Sri Lanka, March 30 -- Apparel export earnings for the two months amounted to US$ 939 million and the main export markets were USA, UK, Italy, German and Belgium

Sri Lanka's merchandise export earnings for the months of January and February was US$ 1.93 billion, a 3.6 percent decline from the same period last year, according to an Export Development Board (EDB) statement released to the media yesterday.

EDB Chairman Prabhash Subasinghe said the decline in exports in the first two months of the year was due to the prevailing global economic slowdown, and the country can expect export earnings to come down further in the coming months.

Apparel export earnings for the two months amounted to US$ 939 million and the main export markets were...