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Sri Lanka, Romania to strengthen trade ties

Romania will sign an agreement with Sri Lanka to further speed up the trade process and prevent double taxation.

February 27, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka and India negotiating on bilateral investment treaty: report

Discussion on the ETCA, are at an advanced stage

February 27, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka meets only 10 pct of global demand for king coconuts, plans to develop crop

"The variety of king coconut grown here is not available anywhere else in the world," he said.

February 26, 2024 2 min read

Sri Lanka seeks wider cooperation with BIMSTEC partners

Such an agreement could boost intra-regional trade as well as trade between BIMSTEC and the rest of the world

February 26, 2024 2 min read
Sri Lanka poultry exports blocked by maize autarky, import licensing

Sri Lanka maize import controls give large profits to collectors at the expense of protein malnutrituon

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
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Cambodia eyeing salt imports from Sri Lanka: report

Cambodia is looking the possibility of importing salt from Sri Lanka and India after heavy rains hit domestic production...

May 24, 2018 1 min read

Access for key exportable products needed in Sri Lanka-China FTA: Verité

ECONOMYNEXT – For Sri Lanka to benefit from the planned free trade deal with China, it needs to reduce barriers f...

May 24, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka ‘Investment & Business Conclave 2018’ in June

ECONOMYNEXT – The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce will be organizing an investor forum, in June, where investors can f...

May 21, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka rice imports fall in February

Sri Lanka's rice imports fell 34.4 percent to 23.5 million US dollars in February 2018 from a year earlier, as harvest c...

May 14, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka exports may be understated by at least US$500mn in 2017

Sri Lanka's exports in 2017 reported as 11.36 billion US dollars may have been understated by 500 million US dollars or ...

May 14, 2018 5 min read

Sri Lanka central bank concerned about motor vehicle imports: Governor

Sri Lanka's central bank is "concerned" about growing motor vehicle imports, Governor Indrajit Coomaraswamy said indicat...

May 12, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka exports 5.5-pct in Feb, imports strengthen

Sri Lanka's exports grew 5.5 percent from a year earlier to 915.7 million US dollars in February 2018, while imports gre...

May 12, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka expects to complete India trade deal this year, China longer

Sri Lanka is expecting to wrap up an expanded trade deal with India, this year, but a free trade deal with China will ta...

May 8, 2018 3 min read

Sri Lanka hikes taxes on imported potatoes, onions

Sri Lanka has hiked an import tax on potatoes by 10 rupees to 40 rupees a kilogram and on onions by 39 rupees to 40 rupe...

May 7, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka Thailand to begin talks on FTA from May

Sri Lanka and Thailand will begin talks on setting broad parameters for a free trade deal from May 2018, officials said.

May 7, 2018 1 min read