The Hon. Major General (Rtd.) G.D. Sooriyabandara
Major General (Rtd.) G.D. Sooriyabandara asked the Minister of Plantation and Community Infrastructure to provide details on the establishment, objectives and cultivated land extent of the Cashew Corporation. He requested annual data from 2020 onwards on cashew production, national requirement, exports, foreign exchange earnings, imports and related expenditure. He also sought the names of private cashew importers and the measures taken by the Ministry to protect local cashew producers and businesses.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Question to the Minister of Plantation and Community Infrastructure:
¶ 02 (a) Will he inform this House the: (i) year in which the Cashew Corporation was established; (ii) objective of its establishment; and (iii) extent of land under cashew cultivation in Sri Lanka?
¶ 03 (b) Will he also inform this House, separately for each year from 2020 to date, the: (i) cashew harvest and requirement; (ii) quantity of cashew exported and the amount of foreign exchange earned therefrom; and (iii) quantity of cashew imported and the amount of foreign exchange spent thereon?
¶ 04 (c) Will he further inform this House the: (i) private institutions which import cashew into Sri Lanka; and (ii) measures that have been taken by the Ministry to protect the local cashew producer and businessman?
¶ 05 (d) If not, why?
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- Hansard, Thursday, 22 January 2026 ·No. 23203 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Major General (Rtd.) G.D. Sooriyabandara. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 22 January 2026. No. 23203. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/22428