Lanka targets a US $ 20b exports in tea by 2020 [May 06 2011]

Sri Lanka targets a US $ 20 billion export in tea by 2020 through increase in exporting ozone friendly tea.

The Minister of Industry and Commerce Rishad Bathiudeen addressing a gathering at the launch of 'Ozone Friendly Ceylon Tea logo – Ceylon Tea name and Agro-Climatic Regions/Logos' said the achievement of Sri Lanka Tea Board on the Ozone Friendly Tea status under the Montreal Protocol is highly commendable.

“It will help the US $ 20 billion overall export target by 2020 to become a reality. This achievement could certainly lead to a new international market niche while also addressing today’s global consumer behaviour trend of ‘going green’. In fact, ‘Going Green’ is the future for Sri Lanka”, he said. Minister Bathiudeen said that Sri Lanka was the first country to have received this prestigious accreditation for tea.