NCE export awards ceremony on September 25
The National Chamber of Exporters of Sri Lanka (NCE) held its Export
Awards media conference on September 3 at the Hilton Colombo.
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Mrs. Leisha De Silva Chandrasena - Chairperson of SLT Mobitel
(Main sponsor) is seen handing over the package to Rohan
Fernando - President NCE. Others in the picture - L-R: Rasa
Weerasingham - Executive Director, NCE, Suren Amarasekera - CEO,
SLT Mobitel (Main Sponsor) and Patrick Amarasinghe - Founder
President NCE. |
President NCE Rohan Fernando said that the NCE Annual Export Awards
is a high profile and looked forward event in the business calendar of
Sri Lanka. The NCE the only Chamber exclusively serving Sri Lankan
Exporters is the "Voice of Exporters".
The Chamber has been conducting this event since 1993 to recognise
and reward export excellence of Sri Lankan exporters, who make an
indispensable and vital contribution to sustain and expand the economy.
The event is one of the single contributions made by the Chamber to the
export development of Sri Lanka.
A noteworthy feature of the awards scheme is its refinement over the
years with the inclusion of several value added features, to become the
benchmark for awards schemes in Sri Lanka.
With the opening of the doors of the scheme a couple of years ago to
non-member exporters as well, the number of applicants vying for awards,
has shown a marked increase. This year the Chamber received 20 per cent
more applications than last year in spite of the fact that Sri Lankan
exports have been severely affected by the global economic crisis since
the second half of 2008.
This proves the resilience and determination of Sri Lankan exporters.
The export of products which has been the main section for awards
from the inception of the scheme had undergone several refinements to
recognise the contribution made to national exports by emerging new
products such as manufactured jewellery and processed food products.
Important sub sectors among industrial products have also been picked
this year for recognition.
Special Gold Awards are given to the best Brand Exporter as well as
the Best Woman Exporter. This year two additional Gold Awards are to be
presented to the Most Innovative Exporter and the Most Value Adding
Exporter.
The most coveted award is the Gold Award won by the "Most Outstanding
Exporter" of the year. The Runner-up receives the most outstanding
exporter Silver Award.
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