Sri Lankan industries able to excel sans GSP+
Sri Lankan industries have the ability to excel
even without the General System of Preference (GSP+) concession. The
GSP+ concession was indeed a bonus for the industries to enter into
the international market, yet we cannot depend on concessions
everlastingly, Dial Textile Industries (Pvt) Ltd., Managing
Director, Neil Umagiliya told Daily News Business.
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To achieve quantified targets of economic
prosperity:
‘Imports and exports have to be competitive’
Achieving economic prosperity is like winning
another war. To achieve the quantified targets of economic
prosperity steps such as doubling the per capita income within the
next six years to US$ 4,000 and maintaining a sustainable economic
growth of eight percent, have to be taken.
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More IT, BPO professionals needed
To achieve US $ 2 billion revenue:
Sri Lanka needs to increase the quantity of IT/BPO
professionals without compromising on quality for the industry to
grow, a senior industry official said. It will enable Sri Lankan IT
BPO industry to achieve the US $ two billion revenue in five years
time, IFS South Asia Vice President Jayantha De Silva told Daily
News business.
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