As Sri Lanka’s King of Spices continued at a steady second rank among all spice exports for a third year in a row, Sri Lanka prepared to move its top spice players to a forthcoming global Conclave in China with a view to diversify markets-and to cash in on the emerging Far-East, as revealed in Colombo.
“EDB welcomes you to be Sri Lanka’s pepper and spice representatives at this important event. We are aiming to help our pepper sector for networking and market expansion” said Dr Yousuf Maraikkar (Executive Director-EDB).
Executive Director Maraikkar was addressing the representatives of selected spice sector players of Sri Lanka shortlisted by EDB to take part in the forthcoming International Pepper Conclave 2015 (IPC 2015) in Shanghai, China. The participating companies are Saboor Chatoor (Pvt) Ltd, Sindbad Ltd, and EAOS Organics (Lanka) Ltd. Saboor Chatoor (Pvt) Ltd is one of the top three spice exporters of Sri Lanka while Sindbad Ltd is a tea and a premier spice exporting firm. EAOS Organics (Lanka) Ltd is Sri Lanka largest value added exporter of organic spices including pepper. These firms will lead the way first ever Lankan official delegation to the International Pepper Conclave 2015. Also present at the session was KA Rupasinghe (DG-Dept of Export Agriculture).