Sri Lanka is now moving towards the lowest economic growth among 148 nations even below the economic growth of South Sudan, the World Bank global economic prospects report (published in Jan 2023) revealed.
Sri Lanka is set to benefit from the UK’s new trade concessionary scheme Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS) that will replace the GSP+ in that country and will be in force from 2023, finance ministry sources said.
In a bid to overcome the energy crisis, the Government has decided to equip a total of 11,219 State properties including education, religious and other buildings with rooftop solar panels.
Bangladesh and Sri Lanka will soon enter into a Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) following the decision to expedite negotiations and clonclude it shortly, official sources said.
Sri Lanka’s apparel sector has ended 2022 with 22% growth in exports to US $ 5.6 b and higher than pre-COVID’s $ 5.3 b but suffered dip in YoY growth in last quarter