Sri Lankan tea trade drops
PA Wellington The entry' of Papua New Guinea and Indonesia into the Australian and New Zealand tea markets has caused a 50 per cent decline in Sri Lankan tea exports in those markets according to Sri Lanaka's High Commissioner, Lieutenant-General J. E. D. Perera. General Perera, commander of Sri Lanka’s Army from 1977 until 1981, presented his credentials at Government House on his first visit to the country. He is based at Canberra. He said he would like to see tea imports from Sri Lanka increase, and although Sri Lanka and New Zealand were small countries with limited markets there was
room for trade between the two to improve. General’ Perera has also met the 400 to 500 Sri Lankan families living in New Zealand, mainly in Wellington and Auckland, and who mainly work in professions such as medicine and accounting. General Perera has also spoken to the Chambers of Commerce about Sri Lanka’s establishment of a free-trade zone and its invitation to overseas investors to invest there. “We certainly would welcome people from New Zealand investing,” he said. General Perera hopes to visit New Zealand twice a year during his term in Canberra. ~
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