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Slippery Situation
The Rs20, 000 per MT surcharge was imposed in February last year to arrest a downward pressure on nut prices, boosting farm gate prices for nuts. While providing much needed relief for growers, the latter half of last year saw a sharp drop in export volumes of desiccated coconut(DC), a 40 percent decline over 2000 quote […]
Changing The Rules
While front running was included as a new offence, the new rules broadly look at facilitating deregulation process of the industry, SEC quote s Director Legal, Kithsiri Gunawardene told Lanka Business Online. rnThe Securities and Exchange Commission quote s rules lay down the procedures to grant licences to the stock exchange, stockbrokers and stock dealers. […]
Adding Layers
Volumes shipped in this period have reached the 271.9 mn kilo mark, a 3.5 percent jump on the 262 mn kilos shipped in 2000. If anything, loss of working days during the election may be the only constraint in reaching the 288 mn kilo target, brokers said.The value of exports at Rs. 56 bn has […]