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Sri Lanka encourages Indian leather sector investment

08/05/2007

According to Sri Lanka’s minister of Export Development and International Trade, Professor G Peiris, the country is seeking investment from India, particularly for its leather, tourism, information technology, spices and ceramics industries. He described Sri Lanka as a crucial investment area within southern Asia and indicated the benefit it offers in terms of trade with the EU, which imposes no duties on many Sri Lankan export items.

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