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Sri Lanka’s port politics limits Japanese autos opportunity

China 3063 Cons. Discr. - Autos 1255 Corp - Ports 922 India 563 Japan 638 Mode - Seaborne 1853 Sri Lanka 15

The Sri Lankan government has reviewed a plan to co-invest with partners in India, including Adani, and Japan to develop the East Container Terminal in Colombo after union pressure. Port investments in the region have a geopolitical as well as economic perspective, particularly with regards to China’s belt and road initiative as well as in terms of relations with India. The value of Sri Lanka’s maritime import activity has also been in decline with a 21.9% year over year slide in Q3’20/ That included a 14.4% dip in imports from India and a 74.7% slide in shipments fr...

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