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Country and industry reports on market conditions, competition and change, beginning with Sri Lanka.
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17 reports-
Advertising services
Sri Lanka's Advertising Industry in 2026: Reach, Regulation and the Measurement Gap
A source-led review of advertising distribution, industry structure, sector controls and the 2027 privacy transition, without unsupported spend or share claims.
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Alcoholic beverages
Alcohol in Sri Lanka: Taxation, Public Health, Regulation and the Recorded Industry
An evidence-led review of alcohol use, harm, excise taxation, licensing and the recorded industry in Sri Lanka, separating facts from modelled estimates.
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Apparel manufacturing
Sri Lanka’s Apparel Export Sector: 2025 Baseline and 2026 Trade Risks
A source-led review of Sri Lanka's apparel exports, market concentration, trade access and operating priorities, with 2025 sector data and 2026 policy shifts.
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Building construction
Sri Lanka's Building Construction Sector in 2026: Recovery Is Clear, Market Size Is Not
Official construction output grew strongly into 2026, but Sri Lanka's statistics merge buildings with civil engineering and cannot support the legacy forecast.
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Cement
Sri Lanka's Cement Industry in 2026: Recovery, Supply Growth and the Clinker Data Gap
Official volumes show a sharp recovery in Sri Lanka's cement supply; utilisation, clinker imports, input costs and carbon data matter more than forecasts.
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Civil infrastructure construction
Sri Lanka's Infrastructure Sector in 2026: Recovery Is Real, Delivery Is the Constraint
Official data show strong construction growth, but procurement delays, under-executed public investment and skills shortages make funded delivery the measure.
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Dairy supply
Sri Lanka's Dairy Sector in 2026: Domestic Production, Import Dependence and the Limits of Self-Sufficiency
An evidence-led review of Sri Lanka's dairy sector from provisional 2025 production, livestock and trade data, keeping policy targets apart from outcomes.
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Fmcg
Sri Lanka's FMCG Sector in 2026: Measurable Recovery, but No Reliable Market-Size Shortcut
A source-led assessment of household consumption, manufacturing, prices, distribution and food regulation, omitting market values the data cannot support.
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Insurance services
Sri Lanka Insurance Market Audit
An audit of Sri Lanka’s insurance finances, regulation, customers and digital infrastructure, using Q2 2026 evidence with explicit limits on comparisons.
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Marketing media buying
Sri Lanka's Marketing and Media-Buying Industry in 2026: Digital Demand Is Rising, but Market Measurement Lags
An evidence-led review of Sri Lanka's expanding digital operating environment, the limits of advertising-market measurement and the regulatory calendar ahead.
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Renewable electricity generation
Sri Lanka's Renewable-Energy IPP Market: Grid, Procurement and Offtaker Risk
A source-led assessment of Sri Lanka's renewable generation, 2030 plan, restructured single-buyer market and the conditions private power projects must satisfy.
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Ride hailing
Sri Lanka's Ride-Hailing Economy: Platform Scale and Regulatory Gaps
An evidence-bounded assessment of Sri Lanka's ride-hailing economy using audited platform reporting, official mobility data and the data-protection timetable.
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Supermarket retail
Sri Lanka's Supermarket Retail Market in 2026: Store Growth, Footfall and Data Gaps
An evidence-led review of Sri Lanka's supermarket sector from official data and Cargills and John Keells disclosures, without an unsupported market forecast.
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Tea
Sri Lanka's Tea Export Industry: Value, Concentration and Risk
A source-led assessment of Sri Lanka's 2025 tea production and exports, the weaker first half of 2026, market concentration and the limits of the evidence.
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Telecommunications services
Sri Lanka Telecommunications Market Audit
Sri Lanka’s telecom traffic, customer choices, delivery networks and operator economics, with household participation and a monitored outlook.
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Television programming broadcasting distribution
Sri Lanka Television Market Audit
An evidence-led audit of Sri Lanka’s broadcasting and pay-TV markets, examining regulation, company disclosures and the digital terrestrial transition.
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Tobacco products
Tobacco in Sri Lanka: Use, Health Burden, Control, Taxation and Industry Structure
An evidence-led review of tobacco use and control in Sri Lanka, spanning survey evidence, health burden, taxation, regulation, illicit trade and industry.
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What an audit covers
The framework connects market definition, external conditions, customers, competition and critical success factors. Sources, data cut-offs and missing evidence accompany the conclusions.
Company assessments are separate works, admitted when the evidence supports them. Quarterly monitoring can lead to an update, a correction or a recorded review with no public change.
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