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The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law

Samagi Jana Balawegaya· Kurunegala· 6 March 2026 ·Oral question: Oral Question: Small and Medium-Scale Factories Started or Closed Down in 2025 (Q.1177/2025)

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Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara requested detailed information from the Minister of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development on small and medium-scale factories that were opened or closed in 2025. He sought figures by category, products manufactured, export or domestic market orientation, reasons for closures, and measures taken by the Government to promote SME factories in Sri Lanka.

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¶ 01 Small and Medium-Scale Factories Started or Closed Down in 2025: Details Question No. 1177/2025 to the Minister of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development:

¶ 02 (a) Will he inform this House the— (i) number of small and medium-scale factories started in Sri Lanka in 2025, separately; (ii) items manufactured in each of those factories, separately; and (iii) number of export-oriented factories and the number targeting the domestic market, separately?

¶ 03 (b) Will he also inform this House the— (i) number of small and medium-scale factories closed down in 2025, separately; (ii) items manufactured in each of those factories, separately; (iii) number of export-oriented factories and the number targeting the domestic market, separately; (iv) reasons for closure; and (v) steps taken to promote small and medium-scale factories in Sri Lanka?

¶ 04 (c) If not, why?

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Hansard, Friday, 6 March 2026 ·No. 23376 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 6 March 2026. No. 23376. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/5086