Sri Lankan tea prices stay high
Feb 19, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lankan tea prices eased at the Colombo auctions this week but are still at record highs being much higher than last year both in …
Feb 19, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lankan tea prices eased at the Colombo auctions this week but are still at record highs being much higher than last year both in …
Feb 18, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lankan coconut products exporter Coco Lanka has said it plans to expand and is holding talks with companies it had identified …
Feb 12, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has asked Russia, the biggest importer of Ceylon tea, to reduce import duty on value-added tea exports, a senior minister …
Feb 11, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka™s Kelani Valley Plantations said higher tea and rubber crops and prices in the December quarter had helped reduce losses …
Feb 06, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka™s Tea Board has chosen MTI Consulting, a management consultancy, to develop a strategy to promote Ceylon tea, the …
Feb 05, 2010 (LBO) - A Sri Lanka state agency is to be given money to buy 140,000 metric tonnes of paddy produced in the upcoming main cultivation season to …
Feb 05, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has wrapped up a deal to get a 16 million dollar loan from the OPEC Fund for International Development for an irrigation project …
Feb 05, 2010 (LBO) – Heavy rains in some of Sri Lanka™s tea growing regions have delayed the onset of the quality season when plantations companies get …
Feb 03, 2010 (LBO) –Sri Lanka™s Hayleys conglomerate is building a factory in the former war zone in the east to increase exports of pickled gherkins …
Feb 02, 2010 (LBO) – High tea prices helped Sri Lanka's Horana Plantations to make a profit of 75 million rupees in the December, according to accounts …
Feb 01, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Chemical Industries (Colombo) has returned to profit in the December 2009 quarter helped by a 250 million rupee past due …
Jan 23, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's tea production was fell 9.0 percent to 289.77 million kilograms in 2009, despite a sharp recovery in output in the latter part …
Jan 20, 2010 (LBO) - Dairy farmers in eastern Sri Lanka will get technical help to improve milk production and also be linked to agri-business firms, in a …
Jan 06, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lankan tea exporters are pressing for liberalisation of tea imports for blending and re-export, saying it could help improve …
Dec 30, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka™s Central Bank said it will slash lending rates for farmers with effect from January 1, 2010 barely a month ahead of …
Dec 28, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is readying a claim for intellectual property protection for different types of Ceylon tea under global ''Geographical …
Dec 24, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's tea production this year will be lower than in 2008 because of drought and a strike but earnings should match last year's as …
Dec 23, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's top celco Dialog Telekom is offering a trading platform based on short message services (SMS) that can help farmers to …
Dec 23, 2009 (LBO) - Tea export countries like Sri Lanka could see prices easing next year as better weather improves crops and reduces the global shortfall …
Dec 18, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka should set up a commodity futures exchange and introduce forward contracts to make farmers more efficient and earn more, a …