Press & News (Page 19)

Sri Lanka will unveil one of the biggest initiatives in its international trade history when the Department of Commerce launches the World Bank supported Sri Lanka Trade Information Portal (SLTIP) on 20 July in Colombo.more

Sri Lanka has won the first ever revocation of countervailing duty imposed in US for a Lankan export, thanks to the continued pursuit of the Department of Commerce of Sri Lanka.more

The first Arab and African nation ever to establish diplomatic relations with Sri Lanka says that it has been one of the key markets for Ceylon Tea and now has 22 Bilateral Agreements with Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka, readily agreeing with the claim, says that the next Egypt –Sri Lankamore

In a major boost to Sri Lankan folk medicine tradition, Sri Lanka today announced that it is moving the centuries old system for protection under Geneva’s well-known “Traditional Knowledge” regime.more

Stepping in and mediating on time, the Sri Lanka has successfully turned around the issue of spoilt canned fish imports muddle following in-depth and multi-level talks with all the key stakeholders in Colombo on 10 July.more

Sri Lanka soft-launched an international support call for its export-led industrialisation initiative on 5 July.more

A one-time trial attorney from The Hague’s International Criminal Tribunal (ICC) has been appointed to the helm of Sri Lankan consumer affairs on 6 July.more

The century old Sri Lankan cooperative sector received the biggest boost in its history when HE the President invited it to sit in the future sessions of the National Economic Council (NEC) on 7 July. Many new relief measures for cooperatives were also announced–chief among them was exempting cooperatives frommore

The Sri Lankan consumers’ annual expenditure on cigarettes and tobacco is so high it surpasses the country’s annual bill on milk powder imports. This tobacco expenditure also exceeds another income-the annual export revenue from EU GSP Plus.more