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Sri
Lanka earns over $ 2.3 million at Hong Kong exhibition
Sri Lanka earned over 2.3 million U.S. dollars at the recently
held Hong Kong Jewellery and Watch Fair and was successful
in obtaining continuous monthly orders for calibrated cut
blue sapphires, worth 50,000 U.S. dollars, according to Chairman,
National Gem and Jewellery Authority (NGJA), Hasitha Tillekeratne.
This was the 17th occasion that Sri Lanka participated in
this widely-attended international exhibition held in Hong
Kong. At the Sri Lanka pavilion, organised by the NGJA, six
selected entrepreneurs from the gem and jewellery trade represented
the country. Medium and large scale Sri Lankan gem and jewellery
businessmen who attended this event were able to obtain orders
from USA, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Russia and Thailand.
The Hong Kong exhibition is the largest of its kind held in
the Asia-Pacific region. Hence, participation in such events
gives a major boost to the expansion of Sri Lanka’s gem
and jewellery industry, the NGJA Chairman points out. He has
already made arrangements for the NGJA’s participation
in the HK exhibition for the 18th time in 2009.
Rohan Pitigala Export Manager represented the NGJA at the
event.
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