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Thrust sectors in Sri Lanka’s export basket record hefty growth- by Sanath Nanayakkare Source:Island Sanjaya Mohottala, Chairman of the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka (BOI) told The Island Financial Review yesterday that Sri Lanka’s exports have surged in the first half of 2021 as the economic recovery is springing back from the pandemic-hit, especially with the thrust sectors of the export economy showing notable resilience. “Exports across all sectors combined have grown by +30% on a year-to-date (YTD) basis compared to 2020. Together with the Export Development Board (EDB), our aspiration is to surpass the full year 2019 export performance by the end of 2021, given that 2019 was one of the best years recorded for exports in Sri Lanka,” he said. “We are happy to note therefore, that many sectors, especially the thrust sectors that the BOI has identified to drive the economy, namely; rubber, agri-processing, fisheries and ...