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Market Development and Research Division
- The maintenance, promotion and creation of demand for coconut products,
both within and outside Sri Lanka
- Promote marketing of coconuts and coconut products both domestically
and internationally and to facilitate and assist the marketing channels
engaged in sales and export marketing, in achieving their targets
of product - market diversification
- Market Information Services
- Country wise, Exporter wise and Product wise information
on coconut products
- Potential export markets, Export prices, local market prices,
Market trend of coconut products, Production of coconut products,
Packing details, Freight charges and other relevant information.
- Information on international prices of vegetable oils and
Coconut products
- Competitors information relating to production and exports
of coconut products
- Updating and maintaining of coconut based website
- Maintaining of information / documentation centre on coconut
industry and trade.
- Information on registered exporters, manufacturers, brokers,
estates and dealers etc. with CDA
- Market Research & Surveys
- Forecasting of annual coconut production
- Per capita consumption of fresh coconut and Coconut oil
- Cost of production analysis of coconut products
- Analysis of consumption of imported vegetable oils
- Trade facilitation services
- Holding Colombo Fresh coconut auction and Copra auction
- Conducting Regional Fresh coconut auctions in Coconut Triangle
and Mini Coconut Triangle
- Attending trade related disputes / claims (Holding arbitration
with a view to resolving foreign and local claims arisen among
exporters, millers, brokers, dealers and growers)
- Registration of exporters, dealers, brokers and estates
of coconut products.
- Attending to problems faced by the exporters on classification
of coconut products, and providing permission and monitoring
of duty free imports of coconut products raw material for
value addition and re-exports.
- Market Promotional Services
- Participation at Foreign trade fairs and Trade negotiations
with trade related organizations abroad.
- Maintaining coconut and coconut related products sample
showcases at foreign missions.
- Circulation of trade inquiries among the registered exporters
- Trade Negotiations, (facilitating Buyer - Seller meetings)
match making
- Advisory / Market support services on Coconut and coconut based
products for potential exporters
- Evaluation and Recommendation of New coconut based projects
- Development and promotion of new coconut based enterprises /entrepreneurs
- Addressing of Tariff and Non-tariff related issues
- participation at bi-lateral and multi-lateral trade negotiations
- Free Trade negotiations etc.
- Dissemination of coconut industry related information, to stake
holders through publications.
Telephone
94-11-2447602
94-11-2421027 upto 8
94-11-2368418
94-11-2329749
Fax
94-11-2447602
Email
cocoauth@panlanka.net
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