JETRO mulls investments in Lanka

The Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) has found Sri Lanka's skilled workforce and strong infrastructure advantageous to foreign investors, the organisation's Executive Vice President, Soichi Yoshimura said when he met Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa at the Ministry office to discuss Japanese investments in Sri Lanka.

Yoshimura was accompanied by a high powered, 40-member, Japanese business delegation. JETRO set up by the Japanese government in 1958, is the principal organisation for implementing trade policy on a comprehensive basis. The main task of JETRO is to boost foreign direct investment in Japan, promote cooperation between industries in Japan and other developed nations and encourage international exchange.

Soichi Yoshimura said that he and his team had visited the Koggala and Katunayake Free Trade Zones.