Sri Lanka’s Fisheries Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said over $100 million per year after the European Union’s ban on imports of fish caught in Sri Lanka.
"We are losing over $100 million per year because of this ban,” said Mr Amaraweera. However, he stated the government was expecting the ban to be lifted “before the Sinhala and Tamil New Year (local new year) in 2016".
"During the coming months, the proposal to lift the fishing ban will be presented to the European Parliament," said the minister, adding “we are expecting a favourable response from them”.
See our earlier posts:
EU to visit Sri Lanka and decide on fishery ban (31 July 2015)
Sri Lanka lost $75m due to EU fishing sanction (22 Jul 2015)
EU parliament's 'Friends of Sri Lanka' in visit to help remove fishing ban (08 March 2015)
Fishing import ban on Sri Lanka to remain confirms EU (05 February 2015)
EU ban on Sri Lankan fishing exports suspended for six months claims Sri Lankan minister (04 Feb 2015)
EU experts to visit Sri Lanka regarding fishing import ban (01 Feb 2015)
Sri Lanka seeks postponement of EU fish import ban (24 January 2015)
EU suspends fish imports from Sri Lanka (16 January 2015)
Greenpeace welcomes European ban on Sri Lankan fish (16 Oct 2014)
Sri Lanka promises to comply with fishing rules after UK complaint (13 May 2012)
EU bans fisheries imports from Sri Lanka (14 Oct 2014)