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Development Strategies and International Trade Minister Malik Samarawickrama yesterday said Sri Lanka is estimated to drawn $2.2 billion as foreign direct investments (FDIs) last year, which is an all-time high recorded. “We are still reviewing the final statistics, which may be released towards the end of this month. However, I think we will end up with $2.2 billion for 2018,” he told journalists in Colombo.
The Minister said they were expecting $3 billion in FDIs this year.
He claimed that some of the investments were unfortunately got delayed because of the political instability the country experienced towards the later part of 2018.
“We are re-discussing those investments. We are negotiating on a huge refinery and a steel manufacturing plant in Trincomalee. If these investments come in we will have a substantial inflow of FDIs by end of this year,” Samarawickrama said.
He also said the following up on those projects has been tasked to Development Strategies and International Trade Deputy Minister Nalin Bandara Jayamaha.(CdeS)
