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Tuesday, August 02 , 2011 - 6.05 GMT
Maldive fish factory in Kalutara

 
The Government has taken actions to establish the first maldive fish factory in the Kalutara industrial zone.

A businessman from Japan had agreed to provide funds to set up the factory and the agreements to this will be signed within a month, said the Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Dr. Rajitha Senaratne.

According to the Minister, Sri Lanka imports 6,000 to 8,000 metric tons of maldive fish annually and at the market price of a kilo of maldive fish is around Rs.2,000. The Minister expressed hopes that the consumers would be able to purchase maldive fish at half the price after this factory was set up.

Currently Sri Lanka earns Rs.21 million by the exporting fish products and spends Rs.14 million to import the maldive fish and other fish products.

The maldive fish production factory will add another $400 million foreign exchange to the country, the minister further said.
 





 
                   
 
   
   
     
   
   

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