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Sri Lanka to import Rose Onion amid rising big onion prices

The supply of big onions in the country decreased after neighboring India and Pakistan stopped onion exports.

March 13, 2024 2 min read

Sri Lanka and China standards agencies to sign agreement

SLSI, Standardization Administration of China to sign MoU to reduce technical barriers in Lanka-China trade

March 12, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka to gazette price ceiling for eggs

Price ceiling for eggs, as prices in the market rise ahead of several key religious and cultural holidays.

March 6, 2024 2 min read

Sri Lanka imports rise in Jan as tourism, remittances boost dollar incomes

.The trade deficit expanded to 541 million US dollars from 445 million as non-Merchandise incomes were spent

March 1, 2024 2 min read
115-member Chinese business delegation to visit Sri Lanka

Chinese delegation interested in black tea, nutmeg and cloves, seafood, papaya, pineapple, guava, and mango imports

US, China suspends 125-pct tax for 90-days, others remain

a 10-pct tax on each other to remain

Sri Lanka to begin FTA talks, strategic economic partnership as Thailand PM visits

Sri Lanka is expecting to ink a deal on a strategic economic partnership with Thailand when Prime Minister Chan-o-cha vi...

July 10, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka needs to simplify export registration process-Verité Research

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka’s government has been urged to simplify the process for registering exporters to make it ...

July 9, 2018 3 min read

Sri Lanka may get BOP trouble if rates are cut: CB Governor

Sri Lanka could have balance of payments trouble if rates are cut when imports are expanding and the current account is ...

July 6, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka importers call for trade reforms, but wary of foreign experts

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lankan importers struggling in the face of rising nationalism are urging the government to quickly imp...

July 6, 2018 3 min read

Sri Lanka trade negotiations dogged by false criticism

Sri Lanka's trade negotiations are dogged by false criticism and baseless fears spread by lobby groups, and debunked cla...

July 4, 2018 3 min read

Sri Lanka gets India-authorized labs to smoothen food exports

India’s food safety and standards authority has authorized three labs in Sri Lanka to issue food and beverage sta...

Chandeepa Wettasinghe
July 2, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka’s April exports flat, car imports help widen trade gap

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s trade deficit widened in April 2018 from a year ago as export earnings growth wa...

June 28, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka to re-ignite ancient globally competitive enterprising spirit: Finance Minister

Sri Lanka plans to re-ignite inherent entrepreneurial skills in the population that has been well-demonstrated for centu...

June 26, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka seeks to draw investments, tourists from Maharashtra

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner in New Delhi Chitranganee Wagiswara has highlighted investment...

June 25, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka appoints new boss for trade control office

Sri Lanka has appointed Damayanthi Karunaratne as the new director general to the Department of Export and Import Contro...

June 25, 2018 2 min read
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Malaysians mull solar panel, BPO investments in Sri Lanka

ECONOMYNEXT – A visiting delegation of Malaysian business executives have show interest in investing in several p...

June 21, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka exporters call for migrant labour

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's exporters are asking for migrants to fill critical vacancies caused by a shortage of skilled l...

June 20, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka's poor paying sky high prices as 'protection': Minister

Sri Lanka is bringing an anti-dumping law and countervailing duties to help local businessmen who may sudden competition...

June 19, 2018 5 min read

Big gains for Sri Lanka from faster trade transport times: ADB

ECONOMYNEXT – South Asian countries like Sri Lanka could make significant economic gains by improving internation...

June 18, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka and Asian capitalism under spotlight at Colombo forum

Capitalism in Asia and its implications for Sri Lanka amid changing global order where the United States appears of the ...

June 16, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka renews tax on sprats, dried fish

Sri Lanka has maintained taxes on sprats and dried fish, and also charged a 10 percent tax on fresh fish, for six months...

June 16, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka to heavily tax both ends of consumer digestive tract

Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena had called for higher taxes on imported fruits to make it difficult for less ...

June 15, 2018 4 min read

Sri Lanka sanitaryware makers lobby president for Trump-style toilet tax

Sri Lanka's businessmen making sanitary ware who have exploited young families trying to build houses for year by overpr...

June 14, 2018 2 min read

Iran, Sri Lanka meet in August for trade talks

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka will look to diversify exports to Iran after Tehran proposed to host the island to a round of tr...

June 12, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Tess Agro struggles despite EU GSP+

Sri Lanka's Tess Agro which exports fish to Europe is struggling to make use of the reinstatement of GSP Plus trading co...

June 9, 2018 2 min read