Press & News (Page 65)

Next JITF announced in Colombo ‘North led provinces with 26% GDP rise’-Rishad The strong flow of forex to Sri Lanka’s Northern Province is a ready source of investment for this high growth province-so much so it constitutes of a private ODI of its own. “The population of the Northern Provincemore

Indo-Lanka trade at $3.63 Bn ‘Lanka rubber exports up by 4% to $887 Mn’-Rishad PLAST & RUBEXPO ‘14 now at BMICH ‘Discussions on for next level of trade’-(HE) Sinha When it comes to global trade parities of world’s tenth largest economy, the most balanced trade it conducts is with Srimore

‘Historic trade talks start 21 August in ‘Nam’-Rishad ‘Been expecting this for a long time!’–Ambassador Thanh SL-Vietnam trade surge by huge 88% YoY! YoY exports up by 107%! As YoY bilateral trade jumped by a huge 88%, possibility of a first ever official trade agreement with one of the mostmore

‘Good-Important development!-Exporters ‘MRA can help boost FTA biz’-Rishad ‘Agreed!’–Deputy Indian HC Bagchi Trade under ISFTA jumps by 40%! Indo-Lanka overall bilateral trade at $3.63 Bn As bilateral free trade leaped by a huge 40%, Sri Lanka’s biggest supplier in the world nodded in agreement on 07 August that a widermore

Lanka’s top apparel trainer SLITA expands to regions $20000 from KOICA for first regional apparel training 2014 1H Apparel revenue up by 20.4% to $2.4B As apparel revenues topped $2.4 Bn in ’14 1H, in a new development, Korea has extended its support to enhance industry capacity in North-and Srimore

‘Good run!’-Rishad 181 Lankan firms in Delegation’-EDB’s Egodage Pulls strong crowds at 22nd Kunming fair in Yunnan Loads of visitors for Lankan gems & Ayurveda Some Lankan firms in talks with Chinese retail chains  Sri Lanka has garnered more than $4.6 Mn orders at the recently concluded Kunming Int’l Fairmore

Highest 1H in 5 yrs, also YoY & MoM surge to $5.4B! ‘Course set for 2020!’-Rishad  Manufacture, agro & industries lead five Yr jump YoY 1H led by fisheries, agro & apparels Sri Lanka’s exports sector has clinched a triple win for 2014 1H (January-June) –a first time event. “Latestmore

‘Restart biz visa for JPN biz’ – Minister Akaba Links prospective FTA to Lanka’s trade, investment changes ‘Sri Lanka quite promising!’-Japanese Minister Akaba Lanka-Japan trade tops $ 890 Mn As Sri Lanka-Japan bilateral trade jumped $890 Mn and edged to $ 900 Mn mark, a keen Japan signalled towards amore

‘232 Chartered Acc. firms serving Lanka biz’ –Rishad Says total Registered Societies at 12086! Sri Lanka now lists companies much faster -in two days, to be exact. Meanwhile, no less than 232 Chartered accounting firms are actively serving Lanka’s business sector. “We have now modernized the day to day activitiesmore