Category: Trade

July 14, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s exports rose 11.1 percent to 882.1 million US dollars in May 2014 from a year earlier led by apparel exports that rose 14.5 percent to 365.1 million US dollars, official data showed. Agriculture exports rose 21.1 percent to 239.9 million US dollars with tea up 9.7 percent to […]

June 20, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s exports grew 9.4 percent to 762.2 million US dollars, while imports fell 5.3 percent in April from a year earlier, amid weak domestic credit, allowing foreign reserves to grow, official data showed.However Sri Lanka’s credit growth has been weak or negative in the past few months. When domestic […]

May 26, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s exports surged 28.6 percent in March 2014 from a year earlier to 1,069.9 million US dollars with apparel up 32.6 percent keeping the momentum seen from the last quarter as Western economies recovered. The trade gap narrowed 13.5 percent 1,816 million US dollars in the first three months […]

May 21, 2014 (LBO) – Demand from US retailers have softened in recent months but European demand was still strong, Textured Jersey, a Sri Lanka based textile maker said. Revenues grew 7 percent to 3.2 billion rupees, costs grew 6.2 percent to 2.8 billion rupees and the firm grew gross profits 13.9 percent to 402 […]

May 09, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s exports rose 26 percent from a year earlier to 1,060 million US dollars in March 2014 with apparels rising 31.9 percent to 454 million rupees, provisional data released by the commerce ministry showed. Tourist arrivals from the area have also gone up. Tea exports rose 19 percent to […]

May 08, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s exports to the European Union have risen 16.3 percent from a year earlier to 896 million US dollars in the first quarter of 2014, the industry commerce ministry said. “This certainly demonstrates, our commitments in adding value not only to our business partners but also to the consumers […]

Apr 25, 2014 (LBO) – India was the source of 72 percent of vehicles and parts imported to Sri Lanka in 2013, with second coming second, with 20 percent, the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce. In terms of value India was 45 percent and Japan 38 percent, the chamber said, citing a study by its economic […]

Feb 28, 2014 (LBO) – Iraq has lifted a ban on coconut fibre pith exports from Sri Lanka and is has also agreed to relaxing restrictions on Ceylon Tea, the ministry of industry and commerce said.Sri Lanka’s minister of industry and commerce Rishad Bathiudeen had led a delegation to Baghdad for two days of talks […]

WASHINGTON, February 18, 2014 (AFP) – The White House moved Tuesday to fend off criticism of its efforts to seal two new giant free trade pacts, saying the deals would benefit US workers and protect the environment.“Some of the criticisms I hear of our agenda describe the state of the trade policy in 1994, not […]

Feb 10, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s exports rose 6.2 percent to 10.38 billion US dollars in 2013 from a year earlier and imports fell 6.2 percent to 17.99 billion US dollars, the Central Bank said.In December 2013 exports rose 13.2 percent from a year earlier to 986.1 million US dollars with industrial products up […]

Jan 23, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s exports rose 6.2 percent from year earlier to 10,379 million US dollars, the commerce ministry said. Agriculture products grew 10.3 percent to 2479.94 million US dollars, industrial products grew 4.91 percent to 7,618 million US dollars with apparels up 13.31 percent to 4492.20 million. Other export crops surged […]

Jan 22, 2014 (LBO) – A business forum in Sri Lanka on January 30 with the participation of a top Korean trade and investment promotion official is targeting greater business links between the two countries, organizers said. Weon Cheol Koh, head of KOTRA, the Korean and trade and investment promotion office will address the forum, […]