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# Intelligence: Footwear Distribution in Sri Lanka

## Industry Context

- **Payment pressure:** Size and style proliferation (inventory risk); Seasonal collections and pre-orders

- **Operational control:** Pre-season FX hedging; Multi-currency supplier payments

## Country Context

- **Use case:** Pay Sri Lankan suppliers for tea, textiles, rubber, gems, spices

- **Settlement:** T+0 (2.3s avg within Unicorn network)

- **Banking:** **SWIFT + Account or CEFTS** (SWIFT/BIC or CEFTS branch code and account)

- **Regulatory:** Central Bank of Sri Lanka FX regulations; Sri Lanka Customs documentation

## Key Industries in Country

- Tea

- Textiles

- Rubber

- Gems & Jewelry

- Spices