The Hon. (Dr.) Kaushalya Ariyarathne (Ms.)
Hon. (Dr.) Kaushalya Ariyarathne raised concerns about job losses in aluminium-related industries in Kaduwela, stating that 3,000 to 4,000 family members are affected by the current crisis. She asked the Deputy Minister whether the Government will enforce the legal requirement of 35% value addition for raw material exports, alleging that aluminium blocks are being exported without regulation despite complaints to the Ministry of Industries.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Speaker, my first Supplementary Question is this. In my electorate of Kaduwela alone, aluminium-related industries support about 3,000 to 4,000 family members. Many have lost jobs due to the current aluminium crisis. Our law requires a 35% value addition for exporting any raw material. However, the industrialists told me yesterday that this 35% requirement is not being regulated; aluminium blocks are being exported as-is. They have complained to the Ministry of Industries, but no solution has been given. I ask the Hon. Deputy Minister: are there concrete steps to regulate this and to prevent exports of aluminium blocks without value addition? If so, what are they?
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