The 24th Presidential Export Awards (PEA) initiated by the Export Development Board since 1981 concluded last Friday at BMICH with Preisdnet gotabaya Rajapaksa sa the Chief Guest.
This year, 63 outstanding export companies of Sri Lanka received the awards for the financial years 2019/20 and 2020/21. The award winners were selected by a panel of judges chaired by a retired Supreme Court judge. This is the highest and most exclusive award an exporter can receive in Sri Lanka and the Presidential Awards are given to exporters who have made the highest contribution to the development of the export sector.
The President appreciated the commitment and the courage of exporters that they had to remain in the export sector in the face of COVID-19 epidemic. The President said that issues faced by the export sector will be solved soon. “The public and private sector should join together to achieve export targets”, he said.
Trade Minister Bandula Gunawardana said that steps will be taken to promote the export sector under a clear export development plan from next year.
The Minister pointed out that the role played by those engaged in the export sector in the midst of many challenges during the global economic crisis has helped to protect the country’s economy and added that he would like to pay tribute to all exporters.
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