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 kuti kugulitsa kunja kwa zovala kunakwera 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 zovuta zachuma zomwe sizinachitikepo ndipo adawatsimikizira kuti azithandizira kwambiri mu 2022 kuti akwaniritse zomwe akufuna mabiliyoni 200. .

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