Coir industry in jeopardy
KURUNEGALA: The coir industry in the Kurunegala district has been greatly affected owing to lack of raw materials, i.e. coconut husks.
There is an acute shortage of coconut husks in the area because coconut trees have been cut on a massive scale in the process of land sales.
Once upon a time, the coir industry was in full swing with hundreds of thousands rural families engaged in a range of activities in the sector and earned a living, according to the research material.
Unfortunately, most of the people willing to join the sector for a living due to the scarcity of raw materials.
Products related to the coir industry have opportunities only in the local markets in the good old days but nowadays the situation has changed having access to foreign markets too.
There are now at least fifteen products in the field of coir industry for which there is a good demand from France, Germany, the USA and some other European countries, according to market sources.
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