Malinga ndi deta yochokera ku Sri Lanka Bureau of Statistics, kutumiza zovala ndi nsalu ku Sri Lanka kudzafika ku US$5.415 biliyoni mu 2021, kuwonjezeka kwa 22.93% munthawi yomweyi. Ngakhale kutumiza zovala kunja kunakwera ndi 25.7%, kutumiza nsalu zolukidwa kunja kunakwera ndi 99.84%, pomwe kutumiza ku UK kunakwera ndi 15.22%.

Mu Disembala 2021, ndalama zomwe zimatuluka kuchokera kunja kwa zovala ndi nsalu zinawonjezeka ndi 17.88% panthawi yomweyi kufika pa US$531.05 miliyoni, zomwe zovala zinali 17.56% ndipo nsalu zolukidwa zinali 86.18%, zomwe zikusonyeza kuti zinthu zinatumizidwa kunja zinali zabwino kwambiri.

Ndalama zomwe Sri Lanka yatumiza kunja zinali zokwana US$15.12 biliyoni mu 2021, pomwe detayo idatulutsidwa, nduna ya zamalonda ya dzikolo idayamika ogulitsa kunja chifukwa cha zomwe achita pa chuma ngakhale kuti akukumana ndi mavuto azachuma omwe sanachitikepo ndipo idawatsimikizira kuti adzawathandiza kwambiri mu 2022 kuti akwaniritse cholinga cha madola 200 biliyoni.

Pa Msonkhano Wachuma ku Sri Lanka mu 2021, anthu ena odziwa bwino ntchito zamakampani anati cholinga cha makampani opanga zovala ku Sri Lanka ndikuwonjezera mtengo wake wotumizira kunja kufika pa US$8 biliyoni pofika chaka cha 2025 powonjezera ndalama zomwe zimayikidwa mu unyolo wogulitsa katundu wakomweko, ndipo pafupifupi theka lokha ndi omwe ali oyenerera kulandira Generalized Preferential Tariff (GSP+), muyezo womwe umakhudza ngati zovala zimachokera kudziko lomwe limagwira ntchito pa zovalazo.