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“Assessment of Exporting Competitiveness in Sri Lankan Economy”

The world economy has profoundly changed in recent years, presenting new opportunities as well as challenges for Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is a producer of many traditional and non-traditional products to the world market. However, to face with the challenges arise due to change in paradigm in the international trade, it is vital for the country to diversify its product basket with new and innovative products to better suit the needs of the global consumers. In order to boost up the current economic growth rate, it is utmost important to turn Sri Lanka into an exporting economy. In line with that high priority should be given to improve the capacity of local business entities to enter into the global market, formulating appropriate policies to create a conducive environment which enables Sri Lanka to become an export hub driven by innovation and investment.

This panel discussion, featuring well-known industry professionals and economists in Sri Lanka representing the public and private sector. During the discussion, panelists will highlight the main problems in each sector, and current policies on the export industry in Sri Lanka. The main objective of this forum is to derive with new strategies and solutions for developing the Sri Lankan export economy.