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Japan Fair Trade Commission shares lessons
Political stability and consistent energy were identified as key facilitators
Exporters specializing in tea, coconut and coconut-based products, spices, fruit and fruit-related items represented
India is attracting the attention of industrialised nations looking to increase trade relations
EU recalled need to bring legislation to ensure access to the European market through the GSP+ trade preferences
A free trade deal with Singapore has not allowed professionals to freely come to Sri Lanka to work but only relates to e...
Sri Lanka has raised the controlled price for milk by 20 rupees to 345 rupees for a 400 gram pack and 860 rupees for a 1...
Sri Lanka's central bank says international capital market sentiments on the island's economic performance are seen impr...
Sri Lanka and Australia has had the inaugural round of talks under a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement signed on ...
Sri Lanka's jewellery industry is calling for tax-free import quotas for gold, a report said, after authorities slapped ...
Sri Lanka's 24-carat gold price had risen to 62,000 rupees for an 8.00 gram sovereign after a 15 percent tax hike by the...
Sri Lanka has slapped a 15 percent tax on gold after imports surged in 2018, a finance ministry official said, as the ru...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka has pledged financial support to setup the Commonwealth Small States Trade Financial Faci...
Sri Lanka's exports rose 11.6 percent to 965.4 million dollars in January 2018, and the imports rose 12 percent to 2,014...
Sri Lanka's exports faced the third highest average tariffs when entering the United States, after Bangladesh and Cambod...
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| US Dollar | 331.7485 | 330.8514 |
| UK Pound | 443.7468 | 438.3450 |
| Euro | 372.5204 | 371.0168 |
| Yen | 2.0969 | 2.0916 |
| Aus Dollar | 233.0533 | 231.1659 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| Indian Rupee | 3.4948 | 3.4202 |
| Korean Won | 0.2499 | 0.2479 |
| Oman Rial | 861.6397 | 859.3320 |
| Saudi Riyal | 88.4403 | 88.0955 |
| UAE Dirham | 90.3209 | 90.0766 |
| pts | % | |
|---|---|---|
| S&P SL20 | 5,656.91 | -0.43% |
| CSE All Share | 19,927.30 | -0.28% |
| Turnover Rs | 1457.79 million | 1193.67 million |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| 3-m bill | 7.61 | 7.84 |
| 6-m bill | 7.91 | 8.26 |
| 12-m bill | 8.23 | 8.3 |
| 3-yr bond | 9.24 | 9.25 |
| 5-yr bond | 9.82 | 9.56 |
| 8-yr bond | 10.50 | 10.48 |
| today | yesterday | |
|---|---|---|
| Overnight Money | 7.70 | 7.69 |
| Gilt Repo | 7.74 | 7.72 |
| I-m SLIBOR | - | - |
Sri Lanka's worker remittances rose 8.8 percent from a year earlier to 729.4 million dollars in January 2018, after endi...
ECONOMYNEXT - The re-authorised US GSP scheme enabling duty free exports will become effective for Sri Lankan exporters ...
ECONOMYNEXT – India’s new nationwide Goods and Service Tax (GST) system will bring down the cost of import...
ECONOMYNEXT – India has imposed a new trade barrier on Sri Lankan pepper imports in the form of a minimum import ...
Visiting Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena and Pakistan's Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi had talks on streng...
ECONOMYNEXT - The United States has withdrawn charges of anti-dumping and countervailing duty on Sri Lanka rubber band e...
ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's National Chamber of Exporters says it's concerned the recent communal unrest would be a setbac...
ECONOMYNEXT – Women account for up to 80% of workers at Sri Lanka’s Koggala Export Processing Zone (EPZ) w...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena will hold talks with Japanese investors during a two-day ...
Sri Lanka, a country whose exports have been dampened by import taxes, will cut taxes on squid and milkfish in a bid to ...
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