The Hon. Speaker

19 August 2025 ·Oral question: Second Round Questions: Tea Production/Export and M-Class Locomotives (Tabled and Deferred)

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¶ 01 Second Round.

¶ 02 PRODUCTION AND EXPORT OF TEA FROM 2015: INCOME

¶ 03 16/2024

¶ 04 1. The Hon. Gayantha Karunathilleka (on behalf of the Hon. Hesha Withanage Ankumbura Arachchi) asked the Minister of Plantation and Community Infrastructure:

¶ 05 (a) Will he inform this House the— (i) volume of tea produced in Sri Lanka and the income earned by Sri Lanka from tea exports in each of the years from 2015 up to now, separately; (ii) position Sri Lanka commanded in each year during the aforementioned period in the international tea market in terms of tea exports, separately; and (iii) measures that will be taken to increase tea production in Sri Lanka? (b) If not, why?

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Source: Hansard, Tuesday, 19 August 2025 ·No. 1755860432040633 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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