Sri Lanka steps up efforts for more breakthroughs in Chinese market

Trade, Commerce and Food Security Minister Nalin Fernando and the Sri Lanka delegation meeting officials of China’s Yunnan Province Department of Commerce

• 58 Lankan companies conclude successful participation at 7th China-South Asia Exposition and 27th China (Kunming) Import and Export Fair
• Trade, Commerce and Food Security Minister Nalin Fernando holds bilateral meeting with Department of Commerce of Yunnan province

Department of Commerce Sri Lanka Acting Director General of Commerce

Trade, Commerce and Food Security Minister Nalin Fernando and China’s Yunnan Province Department of Commerce Deputy Director General

The Department of Commerce under the Ministry of Trade, Commerce and Food Security successfully organised the participation of 58 Sri Lankan companies at the China-South Asia Exposition held for five days in Kunming. This was an ideal opportunity for Sri Lankan companies to showcase their products to the Chinese market and find new buyers.

Trade, Commerce and Food Security Minister Nalin Fernando visited the Kunming Expo and encouraged Sri Lankan companies to promote Sri Lankan products in the lucrative consumer market in China. Furthermore, it was an opportunity to understand the dynamic E-commerce and Social media marketing strategies used in the Chinese market.

Further the Minister chaired the Sri Lanka side of the bilateral meeting with the Department of Commerce of Yunnan province and expressed the close collaboration to establish Sri Lanka particularly with Yunnan province. Officials of the Department of Commerce of Sri Lanka, the Officials of the Department Commerce of the Yunnan province and the Commercial Counsellor of the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Beijing represented at the bi-lateral talks.

Kunming Expo has been a major trade expo over the years and could be a great platform for strengthening bilateral trade collaboration. Further the opportunity was used to discuss the areas of market expansion of Sri Lankan products, market access for new products and capacity building that required entry to the Chinese market.

The companies promoted a range of products such as Gems and Jewellery, Ceylon Tea, Confectionery, Processed food, Cashew, Spices, Coconut Kernel products, Batiks and Handicraft. 

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