Sri Lanka top tea brand invests in plantations
July 07, 2010 (LBO) – Tea bag exporter Ceylon Tea Services, part of Sri Lanka's Dilmah brand group, is to invest 233.3 million rupees in a tea …
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Sri Lanka tea bag exports fall
July 02, 2010 (LBO) – Shipments of tea bags from Sri Lanka to Russia, the main market for tea, the island™s biggest export commodity, have fallen as …
Sri Lanka cocoa price hike may prompt imports
July 02, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lankan cocoa prices have shot up owing to cop failure and heavy demand for cocoa beans might prompt the confectionary industry …
Sri Lanka to encourage rubber production for tires
June 28, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is to encourage small farmers to produce more of a rubber grade suitable for tire manufacture which is in demand, …
Sri Lanka tea output up in May
June 23, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka™s tea production in May 2010 rose 12.9 percent to almost 30.3 million kilos as production continued to recover from a …
Sri Lanka tea trade calls for limit on new factories
June 21, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's tea trade has called for a stop to the setting up of new factories unless they are supported by cultivated tea lands to …
Sri Lanka seeks to raise rubber output with rain guards
June 18, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is to encourage small farmers tapping rubber to use rain guards to reduce production disruption by rain and provide more …
Sri Lanka govt pledges more funds from tea export tax
June 17, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's new plantations industries minister has promised to give the tea industry more of the funds collected from a tax on tea …
Sri Lanka tea market seen strengthening
June 17, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lankan tea prices seem to have bottomed out and are likely to gradually rise in future sales as crops come down and global demand …
Sri Lanka mulls planting rubber in former northern war zone
June 16, 2010 (LBO) - The Sri Lankan government is considering planting rubber in the former war zone in the north to increase production and meet growing …
Sri Lanka Carsons groups palm oil estates under Singapore unit
June 11, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Carsons group has brought all its South East Asian oil palm plantations under its Singapore subsidiary with the transfer of …
Sri Lanka’s Carsons group 2010 profits up 84-pct
June 11, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Carsons group profits rose 84 percent to 3.2 billion rupees due to a reversal of an impairment cost from last year and …
Sri Lanka tea prices seen bottoming out
June 04, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lankan tea prices recovered this week after falling sharply in recent Colombo auctions prompting brokers to say the market appears to …
Sri Lanka mulls rice surplus
May 24, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is likely to have a surplus of rice as paddy fields neglected owing to war in the north and east return to full production, …
Sri Lanka palm oil firm sees demand growing
May 21, 2010 (LBO) - A Sri Lankan business group with palm oil plantations in east Asia has said demand for the edible oil is likely to grow, driven mainly by …
Sri Lankan tea prices fall
May 21, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lankan tea prices fell sharply at this week's Colombo auctions with a larger weight on sale, lower quality and reduced demand, brokers …
Sri Lanka’s war-torn east beckons business
May 19, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's eastern province is recovering rapidly from the effects of war and provides opportunities for business, especially in …
Sri Lanka promotes specialty teas in Japan
May 18, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is promoting the manufacture of specialty teas by its industry, with a competition in Japan giving recognition to producers and …
Sri Lanka’s Agalawatte Plantations buoyed by high rubber, palm oil prices
May 17, 2010 (LBO) - High rubber and palm oil prices helped Sri Lanka's Agalawatte Plantations make a net profit of 36 million rupees in the March 2010 quarter …
Sri Lanka tea prices fall as crops increase
May 14, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lankan tea prices fell at this week's Colombo auctions owing to bigger quantities and lower quality and are likely to fall further in …