{"id":16430,"date":"2023-03-01T07:32:51","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T07:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.industry.gov.lk\/web\/?page_id=16430"},"modified":"2023-03-08T13:05:45","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T07:35:45","slug":"tea-value-added-tea-beverages","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.industry.gov.lk\/web\/tea-value-added-tea-beverages\/","title":{"rendered":"Tea, Value added Tea, Beverages and related Industries Sector Advisory committee"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"16430\" class=\"elementor elementor-16430\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-832edbc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"832edbc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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<a class=\"elementkit-nav-link  active show left-pos\" id=\"content-0c4e18d69d169013a3a5-tab\" data-ekit-handler-id=\"advisory-committee-chairman\" data-ekit-toggle=\"tab\" data-target=\"#content-0c4e18d69d169013a3a5\" href=\"#Content-0c4e18d69d169013a3a5\"\n                            data-ekit-toggle-trigger=\"click\"\n                            aria-describedby=\"Content-0c4e18d69d169013a3a5\">\n                                                        <span class=\"elementskit-tab-title\"> Advisory Committee Chairman<\/span>\n                        <\/a>\n                    <\/li>\n                                        <li class=\"elementkit-nav-item elementor-repeater-item-63f8fd1\">\n                        <a class=\"elementkit-nav-link  left-pos\" id=\"content-63f8fd169d169013a3a5-tab\" data-ekit-handler-id=\"advisory-committee-members\" data-ekit-toggle=\"tab\" data-target=\"#content-63f8fd169d169013a3a5\" href=\"#Content-63f8fd169d169013a3a5\"\n                            data-ekit-toggle-trigger=\"click\"\n                            aria-describedby=\"Content-63f8fd169d169013a3a5\">\n                                                        <span class=\"elementskit-tab-title\"> Advisory Committee Members<\/span>\n                        <\/a>\n                    <\/li>\n                                        <li class=\"elementkit-nav-item elementor-repeater-item-f532983\">\n                        <a class=\"elementkit-nav-link  left-pos\" id=\"content-f53298369d169013a3a5-tab\" data-ekit-handler-id=\"sector-overview\" data-ekit-toggle=\"tab\" data-target=\"#content-f53298369d169013a3a5\" href=\"#Content-f53298369d169013a3a5\"\n                            data-ekit-toggle-trigger=\"click\"\n                            aria-describedby=\"Content-f53298369d169013a3a5\">\n                                                        <span class=\"elementskit-tab-title\"> Sector overview<\/span>\n                        <\/a>\n                    <\/li>\n                                <\/ul>\n\n            <div class=\"tab-content elementkit-tab-content\">\n                                    <div class=\"tab-pane elementkit-tab-pane elementor-repeater-item-0c4e18d  active show\" id=\"content-0c4e18d69d169013a3a5\" role=\"tabpanel\"\n                         aria-labelledby=\"content-0c4e18d69d169013a3a5-tab\">\n                        <div class=\"animated fadeIn\">\n                            <section id=\"e-left\" style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0;\"><div id=\"e-left-inner\" class=\"left-inner\" style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat( auto-fit, minmax(500px, 1fr) ); grid-column-gap: 30px;\"><div class=\"details\"><h1 class=\"ekit-heading--title elementskit-section-title \"><strong>Chairman<\/strong><\/h1><p><img style=\"width: 300; height: 300; margin: 0 auto; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.industry.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Karunaratne--e1677656646616.jpeg\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>MR.JAYANTHA KARUNARATNE <\/b><\/p><div style=\"height: 50px;\">\u00a0<\/div><p><strong style=\"margin-left: 50px;\">CONTACT INFORMATION<\/strong><\/p><ul style=\"list-style-type: none; margin-left: 60px;\"><li>\u260f : 0777323319 \/0112904023<\/li><li>\ud83d\udce7: jayanthak@impratea.lk<\/li><\/ul><div style=\"height: 50px;\">\u00a0<\/div><div style=\"height: 10px;\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div class=\"details\"><p align=\"justify\">Mr.Jayantha Karunaratne is the founder, Chairman and Managing Director of the Imperial Teas Group. His 40+ years of experience in the tea trade began in 1977 when he served as a Tea Taster at a leading tea export company in Sri Lanka. Extensive travel has given him an in depth knowledge of overseas markets and trading concepts and methodologies. He is the immediate Past Chairman of the Colombo Tea Traders Association and it is during his tenure as Chairman of CTTA that Mr. Karunaratne headed and facilitated the transition from an out cry auction system to an e-Auction due to the severe implications caused on the tea industry from the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p><p align=\"justify\">He is also a Past President of the Tea Exporters\u2019 Association. Mr. Karunaratne was appointed as the President of the National Chamber of Exporters of Sri Lanka on the 14th of March 2023 . He was a Board Member of the Sri Lanka Tea Board and a member of the promotion and marketing committee of the SLTB, former President of the Sri Lanka-Russia Business Council (SLRBC). He is also a member of the American Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka. Mr. Karunaratne also serves as the Chairman of the Advisory Committee for Tea, Value Added Tea, Beverages and related industries Sector of the Ministry of Industries.<\/p><p align=\"justify\">In September 2007, he led a delegation of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce of the Trade &amp; Investment Promotion Mission to Russia and the Ukraine. He was also a member of the Sri Lanka Team that conducted negotiations with Russia regarding the latter&#8217;s proposed accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO).<\/p><div style=\"height: 30px;\">\u00a0<\/div><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/section>                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"tab-pane elementkit-tab-pane elementor-repeater-item-63f8fd1 \" id=\"content-63f8fd169d169013a3a5\" role=\"tabpanel\"\n                         aria-labelledby=\"content-63f8fd169d169013a3a5-tab\">\n                        <div class=\"animated fadeIn\">\n                            <h1 class=\"ekit-heading--title elementskit-section-title \"><strong>Advisory Committee Members<\/strong><\/h1><p>[table \u201c\u201d not found \/]<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<\/p>                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"tab-pane elementkit-tab-pane elementor-repeater-item-f532983 \" id=\"content-f53298369d169013a3a5\" role=\"tabpanel\"\n                         aria-labelledby=\"content-f53298369d169013a3a5-tab\">\n                        <div class=\"animated fadeIn\">\n                            <h1 class=\"ekit-heading--title elementskit-section-title \"><strong>Sector overview\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h1><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.industry.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Sector-overview-Tea.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Sector overview &#8211; Tea, Value added Tea, Beverages and related Industries Sector\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.industry.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ElatedUnfinishedCock-size_restricted.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"75\" height=\"30\" \/><\/a><\/p><p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.industry.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Sector-overview-Tea.pdf\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\"><br \/><\/iframe><\/p>                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                             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class=\"ekit-heading elementskit-section-title-wraper text_center   ekit_heading_tablet-   ekit_heading_mobile-\"><h2 class=\"ekit-heading--title elementskit-section-title \">Statistics <\/h2><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-fed886b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"fed886b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1d4fe93\" data-id=\"1d4fe93\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d246a35 elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-funfact\" data-id=\"d246a35\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-funfact.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"elementskit-funfact text-center     \">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementskit-funfact-inner position_top\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"funfact-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"elementskit-funfact-icon icon icon-building\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"funfact-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"number-percentage-wraper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tUSD\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"number-percentage\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t      data-value=\"66.74\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t      data-animation-duration=\"3500\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  data-style=\"static\">0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tB\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"funfact-title\">Global market value <\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e5686a5\" data-id=\"e5686a5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-501156c elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-funfact\" data-id=\"501156c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-funfact.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"elementskit-funfact text-center     \">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementskit-funfact-inner position_top\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"funfact-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"elementskit-funfact-icon fasicon icon-review\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"funfact-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"number-percentage-wraper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"number-percentage\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t      data-value=\"9.86\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t      data-animation-duration=\"3500\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  data-style=\"static\">0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t%\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"funfact-title\">Contribution to total merchandise exports <\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-706fc38\" data-id=\"706fc38\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a687c50 elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-funfact\" data-id=\"a687c50\" 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Committee Members Sector overview Chairman MR.JAYANTHA KARUNARATNE \u00a0 CONTACT INFORMATION \u260f : 0777323319 \/0112904023 \ud83d\udce7: jayanthak@impratea.lk \u00a0\u00a0 Mr.Jayantha Karunaratne is the founder, Chairman and Managing Director of the Imperial Teas Group. His 40+ years of experience in the tea trade began in 1977 when he served as a Tea Taster at a leading tea export company in Sri Lanka. Extensive travel has given him an in depth knowledge of overseas markets and trading concepts and methodologies. He is the immediate Past Chairman of the Colombo Tea Traders Association and it is during his tenure as Chairman of CTTA that Mr. Karunaratne headed and facilitated the transition from an out cry auction system to an e-Auction due to the severe implications caused on the tea industry from the Covid-19 pandemic. He is also a Past President of the Tea Exporters\u2019 Association. Mr. Karunaratne was appointed as the President of the National Chamber of Exporters of Sri Lanka on the 14th of March 2023 . He was a Board Member of the Sri Lanka Tea Board and a member of the promotion and marketing committee of the SLTB, former President of the Sri Lanka-Russia Business Council (SLRBC). He is also a member of the American Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka. Mr. Karunaratne also serves as the Chairman of the Advisory Committee for Tea, Value Added Tea, Beverages and related industries Sector of the Ministry of Industries. In September 2007, he led a delegation of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce of the Trade &amp; Investment Promotion Mission to Russia and the Ukraine. He was also a member of the Sri Lanka Team that conducted negotiations with Russia regarding the latter&#8217;s proposed accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). \u00a0 \u00a0 Advisory Committee Members Edit No Name of the Committee Members Designation and the Institution Contact Details 1 Mrs.Tharangani Wickramasingha Addl.Secretary(Development) Ministry of Paltation Industries 11 th Floor, Sethsiripaya 2 nd Stage Battaramulla \u260f: 011 2186207 \ud83d\udce7: Tharangi03@yahoo.com 2 Mr.N.G.Bandula Deputy Director Galle Distric Office Industrial Development Board 615, Galle Road Katubedda Moratuwa \u260f: 011 2605394 \ud83d\udce7: info@idb.gov.lk 3 Ms.Thilini Upadya Wimalagunasekara Assitant Director Sri Lanka Export Development Board 9th Floor, DHPL Building, 5, No. 42 Nawam Mawatha, Colombo 2 \u260f: 11 2300705 \/ 11 \ud83d\udce7: upadya@edb.gov.lk 4 Dr.(mrs) K.G.N.Piyasena Head Bichemistry Division Tea research Institute of Sri Lanka St. Coombs, Talawakelle 22100 \u260f: 052 2258201 \ud83d\udce7: info@tri.lk 5 Mr. S.A Siriwardana Director General Sri Lanka Tea Board No 574 ,Galle Road, Colombo 00300 \u260f: 11 -2590968 \ud83d\udce7: teaboard@pureceylontea.com dg@pureceylontea.com 6 ViceChancellor Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka Badulla \u260f: 0552226400 \ud83d\udce7: vc@umu.ac.lk 7 Mr.Jayantha Karunarathna Chairman The Colombo Tea Traders Association C\/O\/ The Ceylon Chamber Of Commerce Po Box-274 No.50 Nawam Mawatha Colombo 02. \u260f: 077 7323319 \ud83d\udce7: jayanthak@impratea.lk 8 Mr. Chandima Wickramasingha Precident Sri lanka Factory Owners Association 64\/12A Park view Square Nawala Road Nugegoda \u260f: 077 7316556 \ud83d\udce7: dampahalatea@gmail.com 9 Mr.Sanjaya Herath Chairman Tea Exporters Association 1 sr Floor Ceylon Chamber Of Commerce No.50 Nawam Mawatha Colombo 02 \u260f: 071 7992222 \ud83d\udce7: sanjaya@uniworldteas.com admin@teasrilanka.org 10 Mr.Samantha Dodanwela Chairman Colombo Brokers&#8217; Association C\/O Mercantile Produce Brokers 66\/15 Ananda Kumaraswamy MW Colombo 03 \u260f: 077 7322530 \ud83d\udce7: samantha@merctea.com 11 Mr.Sampath Amarasena Director Amazon Trading PVT LTD 257, Sri Dhamma MW Colombo 03 \u260f: 071 7322957 \ud83d\udce7: Sampath@amazontea.biz 12 Mr.Rohan Daluwatta Senior Manager Tea Tang PVT LTD 235\/4 Old Awissawella Road Orugodawatta \u260f: 077 7260865 \ud83d\udce7: teatang@teatang.com Rohan@teatang.Com 13 Dr.Gamini Abewickrama Chairman Basilur Tea Exports PVT LTD No.143\/6 Weediyabandara MW Kelanimulla Angoda \u260f: 071 4807400 \ud83d\udce7: gamini@basilurtea.com 14 Mr.s.Anil de silva Managing Director Heritage Teas Pvt LTD 96 Ambatale Road Kohillawatta Wellampitiya \u260f: 077 7346616 \ud83d\udce7: anel.desilva@heritagegroup.lk 15 Mr.Upul Disanayaka General Manager Anveralily &amp; Sons PVT LTD No.17 Dr.Lester james peris MW Colombo.05 \u260f: 077 7557953 \ud83d\udce7: upul@anverally.com 16 Mr.D.J.S.Keragala Managing Director Ceylon Tea Marketing PVT LTD 63\/7 Sedawatta Wellampititya \u260f: 077 7327777 \ud83d\udce7: ctm@ctmtea.com 17 Mr. Surith Perera Chief Executive Officer Shine Consumer Lanka Ltd NO.60 Dharmapala MW Colombo 03 \u260f: 070 3243445 011 4702400 \ud83d\udce7: surith.perera@sunshineholdings.l 18 Mr. Sanjeeva Saranapala General Manger Sunshine Teas Pvt Ltd NO.60 Dharmapala MW Colombo 03 \u260f : 077 3295444 \ud83d\udce7: sanjeeva.saranapala@sunshinetea.lk Sector overview\u00a0\u00a0 Sector overview &#8211; Tea, Value added Tea, Beverages and related Industries Sector\u00a0\u00a0 Statistics USD 0 B Global market value 0 % Contribution to total merchandise exports USD 0 B Annual Export Earnings 0 % Sector Contribution to GDP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.industry.gov.lk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16430"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.industry.gov.lk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.industry.gov.lk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.industry.gov.lk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.industry.gov.lk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16430"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/www.industry.gov.lk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16810,"href":"https:\/\/www.industry.gov.lk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16430\/revisions\/16810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.industry.gov.lk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}