斯里兰卡服装出口商从英国退欧看到机会

 

 

Lankan apparel exporters see opportunity in Brexit

Smelling opportunity in Britain's decision to quit the European Union (EU), Sri Lanka's apparel exporters say Brexit might result in a level playing field as other exporting countries which currently enjoy duty-free access to the United Kingdom (UK) under GSP will also lose the facility when London walks out of the 28-nation bloc.
“There is also an opportunity that I see from it (Brexit). If you take a country like Bangladesh, they have got GSP Plus and as a result they have duty free access but we don't ... If Brexit happens, then we will be able to compete better,” said Noel Piyathilake, chairman of the Joint Apparel Association Forum (JAAF).
Sri Lanka, which has been losing half a billion dollars since the withdrawal of GSP facility by EU in 2010 due to poor human rights violation in the wake of armed internal conflict, will be exposed to a level playing field as the GSP plus facility will not stand for exports to UK post Brexit, Piyathilake said.
The Brexit will result in Sri Lanka having to negotiate a separate trade agreement with the UK and so would other exporting countries such as Bangladesh, Pakistan and Myanmar, because GSP Plus concessions will cease to apply on exports to the UK, Piyathilake told a forum which discussed the impact of Brexit to Sri Lankan economy.
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斯里兰卡服装出口商从英国退欧看到机会

从英国决定退出欧盟(EU)中嗅到机会,斯里兰卡服装出口商说，英国退欧可能带来一个公平竞争的环境，因为其他出口国家目前正根据GSP享受免税进入英国的待遇，当伦敦脱离28国集团时，他们也会失去GSP优惠。

“英国退欧我看到还有一个机会。如果你举一个像孟加拉国这样的例子,他们有普惠制加政策,因此他们享受免税的权利，但我们不时…一旦英国退欧发生,那么我们将能够更好的竞争,”服装联合协会论坛(JAAF)主席Noel Piyathilake 说。

自2010年欧盟撤销对斯里兰卡的GSP政策以来，斯里兰卡已损失十亿美元，主要由于武装内部冲突中糟糕的人权侵犯,将会暴露在一个公平的竞争环境中，因为普遍优惠制加设施不会支持英国退欧后对英国的出口，Piyathilake说。

英国退欧将导致斯里兰卡需要与英国有一个单独的贸易协议谈判，像其他出口国家一样,如孟加拉国、巴基斯坦和缅甸,因为普遍优惠制加的优惠将终止适用出口到英国,Piyathilake在讨论英国退欧对斯里兰卡经济的影响的论坛上说。