{"id":17425,"date":"2026-08-13T11:33:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T06:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterprisenews.lk\/?p=17425"},"modified":"2026-08-13T11:33:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T06:03:16","slug":"edb-steps-up-efforts-to-make-jewellery-manufacturers-export-ready","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterprisenews.lk\/?p=17425","title":{"rendered":"EDB steps up efforts to make jewellery manufacturers export-ready"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB) has stepped up efforts to strengthen the export readiness of local jewellery manufacturers, with a team led by&nbsp;<strong>EDB Chairman Mangala Wijesinghe&nbsp;<\/strong>conducting an observation visit to Ashadi Jewellers (Pvt) Ltd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Established in 1988, Ashadi Jewellers has grown into a major handmade jewellery manufacturer, employing around 330 people. The company combines traditional craftsmanship with modern technologies, including computer-aided design, CNC precision engineering, laser welding and advanced gemstone cutting and grading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The EDB said the visit focused on identifying institutional support and market strategies needed to help the company enter international markets. The Board noted that AshadiJewellers already possesses the technical expertise required and pledged assistance with its final preparations to become fully export-ready.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sri Lanka\u2019s gem and jewellery industry earned US$334 million in exports in 2025, including US$189 million from gemstones, US$127 million from diamonds and US$17.8 million from jewellery. Export earnings reached US$154.24 million during January-June 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With support from platforms including FACETS Sri Lanka, Gem Sri Lanka and Gem City Rathnapura, the EDB is targeting US$1 billion in sector exports by 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The upcoming Sri Lanka Expo 2027, scheduled for January 14-17 at BMICH Colombo, is expected to provide further opportunities for local jewellery exporters to connect with more than 1,500 international buyers and investors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source : Daily News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB) has stepped up efforts to strengthen the export readiness of local jewellery manufacturers, with a team led by&nbsp;EDB Chairman Mangala Wijesinghe&nbsp;conducting an observation visit to Ashadi Jewellers (Pvt) Ltd. Established in 1988, Ashadi [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterprisenews.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterprisenews.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterprisenews.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterprisenews.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterprisenews.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17425"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/enterprisenews.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17427,"href":"https:\/\/enterprisenews.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17425\/revisions\/17427"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterprisenews.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterprisenews.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterprisenews.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterprisenews.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}