The Hon. Ravi Karunanayake
Ravi Karunanayake asked the Minister of Fisheries, Aquatic and Ocean Resources to provide detailed data on fish imports from 2021 to date, including type, quantity, value, country of origin, and whether imports were for local consumption or re-export. He further requested annual information on duty revenue, value addition and foreign exchange earnings from re-exports, imports and domestic production of dried fish, sprats, Maldives fish, and canned fish.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Question No. 464/2025 to the Minister of Fisheries, Aquatic and Ocean Resources:
¶ 02 (a) Will he inform this House— (i) whether Sri Lanka has imported fish from 2021 to date; (ii) if so, the type, quantity, value and country of import in each year from 2021 to date, separately; and (iii) whether such imports were for local consumption or for re-export?
¶ 03 (b) Will he also inform this House for each year from 2021 to date, separately— (i) if for local consumption, the value of duty earned; (ii) if for re-export, the value added and foreign exchange earned; (iii) the quantity, value and countries of import of dried fish, sprats and Maldives fish imported; (iv) the quantity of dried fish, sprats and Maldives fish produced in Sri Lanka; (v) the quantity and value of canned fish imported to Sri Lanka; and (vi) the quantity of canned fish produced in Sri Lanka?
¶ 04 (c) If not, why?
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Cite as: The Hon. Ravi Karunanayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 17 March 2026. No. 23387. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/2954