COLOMBO: Sri Lankan exporters face some critical problems at the border of their own country than in the borders of other countries, a top economist Nishan de Mel said.
According to details, Nishan de Mel of Verité Research said they found in a recent study that some of the critical problems that exist for exporters are not at the borders of other countries but the border of our own country.
He said the government is talking about signing FTAs and getting rid of the barriers that exist for exporters in the borders of other countries.
“If you think the problem that exporters have is that we can’t access other countries, then we find FTAs to be the solution,” de Mel said.
“But if you think the main problem that exporters have in the border of our own country then we have to have a different set of solutions, so this is the big shift in thinking.”
He said these barriers exist especially for agricultural exports, which can enrich the rural and farm economy.
Agricultural exports, especially perishables, suffer the greatest difficulty within the country, not outside, de Mel said.
