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Explore opportunities in Sri Lanka: a springboard to the Southeast Asia region
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Want to unlock access to doing business in the Southeast Asia region of the world? Join us to explore the exciting opportunities to expand your business in the Sri Lanka.
What you’ll learn
- understand the Sri Lankan market landscape
- identify potential commercial growth opportunities across different sectors
- hear why you should consider doing business in Sri Lanka
Description
Learn about ways you could grow your business in Sri Lanka, already a regional hub for many businesses in the South and Southeast Asia region. With better ease of market entry coupled with logistical connectivity and trading arrangements, Sri Lanka is a gateway to a market of 1.9 billion people in South Asia alone.
We're here to help you identify ways to grow your business in Sri Lanka, and use the country as a gateway to access wider regional markets.
Sri Lanka aims to be the gateway to the whole of Asia given its strategic location. Colombo port is the busiest port in South Asia with two thirds of all global container shipments passing within 10 nautical miles. This makes the country a great hub for manufacturing, warehousing, and transhipments, including freeport options.
In this session, you'll hear from representatives from the UK and Sri Lankan government and businesses who already work in Sri Lanka, about the commercial and sectoral opportunities for UK businesses to expand in the country, or for setting up business there.
Speakers
Andrew Patrick
British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Andrew joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1989. Prior to his diplomatic posting in Sri Lanka, he was the UK’s Migration and Modern Slavery Envoy from February 2022 to May 2023. From 2013 to 2018, he served as the British Ambassador to Myanmar. His previous appointments include diplomatic service in Afghanistan and South Africa. His interests are hill walking, reading and the visual arts.