Coconut Development Authority — Colombo Fresh Coconut Auction: auction in Colombo
The Colombo Fresh Coconut Auction is a regular fresh-coconut sale conducted by Sri Lanka's Coconut Development Authority. Colombo, Sri Lanka.
AGR-387 · Auction · Colombo, Sri Lanka · LKR
The Colombo Fresh Coconut Auction is a regular fresh-coconut sale conducted by Sri Lanka's Coconut Development Authority. It handles raw-material consignments for participants in the coconut processing chain. The operator's notice sets a standard Wednesday sale at 10 am from May 2026. Confirm the calendar for an intended session before arranging participation.
For 28 October 2026, the table records 366,926 coconuts sold at an average of LKR 137,334.93 per 1,000 nuts. Quantity sold is separate from quantity offered. The quotation must not be relabelled as LKR per nut without conversion, nor compared directly with a retail price for a large coconut. The average describes the reported transactions rather than a standing offer for future supply.
The guidelines distinguish sellers, brokers and buyers and describe registration and sale contracts. Document templates identify the estate, consignment and picking details and specify whether the nuts are sold with or without husk. Interested businesses should establish the appropriate participation route with CDA before bidding. It is particularly important to separate the auction's administrative location from the physical place where coconuts will be released to the purchaser.
Buyers should describe their intended processing use, expected maturity, consistency and delivery size. Ask about picking date, the proportion of selected or fallen nuts and the basis for confirming quantity at collection. A processor needs the cost of material suitable for production, so a simple nut count may not be enough to compare two consignments. Establish responsibility for preparation and transport and identify the documents that confirm release. Quality and recovery differences can materially affect the economics of apparently similar prices.
Sellers can prepare estate and availability information, agree lot presentation and clarify how the auction result will be accepted. A practical enquiry should cover settlement, collection timing and the treatment of differences between declared and actual quantity. Overseas customers should first confirm whether their intended trading arrangement can be supported through this channel. The reported average is a useful reference, but a sound commercial decision requires the quality, quantity and delivery conditions of the actual consignment. Keeping the lot and picking references alongside the agreed price makes later collection and processing comparisons easier to interpret.
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Products and quotations
Fresh coconuts in estate lots; with or without husk as contracted
Sources
- Auction organisation and results table — cda.gov.lk
- Guidelines linked from the notice effective 1 May 2026 — cda.gov.lk
- CDA contacts — cda.gov.lk
All agricultural exchanges, markets and price sources
