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The National Chamber of Exporters of Sri Lanka (NCE) and the Shippers Academy Colombo (SAC) conducted the third seminar in a series on Customs and SLPA automation this month, on post implementation on Customs and SLPA automation process. The event was attended by Sri Lanka Ports Authority Chairman Dr. Priyath B. Wickrama, Sri Lanka Customs ...
- Customs requests trade to be ready for change at NCE-SAC workshop on ASYCUDA World (Category: Business)
- Process changes at BOI (Category: Business)
- Payments to Customs, ports a ‘click’ away (Category: Business)
- Easier Access (Category: Business)
Reuters: Sri Lanka now expects 2012 tea production of around 325 million kg, below its target of 330 million kg, as output has fallen in the last five months due to drought, the State-run Tea Board said. Tea production in the first half of the year fell 4.3 per cent year-on-year to 163.26 million kg ...
- JANUARY TEA OUTPUT INCREASES (Category: Breaking News)
- Kenya tea exports up 10% in first quarter (Category: Business)
- January tea output up 6% (Category: Business)
- July tea output down 11.5% (Category: Business)
Wimbledon is special to me not because I played the tennis circuit during my schooling days but for the insights that I get into life and business in general. The 2012 edition in particular was unique, given that a Brit was in the finals of the men’s singles game, that was happening after 74 years. ...
- London: World’s first social media Olympics (Category: Business)
- The brand IPL is about highlighting performance (Category: Business)
- Ceylon Tea in catch-22? (Category: Business)
- The US Open and Sri Lankan policy (Category: Business)
Sri Lankas tea industry is deeply divided over plans to boost earnings by importing cheaper leaves for blending and re-export, over fears the changes could water down the Pure Ceylon brand.
Sri Lanka's tea industry is deeply divided over plans to boost earnings by importing cheaper leaves for blending and re-export, over fears the changes could water down the "Pure Ceylon" brand. ...
The third in the revived Exporters’ Forum series in Sri Lanka’s new thrust concluded successfully on 10 July in Colombo with the community praising the effort for ‘active follow up’ on problems faced by Sri Lankan exporters. “Today we successfully cleared Rs. 15.5 m refunds which were due for exporters and also managed to resolve ...
- Exporters’ Forum returns in full strength; exporters upbeat on prompt results (Category: Business)
- First-ever direct consultation with export titans starts in earnest (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka moves to upgrade rubber infrastructure to play 2022’s $ 4 b target (Category: Business)
A new programe is being planned to prevent the export of dust tea to the foreign market. Information has surfaced on an organized gang which is engaged in the dispatch of dust tea to the foreign market. Industrialists claim that this is a serious threat to Sri Lanka’s tea industry. Drawing the attention to this ...
- More dust tea seized from Galle (Category: Breaking News)
- Dust tea exporter arrested by CID (Category: Breaking News)
- Tea Board Act to the amended (Category: Breaking News)
- Bird-blended tea sweepings sold here and abroad (Category: Breaking News)
As Sri Lanka-UK bilateral trade volumes reported a further rise in 2011, the UK is keen to raise its investments in Sri Lanka. “UK’s Cleveland Bridge Ltd., the well-known global tech engineering company, has won a contract to build 210 permanent steel bridges in Si Lanka. This infrastructure project is partly funded with a loan ...
- British High Commissioner hosts reception for UK companies at Sri Lanka Expo (Category: Business)
- UK specialist to supply 210 rural bridges under $ 56 m project (Category: Business)
- Consider Sri Lanka an ethical, profitable trading partner: British envoy (Category: Business)
- UK keen on Sri Lanka’s booming tourism sector; Rishad invites Britain to Expo 2012 (Category: Business)
Top lecture by Protected Area and World Heritage specialist Peter Shadie on WednesdayDilmah Conservation will host Protected Area and World Heritage Specialist Peter Shadie for a public lecture on Wednesday, 27 June at the Wimalasurendra Auditorium of the Institution of Engineers from 6.00 pm as part of their Bioregional Initiative. Several notable conservation specialists have ...
- UN adds Lankan sites (Category: Breaking News)
- Discussion on dugong conservation and marine protection (Category: Business)
- 'Grotesque' destruction (Category: Australia, Queensland)
- Helping hand for heritage (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
Corporate event management specialist B-Connected is celebrating 15 years of success. Identifying a niche market for corporate event management, B-Connected was started as a small one-woman enterprise in 1997. Today it has grown and diversified, its roots spreading from event management to recruitment, office support services and more. Events and conference management remains the core ...
- Kenanga lnvestment Corp introduces professional investment management services (Category: Business)
- Professional Edge Consulting to host ‘Manners in Management’ etiquette workshop (Category: Business)
- Asiri, first hospital in Sri Lanka to receive ISO 14001-2004 (Category: Business)
- Kenanga ties-up with Management Systems for fund management software (Category: Business)
As per latest production data released by the Sri Lanka Tea Board, crop in May has declined by 2.8 million kilos to 30.8 million kilos over a year earlier. “During May, 2012, all three elevation categories have recorded lower crops than the corresponding month last year, with the harvests
- 2011 tea crop loses to 2010 in July (Category: Business)
- Trying time for tea (Category: Business)
- Lanka’s 2012 Jan-July tea exports Rs100 bn: In 2011, it was Rs92 bn (Category: Breaking News)
The National Chamber of Exporters of Sri Lanka (NCE) in association with the Shippers Academy (SA) has organised a workshop to discuss, various issues in the post introduction of ASYCUDA world and online bill payments on 15 July from 8a.m. to 12 noon at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute. It will involve the participation of ...
- Bond Auction (Category: Business)
- ‘SL will implement home-grown solution’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Market Flavour (Category: Business)
- Seeking Direction (Category: Business)
Another Cancer Hospital affiliated to the National Cancer Institute at Maharagama is to be constructed. It will be built at a cost of 2100 million rupees. The Ahamad Tea Company in London which sends Sri Lanka tea to around 70 countries for about 25 years will be giving 1500 million rupees
- National Cancer Hospital denies radiation fear (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to change the name of National Cancer Institute (Category: Breaking News)
- “Substandard” machines (Category: Breaking News)
- Hospital gives tips for men helping a loved one with cancer (Category: USA, North Carolina)
Sri Lanka has successfully showcased its latest investment opportunities to keen global investors who visited the world’s ninth largest economy to gauge the future of US manufacturing and global economic outlook. The Sri Lankan pavilion at the ‘International Trade Outlook 2012’ event held in California, the biggest economy in US and the ninth largest in ...
- Sri Lanka trade delegation to participate in Expo Pakistan (Category: Breaking News)
- New Indian Consul Office opened in Jaffna (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka-UAE annual trade Dh 2.20 billion (Category: Breaking News)
- Honorary Consulate of Sri Lanka in Bengaluru (Category: Breaking News)
By Chrishanthi Christopher Sri Lanka’s Tea Exporters fear that tea will lose its place as one of the major revenue earners for the country if trade with Iran is abandoned. With Iran out of the market it is reported that for over five weeks the high grown teas are being sold at low prices to ...
- Iran to double tea imports from SL (Category: Breaking News)
- Tackling tea travails (Category: Business)
- Tea Industry Divided Over Importing Tea For Blending (Category: Breaking News)
- Tea tales (Category: Business)
SL: Cleanest country in South Asia As we celebrate World Environment Day today, it is important to acknowledge that the Sri Lankan economy has experienced accelerated growth from a 20 billion dollar economy in the 1990s to be a 59 billion rupee economy as at end 2011. However a point to note is that whilst ...
- Budget 2012’s impact on the export sector (Category: Business)
- Marketing an emerging tourism destination in Asia (Category: Business)
- Hub is no hoodoo, says TEA (Category: Business)
- Treasures of Sri Lanka, the ethical way (Category: Business)
Wide publicity has been given to the events unfolding at the Sri Lanka Tourism regarding the resignation of the Chairman from Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau, Sri Lanka Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management and Sri Lanka Convention Bureau and the performance of the Board of Investment. The media reports have given the impression that ...
- Basil bats for PB (Category: Business)
- BOI Board in limbo (Category: Business)
- Combined publicity blitz for Sri Lanka tourism still not 100% ready (Category: Business)
- Nalaka Godahewa tosses three tourism hats (Category: Business)
Ballooning trade gap Even with the multitude of measures taken to curb imports, Sri Lanka's cumulative trade deficit widened to nearly US$ 1.7 billion in the first two months of the year with earnings from exports increasing marginally by 3.3 per cent to US$ 1.8 billion whilst import expenditure shooting by 24.7 per cent to ...
- Hub is no hoodoo, says TEA (Category: Business)
- Marketing 3.0 and Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- ‘Pure Ceylon Tea’ or ‘tea hub’? The billion dollar question (Category: Business)
- Do people prefer coffee over tea? (Category: Business)
By The Lion Without Spot The Pure Ceylon Tea debate rages on. Though the dialogue so far has largely been confined to the print media on the way forward for Sri Lanka’s tea industry and it will no doubt open out the opportunity for discussion in other forums as well, in the days to come. ...
- Akbar Brothers flies Lankan flag high as world’s biggest tea exporter (Category: Business)
- Govt. pledges to protect ‘Pure Ceylon Tea’ (Category: Business)
- “PURE CEYLON CINNAMON” SECOND NATIONAL BRAND UNVEILED (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka’s tea industry generates around 1.5 billion dollars to Sri Lanka and provides almost a million jobs to the economy today. In fact Sri Lanka is considered a model to the world across the value chain, from growing to production and from physical distribution to the most admired auction system in the world. From ...
- Tackling tea travails (Category: Business)
- Has the bubble burst? (Category: Business)
- Sector report (Category: Business)
- London: World’s first social media Olympics (Category: Business)
Following is the response from Dlimah Tea Director Malik J. Fernando to Willie Weerasekera’s article ‘Pure Ceylon Tea’ or ‘tea hub’? The billion dollar question published last Friday in Daily FT.The writer speaks sense when he says “the million-dollar question is therefore much more than ‘Ceylon Tea’ or ‘tea hub’ – It is: How do ...
- Hub is no hoodoo, says TEA (Category: Business)
- Debate on importation of lower cost tea (Category: Business)
- Storm in Sri Lanka’s teacup: A more pragmatic approach is key (Category: Business)
- Govt. pledges to protect ‘Pure Ceylon Tea’ (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka’s top policy administrator, Dr. P.B. Jayasundera, popularly known by the initials of his name PB, is reported to have proclaimed that Sri Lanka should stop altogether the importation of tea from abroad for blending purposes for it would tarnish the reputation which the country has earned for centuries as the best tea producer ...
- ‘Pure Ceylon Tea’ or ‘tea hub’? The billion dollar question (Category: Business)
- Ceylon Tea: To blend or not to blend? (Category: Business)
- Coca-Cola launches ‘Minute Maid Apple’ flavour (Category: Business)
- Hub is no hoodoo, says TEA (Category: Business)
Seven reasons were touted for the liberalization of the tea industry by Tea Exporters’ Association (TEA) representatives when they met the press on Tuesday. Those were “Ceylon Tea” losing its position in international markets to global brands; blenders moving out from Colombo to new tea hubs such as Dubai due to exorbitant duties charged on ...
- Govt. pledges to protect ‘Pure Ceylon Tea’ (Category: Business)
- More Than A Storm In A TeacuP (Category: Breaking News)
- Debate on importation of lower cost tea (Category: Business)
The industry may be currently involved in infighting, but tea exports have made a welcome rebound in March after suffering sharp declines in the previous two months of the New Year. Overall exports grew by Rs. 1.1 billion or 7.4% to Rs. 16 billion in March aided by better performance by tea shipments in bulk ...
- Negative start for tea exports in 2012 (Category: Business)
- Trying time for tea (Category: Business)
- July tea exports higher versus June, down year-on-year (Category: Business)
- Tea thirsts for blitz (Category: Business)
News reports point to an important decision that the minister concerned has been requested to make on the above subject. If this is correct it is important that we recognise that it is more than a million dollar decision that has been called for. It is so important a decision because it could determine the ...
- Storms brewing in teacups (Category: Business)
- Storm in Sri Lanka’s teacup: A more pragmatic approach is key (Category: Business)
- SL must become a tea nation, but… (Category: Business)
The Planters’ Association of Ceylon (PA) yesterday reacting strongly to the statement made by the Tea Exporters Association (TEA), at which they have stated, inter alia, that the import of orthodox black tea would not impact adversely on Pure Ceylon Tea as a premium brand. The PA is in total disagreement. While the TEA, by ...
- Tackling tea travails (Category: Business)
- Export Focus (Category: Business)
- Beverage Benchmark (Category: Business)
- Marketing Edge (Category: Business)
A Japanese business delegation led by Chairman of the Japan-Sri Lanka Business Cooperation Committee and Senior Corporate Advisor to Itochu Corporation of Japan Kouhei Watanabe met Minister of Economic Development Basil Rajapaksa at the Ministry of Economic Development yesterday. Watanabe said the Japan Sri Lanka Business Cooperation Committee was working toward promoting investment and trade ...
- 'Reap benefits of fast growing Lankan economy' (Category: Breaking News)
- Japan-Sri Lanka investment and trade promotion (Category: Breaking News)
- Basil woos for more from Japanese investors in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
The fall of the rupee is likely to bring mixed results for the tea industry, John Keells Plc said last week. It said Sri Lanka’s Rupee fell to a record Rs. 132.20 against the dollar breaking the previous record of Rs. 131.60 on 19 March 2012. “The impact of the devaluation and rising energy ...
- Likely shortfall in global tea crop good omen for prices – John Keells (Category: Business)
- Dwindling tea crop a concern – John Keells (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka’s October Tea production hits 5 year low (Category: Breaking News)
- Tackling tea travails (Category: Business)
Industry Has a Bright Future-Analyst By Dinouk Colombage Tea prices at the Colombo auctions have increased after the weakening of the rupee and demand high. “Tea prices have seen an increase due to the rupee devaluation, however, there has been no change to the level of demand,” Oshan de Silva, marketing executive of Forbes and ...
- Tackling tea travails (Category: Business)
- Local tea industry in a fix (Category: Business)
- 20% Rupee Dip & Its Impact (Category: Breaking News)
- Tea Industry Divided Over Importing Tea For Blending (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka’s tea production during March has declined by 23% when compared with the same month a year ago, as bad weather has impacted crops in all tea growing regions. According to the John Keells Tea Brokers, during March 2012, Sri Lanka has only produced 27 million kilograms of tea compared to 35 million kilograms produced ...
- Tea production and exports reach a new high (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s October Tea production hits 5 year low (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s regional plantation companies facing cash flow problems – Tea broker (Category: Breaking News)
- Electronic system for Tea Auctions (Category: Breaking News)
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