Sri Lanka's Apex Organisation for Export Promotion
On 6th March 2026, 60 women entrepreneurs from Panadura and surrounding areas participated in a comprehensive Branding and Digital Marketing Training Programme, organised by the EDB through the SheTrades Sri Lanka Hub and supported by the Divisional Secretariat, Panadura. This programme is part of the Sri Lanka Export Development Board’s ongoing efforts under the Export-oriented Women Entrepreneurship Development in Regions initiative, aimed at empowering women-led businesses, enhancing their competitiveness, and encouraging them to explore international markets.
The Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB), through the SheTrades Sri Lanka Hub, successfully conducted a Training Programme on Branding and Digital Marketing for women entrepreneurs in Anuradhapura, with the participation of over 50 women led businesses. The programme was organized under EDB’s Export oriented Women Entrepreneurship Development in Regions initiative, aiming to strengthen the capacities of women entrepreneurs, enhance their competitiveness, and encourage them to explore export opportunities in international markets.
In a critical response to Sri Lanka's escalating fuel shortages driven by Middle East tensions and QR rationing, Export Development Board (EDB) Chairman Mangala Wijesinghe has highlighted a priority program to ensure exporters receive their essential fuel stocks without delay. Treating the export sector as the nation's top priority, this government-backed initiative aims to shield over 4,500 exporters, spread across apparel, tea, spices, and other key industries.
Continuing its efforts to foster a dynamic, export-oriented SME sector across Sri Lanka, the Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB) successfully conducted an ExpoNavigator Awareness Session for the Uva Province on 10th March 2026 in Badulla. The programme targeted SMEs representing diverse sectors in the Uva Province and witnessed the participation of around 100 entrepreneurs eager to explore export opportunities.
The Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB), in collaboration with Verité Research, successfully conducted its second training programme, “Leveraging Trade Data for Export Success,” for women-led exporters in Kandy on 20th February 2026. This initiative was part of the EDB's Women Entrepreneurship Development Programme.
The Export Development Board (EDB) recently held a high-level meeting to discuss the critical issues faced by exporters of major products to middle east market due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East region.
The Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB) recently convened a landmark gathering titled the "National Export Roadmap – The CEO Forum", bringing together top executives and chief executive officers from the country's leading institutions to brief them on the National Export Roadmap and chart a strategic course for the future of Sri Lanka's export sector.
A high-level business promotion programme held on 27th February 2026 in Bremen brought together major trade chambers, business associations, and prominent German companies, providing an opportunity to further strengthen bilateral relations between Sri Lanka and Germany, explore prospects in the German market, and promote Sri Lanka Expo 2026 as a key international trade event.
The Regional Exporters Networking Forum for the Southern Province, organized by the Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB), was successfully held in Matara on Tuesday, February 24, 2026. The primary objectives of the forum were to identify challenges faced by regional exporters and to explore new export opportunities.
