The Hon. Sujeewa Dissanayake
Hon. Sujeewa Dissanayake asked the Minister of Plantation and Community Infrastructure for details on Sri Lanka’s main export crops, including when coconut was declared a main export crop and current figures for coconut trees and cultivated extent. He sought information on measures to increase coconut production, coconut-related industries and annual foreign exchange earnings, and detailed data on coconut husk factories by ownership, exports, and employment. He also requested identification of the key problems facing the coconut husk industry and reasons for any unavailable information.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Question to the Minister of Plantation and Community Infrastructure:
¶ 02 (a) (i) Three main export crops of Sri Lanka.
¶ 03 (ii) Year in which coconut was declared a main export crop.
¶ 04 (iii) Number of coconut trees and extent under coconut in hectares, separately.
¶ 05 (iv) Steps taken to increase the coconut harvest.
¶ 06 (b) (i) Coconut-related industries currently operating in Sri Lanka.
¶ 07 (ii) Annual foreign exchange earnings from coconut-based products.
¶ 08 (iii) Number of factories associated with coconut husks with local and foreign ownership, their main export products, and the number of direct and indirect jobs created, separately.
¶ 09 (iv) Key problems associated with the coconut husk industry.
¶ 10 (c) If not, why?
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- Hansard, Tuesday, 20 January 2026 ·No. 23200 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Sujeewa Dissanayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 20 January 2026. No. 23200. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/8942