Chamber of Small Industry on a Trade Mission to Australia

Sri Lanka Chamber of Small Industry have organised a 12 member Trade Mission to Australia visiting Queensland and Tasmania in early April 2008. Aloy Jayawardene President of the Chamber will be leading the mission.

The mission will be meeting the Queensland Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Brisbane and the Chamber of Commerce and Trade in Hobart.

This programme was made possible, with the visit of Jayawardene to the two Chambers in early 2007. Sri Lanka Consul General in Sydney Ms. Gothami Indikadahena is in communication with the two Chambers in Queensland and Tasmania and presently finalising the programme for the mission.

The present volume of bilateral trade does not reflect its full potential even on a conservative estimate and therefore this trade mission will certainly help achieve a desirable quantum of bilateral trade with benefits accruing to State holders in both countries in an equitable manner.

This visit will certainly add increasing items of bilateral trade, which is now heavily dependent on tea and milk products. The Small and Medium Industries exploring partnerships with Australian partners through this programme would contribute in a big way to diversify trade, and provide a healthy and steady growth.