Anthony Silva arrived in Giriulla, and little did he know that he will start one of the oldest coconut companies in the world. As a young entrepreneur, he started his first venture, a shop in Giriulla town with the Rs.2000 loaned by his Uncle. As luck would have it, the same year a great flood hit Giriulla town and destroyed most of the shops including his own. However, being the resilient individual he was, he used the remaining Rs. 750 he had, to start a trading business. By 1916, he divested from trading and started a fibre factory in Giriulla. In 1918 his entrepreneurial venture paid off, and he purchased the 150 acre “Babara Watte” which would later become the family estate. Once again, seeing a good business opportunity to produce DC, Oil and Copra he started a new venture by the name of Giriulla Mills, thus starting the legacy which would become Silvermill Group over the years.

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SANMIK FOOD PVT LTD

Established in 2007, Sanmik is proudly Australian owned and possesses a wealth of experience in supplying a broad and diverse range of premium quality organic and natural food products to global customers within the food industry.

Sanmik owns and operates its own organic certified, GMO-free farms in Sri Lanka, the company’s coconut plantation accounting for a large percentage of the agricultural output. All of Sanmik’s farms adhere to stringent agricultural standards to ensure that all produce is of the highest quality and fit for both global and local markets.

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NDC EXPORTS PVT LTD

NDC Exports (pvt) Ltd is a leading manufacturer and exporter and established as a recognized company in Sri Lanka.Being positioned in the coconut triangle, offer us more competitive advantages to our products.

In 1999, our facility started as a small scale industry, and as of today we are capable of providing foreign exchange to our economy by exporting to over 25 countries worldwide. Our company is located in 5 acres, with over 200 people involved in its operation and 25 staff members. They are highly skilled, trained and motivated personals always assuring the quality, consistency and in time delivery of the products you order. And also by today the company placed with 2 factories.

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CBL GLOBAL FOODS LTD

CBL Global Foods Limited is a fully integrated company home to an advanced UHT aseptic filling plant comprising a sophisticated steam infusion and downstream homogenisation process. The in-house laboratory constantly conducts R&D of customised coconut mil

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KANDETIYA AGRO PRODUCTS PVT LTD

KAP is one of the most technologically advanced, organic coconut-based product manufacturers in Sri Lanka, exporting over 30,000 metric tonnes of produce annually to markets across continents. Hailing from a proud legacy that spans 6 decades, KAP is committed to sustainable manufacturing systems and processes with a wide portfolio of products that comprise of high-quality UHT coconut milk, coconut water, desiccated coconut, and charcoal from 3 factories while supplying coconut to over 100 local and international clienteles.

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SENA MILLS REFINERIES EXPORTS PVT LTD

Sena Mills Refineries (Pvt) Ltd is a premier Sri Lankan edible oil refinery with both local and international operations. For over four decades we have been a major player in the edible oils and fats industry of Sri Lanka. Sena Mills entered the Sri Lankan edible oil industry in the late 1960’s as coconut oil mill under the leadership of Mr. Baduge Karunasena. The company achieved a steady growth over the decades from the point of inception. By the 1980’s Sena Mills was one of the largest coconut oil mills operating in the country and became a reputed producer and exporter of coconut oil and related products. The company reached a key milestone in 1999 with the establishment of Sena Mills Refineries (Pvt) Ltd, under the new leadership of Mr. Thishan Karunasena. Sena Mills Refineries (Pvt) Ltd is the first continuous edible oil refinery established in Sri Lanka. Starting with the refining of coconut oil, the company gradually expanded to conduct processes such as refining, fractionation, esterification and inter-esterification of palm oil and manufacturing of oil and fat based constituents of bakery products and soap blends, focusing mainly on wholesale operations.

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Trade Fairs & Exhibitions

Visit Sri Lanka Country Pavilion at BioFach 2025

The World’s Leading Fair for Organic Food will be held from February 11^th to 14^th, 2025 at Nuremberg Germany. Sri Lanka Export Development Board is organizing a country pavilion at ‘BioFach 2025’ International food fair with the presence of Sri Lankan export companies

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Visit Sri Lanka Country Pavilions at Gulfood 2025

The EDB will be organizing Sri Lanka’s participation at GULFOOD 2025 Exhibition scheduled to be held from 17^th - 21^st February 2025 at the World Trade Centre, Dubai, UAE. GULFOOD is one of the largest Food & Beverage Exhibitions in the world which connects around 5,000 exhibitors and more than 100,000 visitors from over 125 countries.

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Sri Lanka Country Pavilion at International Food & Drink (IFE) 2025

The Sri Lanka Export Development Board is organizing Sri Lanka Pavillion at the International Food & Drink Event to be held from 17^th to 19^th March 2025 in London, U.K.

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EXPO Japan 2025

EXPO Japan 2025, officially known as the World Expo 2025, will be held in Osaka, Japan, from April 13 to October 13, 2025.

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Sri Lanka Country Pavilion at SIAL Canada 2025

Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB) in collaboration with Sri Lanka Consulate General in Toronto is organizing a Sri Lanka Pavilion at SIAL Canada 2025 Exhibition from 15^th to 17^th May 2025 in Toronto, Canada

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Natural & Organic Products Expo (NOPEX)

The Natural & Organic Products Expo (NOPEX) is one of the leading trade shows focused on the natural, organic, and sustainable industries.

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Sri Lanka Country Pavilion at Thaifex - Anuga Asia - 2025

EDB is organizing a Sri Lanka Country Pavilion at the “THAIFEX – Anuga Asia -2025”, international food fair to be held in Bangkok, Thailand from 27^th May to 31^st May, 2025

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Seoul Food & Hotel Show 2025

EDB is organizing the Sri Lanka country pavilion at “Seoul Food & Hotel Show 2025”, to be held from 10^th June to 13^th June, 2023 in Seoul, South Korea.

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Hotel Asia 2025

19^th Edition of the Hotel Asia International Culinary Challenge 2025 the biggest and most renowned hospitality event in the Maldives.

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FOODEX SAUDI 2025

Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB) in collaboration with the Sri Lanka Embassy in Saudi Arabia proposes to organize a Sri Lanka Pavilion at Foodex Saudi 2025.

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Coconut Export Performance

Coconut is one of the major plantation crops in Sri Lanka which accounts for approximately 12% of all agricultural produce in Sri Lanka. Total land area under cultivation is 395,000 hectares and about 2,500 million nuts are produced per year.

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Amazing health benefits of coconut oil

Coconut (Cocos nucifera), is highly valued and spoken of with great respect by people not because as a source of food and medicine but for its cultural significance, economic importance and many uses. It is named as “The Tree of Life”, "Kapruka", in Sri Lanka and "Kalparuksha" in Sanskrit. It is a part of the peoples’ diet and livelihood of many peoples in the tropical countries in Asia and the Pacific for over a period of thousand years.

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