Saturday Jan 18, 2025
Saturday Jan 18, 2025
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A session on ‘Driving Growth in Value-Added Export Manufacturing’ at the Sri Lanka Economic Summit (SLES) will address key challenges to enhancing Sri Lanka’s value-added export manufacturing, and examine how the country can strengthen its integration into global and regional value chains.
Conducted under the theme ‘Shaping Sri Lanka’s Future: Transformational Growth Rooted in Sound Economic Policies’, the SLES will be held on 28 and 29 January at the Shangri-La Hotel, Colombo.
The session, focusing on value-added export manufacturing on 29 January, will explore areas such as productivity improvements, the cost of doing business, innovation, and reforms to labour laws. It will also draw on Thailand’s experience in driving export-led investment growth, with a presentation by Deloitte Thailand Global Trade Advisory Senior Manager Parima Damrithamanij. With her background in international trade negotiations, regulatory reform, and economic policy, including a 15-year stint at the Ministry of Commerce, she will share key lessons from Thailand’s transformation.
Joining the session are Industry and Entrepreneurship Development Ministry Secretary J.M.T. Jayasundara, MAS Holdings PLC CEO Suren Fernando, and Hayleys Group Executive Director and Haycarb Managing Director Rajitha Kariyawasan. The discussion will be moderated by JAAF Secretary General and EASL Chairman Yohan Lawrence, ensuring a comprehensive exploration of the role of policy, private sector innovation, and public-private collaboration in advancing value-added export manufacturing.
