1384/’16
Hon. Bandula Gunawardana,—To ask the Minister of Industry and Commerce,—
(a) Will he inform this House—
(i) whether a Rs.300 million allocation was provided to Lak Sathosa to promote domestic fish canning by the private sector as per proposal No.146 of the budget proposals for 2016;
(ii) of the canned fish producers who may be provided benefits through this promotion scheme;
(iii) of their annual canned fish production within the past few years;
(iv) of the quantity of canned fish imported annually to this country and the amount of foreign exchange spent on that from 1977 up to now, separately with respect to each year;
(v) whether he admits that the controlled price of Rs.125/= imposed on canned fish by the government is not fully implemented within the market?
(b) If not, why?
Asked Date
2017-05-26
Asked by
Hon. (Dr.) Bandula Gunawardana, M.P.
Ministry
Industry and Commerce
Legislature
Eighth Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka
Session
First Session
(a) (i) Yes.
(ii) Skyline Company (Sea Queen type)
D.M.D.K. Company (CWE type)
Tess Company (Tess type)
Happy Cook Company (Happy Cook type)
(iii)
|
Supplier |
Quantity of Supply |
Total Quantity |
|
|
|
Year 2016 |
Up to March, 2017 |
|
|
Skyline Company |
2,230,416.00 |
542,000.00 |
2,772,416.00 |
|
D.M.D.K. Company |
841,800.00 |
209,928.00 |
1,051,728.00 |
|
Tess Company |
1,370,694.00 |
550,582.00 |
1,921,276.00 |
|
Happy Cook Company |
104,960.00 |
389,026.00 |
493,986.00 |
|
Total |
4,547,870.00 |
1,691,536.00 |
6,239,406.00 |
(iv) Information on this matter was requested from Sri Lanka Customs. However, they have submitted the above information from 2000 to 2016. I table* Annex I and its summary is as follows:
|
Year |
Quantity of Imported Canned Fish (Mt.) |
C.I.F. Value (Rs. Mn.) |
|
2000 |
21,977.03 |
1,478.17 |
|
2001 |
20,415.55 |
1,481.95 |
|
2002 |
20,637.20 |
1,869.83 |
|
2003 |
18,205.57 |
1,723.90 |
|
2004 |
18,157.82 |
1,778.47 |
|
2005 |
20,564.84 |
2,341.87 |
|
2006 |
20,046.40 |
2,810.82 |
|
2007 |
23,687.06 |
3,852.82 |
|
2008 |
18,919.05 |
4,269.46 |
|
2009 |
14,073.17 |
3,688.51 |
|
2010 |
19,182.78 |
4,358.89 |
|
2011 |
20,684.21 |
5,611.40 |
|
2012 |
19,637.12 |
5,565.31 |
|
2013 |
22,198.13 |
28,327.43 |
|
2014 |
19,712.42 |
5,151.88 |
|
2015 |
49,016.11 |
11,918.75 |
|
2016 |
37,088.76 |
9,638.22 |
(v) It was proposed in the 2016 Budget to sell canned fish at a concessionary price of Rs. 125 per can to encourage fish canning industry and to reduce the cost of living. It was also proposed to sell canned fish through Lak Sathosa Ltd., adopting buyback mechanism. This is not a controlled price.
(b) Does not arise.
Answered Date
2017-05-26
Answered by
Hon. Rishad Bathiudeen, M.P.
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