Owner of Nihal Shantha and Sons, Nihal Shantha, a renowned cinnamon exporter in the country was awarded the Presidential Exports Award for Emerging Exporter of the Year in the Spice Exports Category.
The Presidential Exports Awards was held at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH) under the patronage of President Maithripala Sirisena.
Nihal Shantha received the award from State Minister of International Trade, Sujeewa Senasinghe.
Nihal Shantha had entered the spice business in 1983 under the guidance of his father and today he is one of the most prominent exporters of cinnamon in the Southern Province. Having finished school, he served in the Sri Lanka Navy for about 13 years and there after returned to the cinnamon trade to restart his business on a small scale. This has grown to be one of the leading cinnamon exporting companies in Sri Lanka.
At present he exports cinnamon to the United States and countries in South America and Europe.
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