After the successful response of the Single Country Exhibition of Pakistan held at Colombo, Sri Lanka in 2016, the Sri Lanka–Pakistan Business Council of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce has already initiated promoting the Business Matchmaking Session amongst the members of the council with a view to assist the members to establish potential business partnerships with business conglomerates attending the exhibition from Pakistan.

The Lanka–Pakistan Business Council of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce will be partnering with the High Commission of Pakistan in Sri Lanka, Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) and Sri Lanka Export Development Board to organize the Business Matchmaking Session at the Single Country Exhibition of Pakistan to be held from January 13 to 15, 2017, at the BMICH, Colombo.

The Sri Lanka–Pakistan Business Council will help the organizer of the exhibition to promote the event among its membership and to organize B2B meetings between Sri Lankan and Pakistani businessmen.

More than 150 Pakistani companies are looking at local partners to expand their business in Sri Lanka. Hence, preregistration is required to attend the business-to-business (B2B) meetings.

The exhibition will display an array of products such as textile and clothing, designer wear, handicrafts, traditional textiles, gems and jewellery, engineering products, auto parts, agro foods including promotion of various services where strong partnerships could be established to further strengthen trade between the two countries.