{"id":23334,"date":"2023-12-01T11:09:51","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T05:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.industry.gov.lk\/web\/?page_id=23334"},"modified":"2025-07-24T09:16:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T03:46:46","slug":"spices-and-related-industries-sector-advisory-committee2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.industry.gov.lk\/web\/spices-and-related-industries-sector-advisory-committee2\/","title":{"rendered":"Spices and Related industries Sector Advisory committee"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"23334\" class=\"elementor elementor-23334\">\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-0c4e18d69eba56dc7dac-tab\" data-ekit-handler-id=\"advisory-committee-chairman-\" data-ekit-toggle=\"tab\" data-target=\"#content-0c4e18d69eba56dc7dac\" href=\"#Content-0c4e18d69eba56dc7dac\"\n                            data-ekit-toggle-trigger=\"click\"\n                            aria-describedby=\"Content-0c4e18d69eba56dc7dac\">\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-63f8fd169eba56dc7dac-tab\" data-ekit-handler-id=\"advisory-committee-members\" data-ekit-toggle=\"tab\" data-target=\"#content-63f8fd169eba56dc7dac\" href=\"#Content-63f8fd169eba56dc7dac\"\n                           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                            <\/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-0c4e18d69eba56dc7dac\" role=\"tabpanel\"\n                         aria-labelledby=\"content-0c4e18d69eba56dc7dac-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\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img style=\"width: 250; height: 250; margin: 0 auto; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.industry.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/5.jpeg\" \/><b>Mr. Nanda Kohona <\/b><\/p><div style=\"height: 50px; text-align: center;\">Director of International Commodity Exports Pvt Limited<\/div><div style=\"height: 5px;\">\u00a0<\/div><p><strong>CONTACT INFORMATION<\/strong><\/p><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul style=\"list-style-type: none; margin-left: 5px;\"><li>\u260f : 0718681602 \/0760284461<\/li><li style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\ud83d\udce7: nandab.kohona@gmail.com<\/li><\/ul><div style=\"height: 50px;\">\u00a0<\/div><div style=\"height: 10px;\">\u00a0<\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"details\"><div style=\"height: 30px;\">\u00a0<\/div><p><strong>ACADEMIC QUALOFICATIONS<\/strong><\/p><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li>Diploma Holder in Food Technology at University of Mysore \/India<\/li><li>EDBA-University of Colombo.<\/li><li>Post Graduate Dip. In Marketing from the Sri lanka Institute of Marketing.<\/li><\/ul><div style=\"height: 30px;\">\u00a0<\/div><p><strong>OTHER INFORMATION<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Chairman -of the Spices &amp; Concentrates Advisory Committee at the Sri lanka Export Development Board.<\/li><li>Over 30+ years of experience in the Spice industry.<\/li><li>Past Chairman -The Spice Council (TSC).<\/li><li>Past President \u2013Sri Lanka Food Processors Association. (SLFPA)<\/li><li>Executive Committee Member- Ceylon Cinnamon Geographical Indication Association \u2013CCGIA<\/li><li>Asst. Secretary -Ceylon Organic Producers &amp; Exporters Association (COPEA) (SLFPA)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/section>                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"tab-pane elementkit-tab-pane elementor-repeater-item-63f8fd1 \" id=\"content-63f8fd169eba56dc7dac\" role=\"tabpanel\"\n                         aria-labelledby=\"content-63f8fd169eba56dc7dac-tab\">\n                        <div class=\"animated fadeIn\">\n                            <h1 class=\"ekit-heading--title elementskit-section-title \"><strong>Advisory Committee Members<\/strong><\/h1><p>\n<table id=\"tablepress-160\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-160\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1 odd\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\"><strong>Sector<\/strong><\/th><th class=\"column-2\"><strong>No<\/strong><\/th><th class=\"column-3\"><strong>Name<\/strong><\/th><th class=\"column-4\"><strong>Designation<\/strong><\/th><th class=\"column-5\"><strong>Organization<\/strong><\/th><th class=\"column-6\"><strong>Telephone<\/strong><\/th><th class=\"column-7\"><strong>Email<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">01<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Mrs. Nalini Balasubramaniam<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Director &#8211; Development Div. I<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Ministry of Industries<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">0112422319<br \/>\n0718040204<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">sector1mid@yahoo.com<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3 odd\">\n\t<td rowspan=\"7\" class=\"column-1\">Public Sector<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">02<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Mr. R.C. Watawala<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Director (Development I)<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Ministry of Agriculture &amp; Plantation Industries<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">0112878678<br \/>\n0714405503<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">ransiluwatawala@gmail.com<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-2\">03<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Mrs. Samantha Karunarathna<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Director (Development)<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Consumer Affairs Authority<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">0112393496<br \/>\n0771088919<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">slsi@slsi.lk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-2\">04<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Dr. Nevil Amunugoda<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Director<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Industrial Technology Institute<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">0112379800<br \/>\n0718475734<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">info@iti.lk<br \/>\ndir_fts@iti.lk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-2\">05<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Mrs. B.G.C. Nilushika<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Business Development Manager\/Technical Service<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Industrial Development Board<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">0112605278<br \/>\n0755272417<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">info@idb.gov.lk<br \/>\nnilushiidb@gmail.com<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-2\">06<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Mr. Gayan Weerasinghe<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Export Promotion Officer, Export Agriculture Division<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Sri Lanka Export Development Board<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">0716569182<br \/>\n0112300705\/11<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">gayanw@edb.gov.lk<br \/>\nedb@edb.gov.lk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-2\">07<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Mr. Kasun D. Pathirana<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Asst. Director (Development)<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Department of Cinnamon Development<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">0912210999<br \/>\n0707749105<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">Deshapriya15@gmail.com<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-2\">08<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Dr. U.G.A.T. Premathilaka<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Senior Lecture \u2013 Faculty of Animal Science &amp; Exports Agriculture<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Uva Wellassa University<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">0552226472<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">vcoffice@uwu.ac.lk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10 even\">\n\t<td rowspan=\"13\" class=\"column-1\">Private Sector<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">09<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Mr. A.W. Bandara<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Chairman<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Spices and Allied Products Marketing Board\/M of PI<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">0757405029<br \/>\n0702354220<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">chairmanslspice@gmail.com<br \/>\nrainbowbadulla@gmail.com<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-2\">10<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Mr. D A Perera<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Chairman<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">EOAS International Pvt Ltd<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">0777885440<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">eoasorg@gmail.com<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-2\">11<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Mr. Chathura Abeyrathne<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Director<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Orient Trading (Pvt) Ltd<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">0779542872<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">orientv@slt.lk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-13 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-2\">12<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Mr. H. Gehan K. De silva<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Director<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">HIDDES Extracts (Pvt) Ltd<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">0112438739<br \/>\n0777344877<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">info@hddes.com<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-14 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-2\">13<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Mr. Viraj de Silva<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Chairman\/Managing Director<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">The Spices Council\/SDS Spices (Pvt.) Ltd.<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">0777748180<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">viraj@sdsspices.com<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-15 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-2\">14<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Mr. T.P.L. Raj<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Managing Director<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Erin International (Pvt.) Ltd.<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">0712756072<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">raj@tplraj.com<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-16 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-2\">15<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Mr. Anushka Vidanapathirana<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Managing Director<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Bespice (Pvt.) Ltd.<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">0719809075<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">info@bespicelk.com<br \/>\nanushkavp@gmail.com<br \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-17 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-2\">16<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Mr. Mohamed Shuaib<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Managing Director<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Colombo Export and Import Agencies<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">0764428205<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">shuhaib@ceialgroup.com<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-18 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-2\">17<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Mr. W.H.S.C. Fernando<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Chairman<br \/>\nThe Spices &amp; Allied Products Producers\u2019 and Traders\u2019 Association (SAPPTA)<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Malwatte Plantations Pvt Ltd<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">0722212159<br \/>\n0761383280<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">christophers@malwatte.lk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-19 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-2\">18<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Mr. Ryan Rambukwella<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Vice Chairman<br \/>\n(SAPPTA)<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Synthite Lanka (Pvt.) Ltd.<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">0779922234<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">ryan@synthite.com<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-20 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-2\">19<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Mr. Rumesh Jayasuriya<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Director<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Ceylon ECO Spices (Pvt) Ltd<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">0701820123<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">rumeshj@ceylonecospices.com<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-21 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-2\">20<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Mr. Nishantha Logeswaran<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Director<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Rabeena Food (Pvt.) Ltd.<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">0773728656<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">info@rabeena.com<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-22 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-2\">21<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Mr. Illeen Riluwan<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Director Sales<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Essential Food and Spices Processors Association<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">0777899644<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">info@efspa.org<br \/>\nilleen@allifood.com<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/p>                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"tab-pane elementkit-tab-pane elementor-repeater-item-f532983 \" id=\"content-f53298369eba56dc7dac\" role=\"tabpanel\"\n                         aria-labelledby=\"content-f53298369eba56dc7dac-tab\">\n                        <div class=\"animated fadeIn\">\n                            <h1 class=\"ekit-heading--title elementskit-section-title \"><strong>Sector overview\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.industry.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Sector-overview-spices-final.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Sector overview -Spices and Related Industries Sector <\/span>\u00a0<img src=\"https:\/\/www.industry.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ElatedUnfinishedCock-size_restricted.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"75\" height=\"30\" \/><\/a>\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.industry.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropdata.xlsx\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Crop Data<\/span><\/a>\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.industry.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Sector-overview-spices-final.pdf\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\">\n<\/iframe>                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                \n            <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/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\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1e5d7ce 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=\"1e5d7ce\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\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-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bf9aa9d\" data-id=\"bf9aa9d\" 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-1d71b37 elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-heading\" data-id=\"1d71b37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" ><div 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 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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-money-bag\"><\/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=\"\"\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\"><\/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 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committee Advisory Committee Chairman Advisory Committee Members Sector overview Mr. Nanda Kohona Director of International Commodity Exports Pvt Limited\u00a0 CONTACT INFORMATION \u260f : 0718681602 \/0760284461 \ud83d\udce7: nandab.kohona@gmail.com \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 ACADEMIC QUALOFICATIONS Diploma Holder in Food Technology at University of Mysore \/India EDBA-University of Colombo. Post Graduate Dip. In Marketing from the Sri lanka Institute of Marketing. \u00a0 OTHER INFORMATION Chairman -of the Spices &amp; Concentrates Advisory Committee at the Sri lanka Export Development Board. Over 30+ years of experience in the Spice industry. Past Chairman -The Spice Council (TSC). Past President \u2013Sri Lanka Food Processors Association. (SLFPA) Executive Committee Member- Ceylon Cinnamon Geographical Indication Association \u2013CCGIA Asst. Secretary -Ceylon Organic Producers &amp; Exporters Association (COPEA) (SLFPA) Advisory Committee Members Edit Sector No Name Designation Organization Telephone Email Public Sector 01 Mrs. Nalini Balasubramaniam Director &#8211; Development Div. I Ministry of Industries 0112422319 0718040204 sector1mid@yahoo.com 02 Mr. R.C. Watawala Director (Development I) Ministry of Agriculture &amp; Plantation Industries 0112878678 0714405503 ransiluwatawala@gmail.com 03 Mrs. Samantha Karunarathna Director (Development) Consumer Affairs Authority 0112393496 0771088919 slsi@slsi.lk 04 Dr. Nevil Amunugoda Director Industrial Technology Institute 0112379800 0718475734 info@iti.lk dir_fts@iti.lk 05 Mrs. B.G.C. Nilushika Business Development Manager\/Technical Service Industrial Development Board 0112605278 0755272417 info@idb.gov.lk nilushiidb@gmail.com 06 Mr. Gayan Weerasinghe Export Promotion Officer, Export Agriculture Division Sri Lanka Export Development Board 0716569182 0112300705\/11 gayanw@edb.gov.lk edb@edb.gov.lk 07 Mr. Kasun D. Pathirana Asst. Director (Development) Department of Cinnamon Development 0912210999 0707749105 Deshapriya15@gmail.com 08 Dr. U.G.A.T. Premathilaka Senior Lecture \u2013 Faculty of Animal Science &amp; Exports Agriculture Uva Wellassa University 0552226472 vcoffice@uwu.ac.lk Private Sector 09 Mr. A.W. Bandara Chairman Spices and Allied Products Marketing Board\/M of PI 0757405029 0702354220 chairmanslspice@gmail.com rainbowbadulla@gmail.com 10 Mr. D A Perera Chairman EOAS International Pvt Ltd 0777885440 eoasorg@gmail.com 11 Mr. Chathura Abeyrathne Director Orient Trading (Pvt) Ltd 0779542872 orientv@slt.lk 12 Mr. H. Gehan K. De silva Director HIDDES Extracts (Pvt) Ltd 0112438739 0777344877 info@hddes.com 13 Mr. Viraj de Silva Chairman\/Managing Director The Spices Council\/SDS Spices (Pvt.) Ltd. 0777748180 viraj@sdsspices.com 14 Mr. T.P.L. Raj Managing Director Erin International (Pvt.) Ltd. 0712756072 raj@tplraj.com 15 Mr. Anushka Vidanapathirana Managing Director Bespice (Pvt.) Ltd. 0719809075 info@bespicelk.com anushkavp@gmail.com 16 Mr. Mohamed Shuaib Managing Director Colombo Export and Import Agencies 0764428205 shuhaib@ceialgroup.com 17 Mr. W.H.S.C. Fernando Chairman The Spices &amp; Allied Products Producers\u2019 and Traders\u2019 Association (SAPPTA) Malwatte Plantations Pvt Ltd 0722212159 0761383280 christophers@malwatte.lk 18 Mr. Ryan Rambukwella Vice Chairman (SAPPTA) Synthite Lanka (Pvt.) Ltd. 0779922234 ryan@synthite.com 19 Mr. Rumesh Jayasuriya Director Ceylon ECO Spices (Pvt) Ltd 0701820123 rumeshj@ceylonecospices.com 20 Mr. Nishantha Logeswaran Director Rabeena Food (Pvt.) Ltd. 0773728656 info@rabeena.com 21 Mr. Illeen Riluwan Director Sales Essential Food and Spices Processors Association 0777899644 info@efspa.org illeen@allifood.com Sector overview\u00a0\u00a0 Sector overview -Spices and Related Industries Sector \u00a0 Crop Data Statistics 0 0 0 0 Data Book 2023<\/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\/23334"}],"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=23334"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"https:\/\/www.industry.gov.lk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32077,"href":"https:\/\/www.industry.gov.lk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23334\/revisions\/32077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.industry.gov.lk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}