News Line

    Go to Home Back
Email this to a friend
Printable version
Monday, November 17, 2008 - 04.52 GMT
Tea industry: FM seeks support from importers

 
Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama met a group of Ambassadors and diplomats from leading countries importing tea from Sri Lanka to seek their governments' intervention in facilitating the activities of the private tea companies in the market to ensure a sustained demand for tea from Sri Lanka.

He underscored the importance of the tea industry to the Sri Lankan economy, noting that this billion dollar industry accounts for more than 2/3 of the country's agricultural export earnings, contributing 4% to the GDP.

The Ambassadors of Egypt, Iran, Palestine, Russia and Saudi Arabia, as well as the Charges d'affaires of Iraq, Kuwait and Qatar took part in themeeting.


 

 
 
   
   
   
   

top

   

Contact Information: Send mail to priu@presidentsoffice.lk with questions or comments about this web site.
Last modified: July 22, 2009.

Copyright © 2008 Policy Research & Information Unit of the Presidential Secretariat of Sri Lanka. All Rights Reserved.