Sri Lanka pins its hopes on garments without guilt
Sri Lanka’s garment industry is hoping to differentiate itself by carving out a niche as an ethical producer. But will…
Sri Lankan strategies
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SRI LANKA: Looking for duty-free access into Canada
With no progress in sight for a free-trade agreement with the US, Sri Lanka is now trying to negotiate a…
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SRI LANKA: Instruction manual to reduce gender bias at work
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) office in Sri Lanka and the Employers Federation of Ceylon (EFC) are drafting a manual…
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SRI LANKA: Apparel industry links up with NCSU
The North Carolina State University (NCSU) College of Textile is planning to help upgrade Sri Lanka’s textile and apparel training…
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SRI LANKA: No changes to GSP+ rules until 2007
The Sri Lankan office of the European Commission (EC) said on Friday (21 July) that changes to GSP+ rules will…
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SRI LANKA: DogiEFA to begin operations in June next year
DogiEFA, the textiles joint venture between Spanish producer Dogi, Elastic Fabrics of America (EFA) and Mas Holdings, will bring its…
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SRI LANKA: First privately-managed apparel industrial zone gets underway
On Wednesday 12 June, the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka (BOI) signed over infrastructure management rights of the Thulhiriya…
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SRI LANKA: Trade talks with India aim to increase clothing access
The seventh round of technical-level negotiations between India and Sri Lanka on the proposed Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) was…
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SRI LANKA: Apparel industry fears impact of security troubles
Sri Lanka’s apparel industry is worried about the impact of fraught domestic security issues in the face of sluggish exports.…