Sri Lanka Watawala Plantations December net down 39-pct
Jan 27, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Watawala Plantations said December 2011 quarter net profit fell 39 percent to 158 million rupees from a year ago, with a …
Jan 27, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Watawala Plantations said December 2011 quarter net profit fell 39 percent to 158 million rupees from a year ago, with a …
Jan 27, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's production of CTC (crush, tear, curl) type teas, used mainly in tea bags, rose sharply in 2011, although overall output was …
Jan 25, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka will host a key meeting of officials from major tea producing and consuming nations in a United Nations body next week, helping …
Jan 24, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Tea Smallholder Factories Plc, a unit of John Keells Holdings said it lost a million rupees in the December 2012 quarter …
Jan 20, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's plantation companies are in crisis with high costs and falling commodity prices that only greater labour and land productivity …
Jan 17, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Renuka Agri Foods plans to buy control of Richlife Dairies Limited, a manufacturer of dairy and fruit products, a stock …
Dec 29, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka and India will hold talks on resolving a fishing dispute which escalated after the end of a 30-year war, when a joint working …
Dec 21, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has asked Russia to cut import duty on tea in a phased manner following its admission to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) …
Dec 20, 2011 (LBO) - Russia's entry in to the World Trade Organization last week will enable high import duty on value-added tea to be reduced, creating better …
Dec 19, 2011 (LBO) - A specialty tea contest held in Russia recently would help Sri Lankan exporters promote Ceylon teas in the biggest market for the island's …
Dec 16, 2011 (LBO) - Tea producing and consuming countries will seek to agree on a common standard for pesticide residue levels in tea during a meeting of the …
Dec 15, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka will go ahead with a new law requiring transport of fruits and vegetables in plastic crates but would look into any shortcomings …
Dec 12, 2011 (LBO) - Dubai-based S S Lootah International said it had inked a partnership with Sri Lanka's CIC Agri Business to supply ornamental plants to the …
Dec 09, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has emerged as the top tuna loin exporter to the European Union and is ramping up production aiming to earn a billion dollars …
Dec 08, 2011 (LBO) - Fish exports from Sri Lanka, which is trying to make the industry a key foreign exchange earner, are being affected by slowing demand in …
Dec 02, 2011 (LBO) - Demand for Sri Lanka's low grown teas, which make up the bulk of the crop, perked up at this week's Colombo auctions after increased …
Nov 29, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka plans to set up more dedicated 'agro export zones' to help promote export of agricultural produce by private sector exporters. …
Nov 25, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lankan tea prices fell at this week's Colombo auctions with reduced demand and brokers saying the island is unlikely to match last …
Nov 23, 2011 (LBO) - A listed Sri Lankan sugar plantation that is among businesses taken over by government under a new expropriation law has said the seizure …
Nov 21, 2011 (LBO) - The state will give incentives to process rice for export, aquaculture in especially in former war torn areas in the east of the island, …