National Chamber to host B2B online meetings with Turkey

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The National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka in association with the Adana Chamber of Industry in Turkey will conduct a B2B Zoom meeting session for Sri Lankan corporate community in the third week of May.

Business community dealing in various diversified sectors, such as metal – machinery and equipment, textile and its raw materials, food industry, tea, herbal products, rubber industry (tyres, gloves), textile and garments, and plastic industry are expected to participate at the meeting.

The National Chamber is inviting the Sri Lankan business community to register for the said program and meet their counterparts in Turkey online.

Turkey was the 10th export market for Sri Lanka with a share of 2.11% in 2020. The main items exported from Sri Lanka to Turkey in 2020 were, tea, vegetable textile fibres, apparel, used pneumatic tyres, manmade staple fibres, activated carbon, new pneumatic tyres, apparel accessories, lead oxides, miscellaneous articles of base metal, miscellaneous edible preparations and desiccated coconut.

Turkey was the 28th import partner of Sri Lanka with a share of 0.59% in 2020. The main items imported from Turkey to Sri Lanka in 2020 were onions, nuclear reactors, knitted or crocheted fabrics, electrical transformers, manmade staple fibres, iron and steel, other imports, cotton, plastics, refrigerators, wheat and miscellaneous edible preparations.

To register for the session, kindly contact the Chamber on 011-4 741 788 (Achini) or email [email protected].