Sri Lanka’s year-end review 2025 highlights a turbulent year for its apparel-led export economy, dominated by prolonged tariff negotiations with the US and rising domestic pressures.
While successive duty cuts provided partial relief, uncertainty over market access squeezed margins and threatened employment.
Studies warned that tariff-driven cost pressures could put thousands of apparel jobs at risk.Sri Lanka’s year-end review 2025 highlights a turbulent year for its apparel-led export economy, dominated by prolonged tariff negotiations with the US and rising domestic pressures.
While successive duty cuts provided partial relief, uncertainty over market access squeezed margins and threatened employment.
Studies warned that tariff-driven cost pressures could put thousands of apparel jobs at risk.
