Sri Lanka dealers offer lower prices if older car imports allowed
Nov 09, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lankan importers of used Japanese vehicles said they can sell cars for around two million rupees each if allowed to import slightly …
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Sri Lanka supermarket chain cuts waste with better logistics
Nov 02, 2011 (LBO) - Investing in better logistics and supply chain management helped Sri Lanka's Cargills group to reduce wastage and improve efficiency at …
Sri Lanka exports, trade gap up in August
Oct 24, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's exports rose 19.1 percent to 951.7 million US dollars in August, while imports rose 66. online pharmacy buy abilify with best …
Sri Lanka GSP benefits extended by US
Oct 22, 2011 (LBO) - President Barak Obama has signed a law extending temporarily halted generalized system of preferences (GSP) trade concessions to Sri Lanka …
Sri Lanka trade preferences to be extended by the US
Oct 19, 2011 (LBO) - Trade preferences given to Sri Lanka will be extended until the end of 2013 helping more than 200 million dollars of exports to enter the …
Sri Lanka businesses delegation to visit Vietnam
Oct 19, 2011 (LBO) - A 20 member Sri Lanka business delegation will visit Vietnam in November to promote trade between the two nations focusing on the …
Sri Lanka India CEPA; professional services not included: economist
Oct 18, 2011 (LBO) - A stalled comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) between India and Sri Lanka does not include freeing of professional …
Sri Lanka and Vietnam to open trade; aim for billion dollar target
Oct 15, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka and Vietnam will begin talks on trade liberalization aiming to expand two way trade over 10 fold to a billion US dollars over …
Sri Lanka to host regional trade forum
Oct 12, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka will host the Asia Pacific Trade Facilitation Forum (APTFF), a platform to promote regional trade and share information, Ceylon …
Sri Lanka July 2011 export earnings up 9.4%, tea down
Sept 27, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's exports rose 9.4 percent to 958 million US dollars in July 2011 from a year ago although earnings from tea, its main …
Sri Lank June exports up 32% to $816mn
Aug 29, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's June 2011 exports rose 32 percent to 816 million US dollars from a year ago helped up strong growth in shipments of apparel as …
Sri Lanka consumer durables sales up
Aug 02, 2011 (LBO) - Singer Sri Lanka, a top consumer durables retailer said profits rose 79.9 percent in the June 2011 quarter from a year earlier as sales …
Sri Lanka May 2011 imports up on aircraft, cars
July 27, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's exports rose 34 percent in May 2011, to 832 million US dollars and imports rose at a faster 67 percent to 1. buy tamiflu …
Sri Lanka Belgium trade associations cement link
July 27, 2011 (LBO) - Trade associations representing businesses in Sri Lanka and Belgium had inked a deal to expand economic links between the two countries, …
Sri Lanka Vietnam links soar after embassy starts
July 23, 2011 (LBO) - Economic and people-to-people exchanges between Sri Lanka and Vietnam have soared after the establishment of an embassy barely two months …
Sri Lanka expects exports to grow 25-pct in 2011
July 15, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka exports grew by a better-than-expected 42 percent in the five months to May and full-year revenues are projected to grow 25 …
Sri Lanka presses Pakistan to lower tariffs
July 10, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is pressing Pakistan to reduce import duties on key exports from the island with the issue to be taken up again at a …
Sri Lanka tea exporter plans off-shore blending plant
July 9, 2011 (LBO) - HVA Foods, a Sri Lanka-based branded tea exporter is planning a blending unit in the Middle East to gain a bigger share in the global …
Sri Lanka Pakistan CEPA talks in August: report
July 6, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka and Pakistan will have talks on a comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) to broaden economic links in August in …
Sri Lankan shippers warned against forged trade documents
July 06, 2011 (LBO) - Documents used for international trade such as bills of lading are easily forged, a maritime fraud expert has warned Sri Lankan shippers, …