COLOMBO: A business delegation of fourteen New Zealand companies arrived in Sri Lanka on 6 March to further strengthen business links between the two countries.
Sri Lanka is New Zealand’s 23rd largest goods export market and is worth NZD$254million. New Zealand is Sri Lanka’s 54th largest goods export market worth NZD$55million. New Zealand’s top exports to Sri Lanka are fruit, milk power and butter.
The New Zealand Trade and Enterprise, with support from The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce will be assisting the delegation to explore the possibility of forging new business ventures with their Sri Lankan counterparts.
A function was held this morning with Harin Fernando, Minister for Telecommunication and Digital Infrastructure, in attendance to welcome David Bennet – New Zealand’s Minister for Veteran’s Affairs and Food Safety and Associate Minister of Transport and Immigration and a delegation, at which the future of Sri Lanka/New Zealand trade was discussed.