CCC Buyer-Seller meet a success

The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce capitalizing on the prevailing conducive business climate in Sri Lanka organised a Buyer-Seller Meet - BSM 2010 on October 29, 2010.

This is the first occasion the CCC ventured into a project of this nature.

BSM 2010 which was organized in partnership with the External Affairs Ministry, Sri Lanka Export Development Board and the Commerce Department and supported by the Sri Lanka Convention Bureau, attracted 75 overseas and 100 Sri Lankan delegates.

The overseas delegates comprised business community from Bangladesh, Dubai, India, Malaysia, Pakistan and Singapore engaged in a range of products and services from the traditional and non traditional to value added products and services. The delegation consisted of exporters, importers and those engaged in tourism and other services such as shipping, freight forwarding, construction and IT.

Great interest was also expressed in investing in Sri Lanka. To give an insight into the Sri Lankan economy to the visiting delegates, presentations were made by the BOI, EDB and the Sri Lanka Convention Bureau on areas of investments and incentives available.