National Chamber to host Malaysian High Commissioner on 16 August

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The National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka is organising bilateral trade discussion between Sri Lanka and Malaysia on Tuesday, 16 August from 10 a.m. to 12 noon at the National Chamber Auditorium, No. 450, D.R. Wijewardena Mawatha, Colombo 10. High Commissioner of Malaysia to Sri Lanka, His Excellency Dato’ Tan Yang Thai will be the Special Guest Speaker at the session.

The participants will get an opportunity to have a close dialogue with the High Commissioner of Malaysia. Sri Lankan High Commission in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia is also expected to connect virtually during the event to greet the gathering and to speak briefly.

The overall purpose of this meeting is to discuss on the current trade environment, investment opportunities/ services, policies and other important information with the view to promote and strengthen bilateral trade and investment between Sri Lanka and Malaysia.

Sri Lanka’s major export items to Malaysia include natural rubber, balata, articles of apparel and clothing accessories (including gloves), precious stones, semi-precious stones, tea, apparel, wheat or meslin flour, fuel oil, optical, photographic, instruments, other vegetable textile fibres, residues and waste from the food industries, prepared animal fodder, according to Sri Lanka Customs.

Sri Lanka’s major import items from Malaysia include petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, palm oil and its fractions, coconut (copra), palm kernel or babassu oil and fractions, fuel oil, wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal, miscellaneous chemical products, plastics and articles thereof, automatic data processing machines, organic chemicals, synthetic rubber and factice derived from oils.

For reservation for the session, kindly contact Chamber on 0114 741 788/ 0762 555 707 (Nishanthi/Hiruni) or email [email protected] ; [email protected].

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