Malingana ndi deta yochokera ku Sri Lanka Bureau of Statistics, zovala za Sri Lanka ndi nsalu zogulitsa kunja zidzafika US $ 5.415 biliyoni mu 2021, kuwonjezeka kwa 22.93% panthawi yomweyi.Ngakhale kutumizidwa kunja kwa zovala kunakula ndi 25,7%, kutumizidwa kunja kwa nsalu zolukidwa kunawonjezeka ndi 99,84%, zomwe zimatumizidwa ku UK zidawonjezeka ndi 15,22%.

Mu Disembala 2021, ndalama zogulitsa kunja kwa zovala ndi nsalu zidakwera ndi 17.88% panthawi yomweyi mpaka US $ 531.05 miliyoni, pomwe zovala zinali 17.56% ndi nsalu zoluka 86.18%, zomwe zikuwonetsa kugulitsa kwakukulu.

Zogulitsa kunja kwa Sri Lanka zokwana $ 15.12 biliyoni mu 2021, pomwe zidziwitso zidatulutsidwa, nduna yazamalonda mdzikolo idayamika ogulitsa kunja chifukwa chakuthandizira kwawo pazachuma ngakhale akukumana ndi mavuto azachuma omwe anali asanakhalepo kale ndipo adawatsimikizira kuti adzawathandiza kwambiri mu 2022 kuti akwaniritse zomwe akufuna mabiliyoni 200. .

Pamsonkhano wazachuma ku Sri Lanka mu 2021, akatswiri ena azachuma adanenanso kuti cholinga chamakampani opanga zovala ku Sri Lanka ndikuwonjezera mtengo wake wotumizira ku US $ 8 biliyoni pofika 2025 powonjezera ndalama zogulira zinthu zakomweko., ndipo pafupifupi theka okha ndi amene ali oyenerera ku Generalized Preferential Tariff (GSP+), muyezo umene umakhudza ngati zovala zimachokera mokwanira kudziko lomwe limagwiritsidwa ntchito pazokonda.