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Sri Lanka illicit cigarettes take 29-pct market share: Survey

Annualized sales based on third quarter survey data was estimated at 900 million sticks

December 18, 2023 3 min read

“Ethical Consumerism” Requires Better Business Standards

SMEs, she says operate under already trying conditions and this added layer of compliance may not be welcome

December 18, 2023 4 min read

Sri Lanka to raise fines after high inflation

Old fines do not match the recent substantial rises in prices of goods and services, only small fines are made: Minister

December 7, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka traders oppose calls to further hike 115-pct tile import taxes

When a couple gets married, the first thing they are looking for is a to build a house

December 7, 2023 6 min read
Sri Lanka services exports rise 7.79-pct in March: EDB

Financial services dropped 65.96 percent to 2.10 million dollars from 6.17 million dollars a year ago.

Sri Lanka goods exports grow 5.8-pct in March 2025

Merchandise exports grew 5.87 percent year-on-year in March

Sri Lanka July exports up 14-pct to $1bn, trade gap widens

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan exports grew almost 14% to 1,016 million US dollars in July 2017 from a year ago, the se...

September 28, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka customs dig bottomless gold mine

Sri Lanka's customs authorities have stumbled on a bottomless gold mine as more smugglers resort to stuffing their botto...

September 26, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lankan exporters not making enough use of US duty free deal: Harsha

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan exporters are not making enough use of a duty free arrangement with the United States an...

September 20, 2017 1 min read

Still keen on TIFA deal, US tells Sri Lanka

ECONOMYNEXT – The United States still wants to go ahead with a proposed trade agreement with Sri Lanka despite ne...

September 18, 2017 2 min read

Australia's Foreign Affairs and Trade chief to visit Sri Lanka

Frances Adamson, Australia's Secretary for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade will visit Sri Lanka from August ...

August 31, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka has to modernise customs law to be global hub: Finance Minister

Sri Lanka wants to modernise its 200 year old customs law to become a global trading hub, Finance Minister Mangala Samar...

August 29, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka June exports up on ships, tea; imports slow

Sri Lanka's exports rose 9.8 percent in June 2017 from a year earlier, helped by the delivery of two ships to Singapore ...

August 26, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka ups tax on sugar as world prices fall: finance ministry

Sri Lanka's finance ministry said it had upped an import tax on sugar by eight rupees a kilogram, from midnight on Augus...

August 16, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka defaults to Iran rise despite readiness to pay

Sri Lanka has effectively defaulted payments to Iran in 2016 and 2017, during an International Monetary Fund program, du...

August 11, 2017 2 min read

Chinese exporters still want US dollars, not Yuan from Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka is happy to expand trade with the Renminbi, but China's exporters still demanded US dollars, Central Bank Gove...

August 7, 2017 1 min read
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Sri Lanka feedmiiller asks to be freed from third party grip

Ceylon Grain Elevators Plc, a poultry group with a feedmill has asked to import maize where licenses have been issued by...

August 4, 2017 1 min read

Vietnam business delegation to visit Sri Lanka

A 24-member business delegation led by Ministry of Industry and Trade in Vietnam will visit Sri Lanka this month, the Ce...

August 2, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka cuts import taxes on rice, maize, wheat fish amid drought

Sri Lanka has cut import taxes on maize, rice and fish, to bring down prices amid a drought, and also cut import taxes o...

August 2, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka exports up 7.8-pct in May

Sri Lanka's exports rose 7.8 percent to 841 million dollars in May 2017 from a year earlier, driven by tea which rose 45...

August 1, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka exports up in May, trade deficit widens to $886mln

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s exports rose for the third straight month in May 2017, helped by higher earnings...

August 1, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka parliament to pass new foreign exchange law this week

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s parliament will pass the new foreign exchange law this week, part of the governm...

July 25, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka GSP Plus benefit seen short-lived

ECONOMYNEXT – The GSP Plus trade benefit giving Sri Lanka duty free access to the European Union will be availabl...

July 24, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka must cut duties, ensure transparency, no corruption: EU envoy

ECONOMYNEXT – Reduced import duties and taxes, transparent tenders and no corruption would make Sri Lanka more at...

July 20, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka trade adjustment package for domestic industry coming with FTAs

ECONOMYNEXT – The Sri Lankan government will introduce a trade adjustment package to help local industries deal w...

July 20, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka and Bangladesh to triple bilateral trade

Sri Lanka and Bangladesh had focussed attention on tripling current annual bilateral trade of 142 million dollars in the...

July 15, 2017 1 min read