Coconut Development Authority conducts Fresh Coconut Auction regularly with the objective of ensuring remunerative nut prices to all stakeholders.
Colombo Fresh Coconut Auction at 10 am every Thursday of the week. Auction is conducted by the officers of the CDA/ licensed Auctioneer. Information regarding coconut lots should be submitted to the CDA by Post/telephone/Fax or E-mail by the seller before 12.00 am of every Monday of the week and CDA issue catalogue relating to coconut lots on or before 4.15 Pm every Monday of the week.
Coconut parcels are auctioned by way of competitive bidding at the auction. Coconut lots are auctioned to the highest bid for which the supplier is satisfied.
Fresh Coconut Auction:
The auction is conducted at the Sirimadura Reception Hall at Kuliyapiitya at 10.00 am 2nd Tuesday of every month. Coconut lots should be submitted to the CDA by Post/telephone/fax or E-mail by estate owners
Latest Auction Prices (For Industry Use)
| Auction Details - 2024 | |||
| Date | Offered Quantity | Sold Quantity | (Average Price) Rs./1000 |
| 04/01/2024 | 789,094 | 704,931 | 70,067.49 |
| 11/01/2024 | 684,847 | 567,968 | 64,958.37 |
| 18/01/2024 | 381,424 | 174,947 | 66,198.81 |
| 26/01/2024 | 416,764 | 358,335 | 64,377.65 |
| 01/02/2024 | 448,746 | 448,746 | 68,634.37 |
| 08/02/2024 | 698,941 | 612,643 | 69,751.43 |
| 15/02/2024 | 390,327 | 305,259 | 64,751.88 |
| 22/02/2024 | 411,514 | 313,334 | 70,593.37 |
| 29/02/2024 | 411,631 | 325,591 | 73,962.70 |
| 07/03/2024 | 842,503 | 560,210 | 72,030.38 |
| 14/03/2024 | 688,563 | 551,976 | 68,678.51 |
| 21/03/2024 | 555,561 | 334,246 | 69,225.54 |
| 28/03/2024 | 645,891 | 364,798 | 70,405.94 |
| 04/04/2024 | 1,381,693 | 899,483 | 65,221.38 |
| 18/04/2024 | 1,136,414 | 516,490 | 64,094.03 |
| 25/04/2024 | 811,217 | 360,531 | 63,231.98 |
| 02/05/2024 | 873,957 | 559,639 | 62,948.59 |
| 09/05/2024 | 1,326,220 | 685,218 | 62,998.98 |
| 16/05/2024 | 876,993 | 698,103 | 64,345.69 |
| 22/05/2024 | 392,955 | 306,490 | 71,081.78 |
| 30/05/2024 | 316,756 | 248,939 | 75,784.05 |
| 06/06/2024 | 879,016 | 705,561 | 76,161.92 |
| 13/06/2024 | 844,787 | 732,443 | 77,314.47 |
| 20/06/2024 | 415,902 | 383,149 | 81,288.87 |
| 27/06/2024 | 337,179 | 324,726 | 83,443.94 |
| 04/07/2024 | 822,889 | 773,377 | 79,599.03 |
| 11/07/2024 | 522,673 | 493,874 | 82,616.42 |
| 18/07/2024 | 397,773 | 352,055 | 84,592.29 |
| 25/07/2024 | 368,561 | 334,098 | 85,516.69 |
| 01/08/2024 | 573,866 | 550,139 | 85,087.78 |
| 08/08/2024 | 693,476 | 606,942 | 88,342.82 |
| 15/08/2024 | 650,327 | 598,075 | 92,913.04 |
| 22/08/2024 | 294,880 | 275,916 | 94,275.85 |
| 29/08/2024 | 573,180 | 544,216 | 92,107.47 |
| 05/09/2024 | 690,523 | 642,273 | 87,695.45 |
| 12/09/2024 | 545,013 | 439,891 | 86,832.66 |
| 26/09/2024 | 620,006 | 566,235 | 90,149.22 |
| 03/10/2024 | 637,099 | 609,529 | 93,865.10 |
| 10/10/2024 | 568,859 | 532,346 | 101,177.51 |
| 24/10/2024 | 413,429 | 307,435 | 105,000.00 |
| Next Auction on ------ 01/11/2024 | |||
| Auction Details - 2023 | |||
| Date | Offered Quantity | Sold Quantity | (Average Price) Rs./1000 |
| 05/01/2023 | 800,438 | 655,086 | 82,452.09 |
| 12/01/2023 | 415,059 | 317,407 | 79,037.36 |
| 19/01/2023 | 538,269 | 422,970 | 84,116.85 |
| 26/01/2023 | 469,564 | 300,983 | 80,811.89 |
| 02/02/2023 | 593,513 | 370,006 | 75,396.69 |
| 09/02/2023 | 778,515 | 694,723 | 73,480.97 |
| 16/02/2023 | 339,874 | 298,128 | 80,736.72 |
| 23/02/2023 | 399,797 | 358,567 | 85,014.15 |
| 02/03/2023 | 711,308 | 579,801 | 84,355.08 |
| 09/03/2023 | 876,948 | 658,494 | 82,151.06 |
| 16/03/2023 | 574,807 | 416,815 | 82,260.58 |
| 23/03/2023 | 900,010 | 583,291 | 83,219..45 |
| 30/03/2023 | 1,122,984 | 780,932 | 78,225.84 |
| 06/04/2023 | 1,394,310 | 1,005,534 | 73,367.88 |
| 20/04/2023 | 969,816 | 770,670 | 72,796.05 |
| 27/04/2023 | 642,215 | 575,824 | 69,687.49 |
| 04/05/2023 | 1,286,099 | 969,609 | 64,375.81 |
| 11/05/2023 | 828,387 | 475,826 | 64,440.15 |
| 18.05/2023 | 936,758 | 690,112 | 66,301.51 |
| 25/05/2023 | 678,770 | 512,848 | 69,699.63 |
| 01/06/2023 | 850,576 | 718,923 | 72,846.66 |
| 08/06/2023 | 1,253,413 | 895,732 | 66,691.43 |
| 15/06/2023 | 976,552 | 506,757 | 66,547.12 |
| 22/06/2023 | 1,235,876 | 743,026 | 62,962.08 |
| 30/06/2023 | 1,137,875 | 843,161 | 61,254.54 |
| 06/07/2023 | 1,687,359 | 1,178,252 | 59,203.74 |
| 13/07/2023 | 930,510 | 733,091 | 62,570.02 |
| 20/07/2023 | 840,484 | 766,973 | 67,163.12 |
| 27/07/2023 | 827,180 | 774,031 | 68,568.39 |
| 03/08/2023 | 1,013,820 | 819,023 | 63,749.69 |
| 10/08/2023 | 1,244,859 | 1,039,957 | 62,531.91 |
| 17/08/2023 | 803,990 | 580,709 | 61,455.23 |
| 24/08/2023 | 690,347 | 459,085 | 61,022.09 |
| 31/08/2023 | 939,032 | 608,053 | 58,906.84 |
| 07/09/2023 | 1,297,915 | 800,261 | 59,320.62 |
| 14/09/2023 | 862,989 | 742,070 | 60,985.19 |
| 21/09/2023 | 567,258 | 360,087 | 64,231.01 |
| 27/09/2023 | 653,975 | 538,078 | 63,790.00 |
| 05/10/2023 | 871,159 | 624,610 | 62,237.70 |
| 12/10/2023 | 622,297 | 459,294 | 67,125.90 |
| 19/10/2023 | 469,293 | 320,715 | 70,057.32 |
| 26/10/2023 | 477,592 | 334,003 | 70,778.82 |
| 02/11/2023 | 527,394 | 456,564 | 74,208.41 |
| 09/11/2023 | 594,106 | 462,975 | 77,201.41 |
| 16/11/2023 | 404,267 | 361,584 | 78,136.83 |
| 23/11/2023 | 285,835 | 248,132 | 82,860.90 |
| 30/11/2023 | 522,497 | 377,216 | 77,735.04 |
| 07/12/2023 | 669,787 | 485,688 | 67,956.43 |
| 14/12/2023 | 564,767 | 522,478 | 67,966.95 |
| 21/12/2023 | 478,896 | 341,240 | 75,879.04 |
| TOTAL / AVG | 39,459,341 | 29,539,384 | 70,890.79 |
| Next Auction on ------04/01/2024 | |||
| Auction Details - 2022 | |||
| Date | Offered Quantity | Sold Quantity | (Average Price) Rs./1000 |
| 06/01/2022 | 1,605,263 | 1,265,763 | 64,657.36 |
| 13/01/2022 | 1,227,591 | 729,195 | 61,037.07 |
| 20/01/2022 | 581,403 | 406,219 | 61,059.08 |
| 27/01/2022 | 672,920 | 514,049 | 58,633.70 |
| 03/02/2022 | 1,301,135 | 570,242 | 54,064.03 |
| 10/02/2022 | 1,188,230 | 418,761 | 54,800.66 |
| 17/02/2022 | 1,342,126 | 1,042,095 | 56,505.24 |
| 24/02/2022 | 945,625 | 748,610 | 60,221.00 |
| 03/03/2022 | 1,208,421 | 971,995 | 58,016.69 |
| 10/03/2022 | 1,190,753 | 878,571 | 61,359.91 |
| 18/03/2022 | 994,053 | 857,404 | 64,862.99 |
| 24/03/2022 | 939,161 | 770,095 | 64,702.83 |
| 31/03/2022 | 1,321,322 | 658,591 | 58,208.46 |
| 07/04/2022 | 1,900,121 | 1,115,130 | 55,761.67 |
| 21/04/2022 | 1,987,660 | 1,104,428 | 56,204.52 |
| 28/04/2022 | 1,718,467 | 1,074,206 | 60,212.90 |
| 05/05/2022 | 2,007,802 | 1,189,089 | 57,253.81 |
| 13/05/2022 | 1,635,265 | 879,233 | 56,097.06 |
| 19/05/2022 | 1,270,865 | 585,122 | 53,577.13 |
| 26/05/2022 | 1,415,359 | 745,649 | 52,694.11 |
| 02/06/2022 | 1,578,534 | 826,551 | 53,371.50 |
| 09/06/2022 | 2,031,571 | 1,143,568 | 52,415.45 |
| 16/06/2022 | 1,581,054 | 776,952 | 45,241.65 |
| 23/06/2022 | 1,393,222 | 965,322 | 46,459.00 |
| 30/06/2022 | AUCTION | P O ST P O N E D | |
| 07/07/2022 | 2,747,989 | 1,839,344 | 46,258.27 |
| 14/07/2022 | 1,225,557 | 802,895 | 47,928.69 |
| 21/07/2022 | 1,030,227 | 940,385 | 59,769.87 |
| 28/07/2022 | 1,158,029 | 910,006 | 64,115.55 |
| 04/08/2022 | 1,399,382 | 1,210,118 | 62,329.53 |
| 12/08/2022 | 1,019,395 | 576,906 | 64,618.23 |
| 18/08/2022 | 1,061,961 | 589,239 | 65,311.04 |
| 25/08/2022 | 1,792,391 | 1,452,954 | 64,192.23 |
| 01/09/2022 | 1,163.225 | 843,597 | 63,361.60 |
| 08/09/2022 | 1,309,247 | 959,249 | 61,308.49 |
| 15/09/2022 | 822,908 | 455,570 | 58,355.51 |
| 22/09/2022 | 1,020,438 | 813,551 | 57,396.19 |
| 29/09/2022 | 1,018,186 | 706,009 | 58,516.87 |
| 06/10/2022 | 1,381,134 | 970,638 | 59,180.08 |
| 13/10/2022 | 1,125,036 | 825,176 | 59,236.26 |
| 20/10/2022 | 687,621 | 639,610 | 62,037.99 |
| 27/10/2022 | 580,619 | 480,225 | 65,388.00 |
| 03/11/2022 | 700,664 | 555,095 | 64,122.02 |
| 10/11/2022 | 795,369 | 653,587 | 63,659.82 |
| 17/11/2022 | 462,236 | 397,953 | 64,154.05 |
| 24/11/2022 | 502,417 | 362,167 | 66,247.20 |
| 01/12/2022 | 613,859 | 538,449 | 69,975.88 |
| 08/12/2022 | 722,163 | 547,365 | 76,438.65 |
| 15/12/2022 | 440,460 | 391,427 | 77,786.14 |
| 22/12/2022 | 486,798 | 466,375 | 81,304.22 |
| Next Auction on ------05/01/2023 | |||
| Auction Details - 2021 | |||
| Date | Offered Quantity | Sold Quantity | (Average Price) Rs./1000 |
| 13/05/2021 | 1,273,900 | 914,791 | 62,839.99 |
| 20/05/2021 | 873,107 | 352,272 | 62,970.41 |
| 28/05/2021 | 800,823 | 452,318 | 63,170.01 |
| 03/06/2021 | 975,623 | 752,576 | 62,635.81 |
| 10/06/2021 | 1,239,094 | 649,372 | 60,375.12 |
| 17/06/2021 | 1,105,300 | 677,997 | 55,224.12 |
| 25/06/2021 | 1,086,587 | 568,878 | 52,911.94 |
| 01/07/2021 | 1,148,994 | 798,919 | 51,421.14 |
| 08/07/2021 | 1,678,198 | 1,153,197 | 54,061.25 |
| 15/07/2021 | 1,055,068 | 877,354 | 60,207.17 |
| 22/07/2021 | 842,603 | 722,054 | 60,462.68 |
| 29/07/2021 | 685,681 | 476,712 | 55,984.99 |
| 05/08/2021 | 1,652,242 | 1,104,876 | 52,728.00 |
| 12/08/2021 | 1,468,729 | 850,665 | 51,440.06 |
| 19/08/2021 | 1,261,862 | 732,181 | 51,101.06 |
| 26/08/2021 | 963,778 | 716,339 | 52,024.84 |
| 03/09/2021 | 1,435,432 | 1,120,510 | 53,778.14 |
| 09/09/2021 | 1,620,591 | 1,133,408 | 54,140.43 |
| 16/09/2021 | 1,059,460 | 648,578 | 53,028.20 |
| 23/09/2021 | 1,076,793 | 622,614 | 50,897.44 |
| 30/09/2021 | 1,062,646 | 525,769 | 50,194.20 |
| 07/10/2021 | 1,558,399 | 930,358 | 48,879.86 |
| 14/10/2021 | 988,614 | 619,523 | 48,433.07 |
| 21/10/2021 | 948,948 | 704,601 | 55,360.99 |
| 28/10/2021 | 656,132 | 620,442 | 57,774.67 |
| 05/11/2021 | 988,417 | 485,530 | 61,635.67 |
| 11/11/2021 | 1,133,556 | 1,024,086 | 61,829.90 |
| 19/11/2021 | 459,072 | 357,202 | 61,675.56 |
| 25/11/2021 | 515,090 | 356,186 | 58,898.23 |
| 02/12/2021 | 700,161 | 603,471 | 53,975.69 |
| 09/12/2021 | 962,055 | 738,174 | 56,136.43 |
| 16/12/2021 | 807,665 | 653,454 | 58,610.68 |
| 23/12/2021 | 700,121 | 577,322 | 59,545.40 |
| Next Auction on ------06/01/2022 | |||
| Fresh Coconut Auction - Colombo (05/09/2024) (Rs. / 1000 Nuts) | |
| Average Price (without husk) |
86,832.66 |
| Next Auction on ---19/09/2024 | |