The Hon. Wasantha Samarasinghe - Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development
Annual salt consumption is about 180,000 metric tonnes, while national production capacity is around 200,000 metric tonnes in a good year across public entities, cooperatives and private firms. Due to weather-related reductions in actual output, imports were required on this occasion.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Speaker, one clarification. The Opposition Leader said annual salt consumption is 180,000 MT—that is correct. But total national capacity across public entities, co-ops and around 15 private firms is roughly 200,000 MT in a good year. The weather shock reduced realizable output, necessitating imports this time.
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Cite as: The Hon. Wasantha Samarasinghe - Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 21 May 2025. No. 1749121318003248. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/8124