Rotaract Club of Uva Wellassa University-Badulla

  For a city that is often referred to as ‘Little England’, this refined highland neighborhood does have its fair share if rose-tinted, roughly British-country-village feel to it, with its colonial-era bungalows, Tudor-style hotels, well-tended hedgerows and prepossessing gardens. Indeed, Nuwara Eliya was once was the favoured cool-climate escape for the hard-working and hard-drinking English and Scottish pioneers of Sri Lanka’s tea industry. A wave of recent constructions has banjaxed the scene to a degree, and the dusty and bustling centre is a typical Sri Lankan urban muddle, but Nuwara Eliya still makes a fine base for a several days' relaxation. The verdant surrounding countryside of tea plantations, carefully tended vegetable plots and craggy hills is highly scenic. Treat yourself to a night in one of Nuwara Eliya’s colonial hotels, play a round of golf or a few frames of billiards, and soak up the town’s unique bygone heritage. Haggala gardens, a tad southeast of Nuwara Eliy

As we know agro-tourism is a rural business opportunity for all over the people who are enrolling with appropriate property around with. Rural and agri-catering are an integral part of agri-tourism. Tourists staying temporarily or periodically on a farm have to buy at least some meals. From this phase, we are going to talk about the second farm-based activity according to the facilities provided by the farm or tourist hotel. Engaging with activities and short term day to day activities are fulfilling your leisure time with full of pleasure. You can buy your meals in restaurants, make your own meals, or buy catering services offered by agritourism farms or other rural tourism enterprises. There is a great variety of agri-catering services in agri-tourism and rural tourism, however there only three groups are distinguished within that cluster. The variety is connected with the source of food products, number and time of meals, places of serving meals, etc. Food products may come partly f

Initially this Ambulthiyal dish was made in the southern part of the island and has gradually become a classic dish of Sri Lanka. Fish Ambulthiyal is a delicious way of preparing fish. With or without roots in southern Sri Lanka, Sri Lankans always enjoy delicious maalu ambulthiyal whenever there is a special occasion. It is a must in most star class hotel buffets as well. Ingredients: 500g fish (tuna is most suitable) ¼ onion – sliced 8 tablespoons black pepper 10 – 15 pieces goraka (Garcinia cambogia) 2 small cloves of garlic 10 curry leaves 1 inch piece cinnamon Salt – to taste The dish is really easy to prepare. 1. Add goraka to a cup of warm water and leave until it become soft. 2. Wash and cut the fish into big pieces. Keep the fish pieces in a saucepan. 3. Remove goraka from hot water and grind all the ingredients together into a paste including goraka. This includes onion, garlic, black pepper and salt. Add some water when you grind the ingredients together and prepare this int

When the export procedure of Sri Lanka is considered, the products that needs to be exported should be permitted by the relevant authorities. Some products should be registered or to obtain a license, or a certificate, to be exported. Certificate of Origin (GSP), Certificate of Origin, Quality Certificate, Health Certificate, Phytosanitary Certificate, Fumigation Certificate are the certificates required for Export. A certificate of Origin is issued to certify that goods in a particular export shipment are wholly obtained, produced, manufactured or processed in a particular country. GSP Certificate is issued by export Inspection Agency. Certificate of Origin is issued by chambers, i.e. Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, National Chamber of Commerce. While the Quality Certificates are issued by Sri Lanka Standard Institution (SLSI), the private quality certificates are issued by SGS Lanka Ltd. Health Certificates are issued by health authorities such as Sri Lanka Standard Institution, Animal Q

The International Commercial Terms or the Incoterms are a development of pre-characterized commercial terms issued by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) relating to international commercial law. They are the world’s fundamental terms of trade for the offer of merchandise. At the point when we are filing a purchase order, packaging and labelling a shipment for freight transport, or preparing a certificate of origin at a port, the  Incoterms rules are there to manage us. The Incoterms rules give explicit direction to individuals participating in the import and export of global trade on a daily basis. In 1936, the first international trade terms was published by the ICC. The Incoterms regulations had been amended in 1953, 1967, 1976, 1980, 1990, 2000, and 2010. The 9th version, Incoterms 2020 were issued on September 10, 2019. The Incoterms 2020 have fixed of eleven individual regulations issued by the ICC. They are updated and grouped into 2 classes so as shipping mode. There ar

I n today’s global marketplace , it is more important than ever for exporters because it can offer their customers attractive sales terms supported by the  proper payment  methods. Do you know? It can  win sales against International trade presents a spectrum of risk, which causes uncertainty over the timing of payments between the exporter and importer.  Would  you like to know more about terms of payments? This article helps you to  know about  valuable information  of  mode of payment in international trade. The most common  methods of payment for  the  export of goods are: •  Cash- in- Advance •  Letters of Credit (L/C) •  Documentary Collection •  Documents against payment (D/P terms) sight bill •  Documents against acceptance (D/A terms) term bill •  Open Accounts   ➢  Cash- in- Advance  - With  cash in advance,  the exporter can avoid credit risk, the buyer remits money to the seller before the goods  are shipped . Requiring payment in advance is the least attractive  option  fo

  EXPORT TRADE SAMPLES Beforehand taking place any export  transaction ,  Trade  Samples are required to be sent to the buyer  . Al most all the products except for  some  products  which are not permitted to be sample export, such as Gems ,  Jewelry   etc.  are usually exported via air mail to avoid undue delay. Trade samples up to 10,000/= are exempted from taxes and only requirement is a customs declaration form to be approved them to be sent. The Director  General of C ustom determines the quantity of trade samples which are intended to be exported. PACKAGING Adequate Packaging of export goods is a must, in order to avoid  damages  which leads the whole cost spent in  producing, shipping  a great distance and all the  other additional costs  in vain of the  product . Proper  packaging  offers  communication  opportunities by mentioning  prduct  information, warnings and to display marketing messages which helps to promote the product.   CHECKLIST OF PACKAGING  • Information and lab