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| Sunday, 29 May 2005 |
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Exhibition of ornamental fish Min Visituru Sri Lanka 2005, the international exhibition of ornamental fish and aquatic plants and accessories will be held from June 2-5 at the Sri Lanka Exhibition and Conventional Centre. The exhibition is organised by the National Aquaculture Development Authority (ADA) to boost the ornamental fish industry in the country. It is targeted at international buyers, sellers and starts soon after the Aquarama 2005 international ornamental fish exhibition in Singapore. The ornamental fish industry has a rapidly increasing export market and Sri Lanka has a huge potential to grow in the industry. It is estimated that the value of the world ornamental fish industry is US$ 3 billion. Though Sri Lanka's share in the international market is small, Sri Lanka is among the few well-known countries in the industry. Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Czechoslovakia and Thailand are the leading ornamental fish exporters and total annual export value of these countries is around US$ 200 million. Of them Singapore accounts for 25% and Sri Lanka's contribution is only 3.2%. In 2004 Sri Lanka's total export earnings from ornamental fish were Rs. 745.2 million. |
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