Akbar Brothers excels at the Presidential Export Awards
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Tyeab Akbarally and Asgi Akbarally, directors of Akbar bros receiving the awards from President Maithripala Sirisena
Akbar Brothers Group won five Presidential Export Awards at the recent event presided over by the President Maithripala Sirisena. The awards were presented to recognise the outstanding contributions made by Exporters to the economy of Sri Lanka in the years 2014 and 2015. The group won three prestigious overall Awards covering all export sectors namely Best Sri Lanka Brand Exporter for the year 2014 and also for the year 2015. In addition, Akbar Brothers Group was also adjudged as the Most Market Diversified Exporter among all exporters in the year 2015. In the tea sector, Akbar Brothers won the award for the Highest Foreign Exchange Earner for the country both in respect of the years 2014 and 2015, according to a company media release.
Group Chairman Abbas Akbarally noted that Government policy accords high priority for foreign exchange earnings and for branding of Sri Lankan products in the world market. “We are indeed happy that our contribution towards these development efforts has been recognised by the Government,” he said. “The greatest strength of Sri Lanka Tea Industry is the unique image of Pure Ceylon Tea”. He said that as the largest marketeer of Pure Ceylon Teas internationally for over 25 years, “we will continue to promote the image of Ceylon Tea in order to maximise the returns to all the stakeholders of the tea industry”.