D & R Exports, a Sri Lankan exporter of quality food products to the global market, won a silver award in the medium scale category at the Annual NCE Export Awards.
The award ceremony, organized by the National Chamber of Exporters was held at Shangri La Hotel, Colombo. The company was established in 1993 as Araliya Impex and carried out its operations as Araliya Exports.
In 2013, the company changed its name to D&R Exports. The Company exports to a number of countries including Australia, Dubai, Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom, France, Cyprus, Qatar and Kuwait and has won ISO 9001:2008, ISO 9001:2022, HSSAP, and GMP certifications. Chief Executive Officer of D &R Exports, M. Rajkumar, said that he is grateful for the staff, suppliers, buyers and the People’s Bank. “We continued to export during C-19 ensuring that the livelihoods of our workers are secure.”
“We want to create an export market for those who produce food items at home. A number of producers from Jaffna are working with us,” Chairperson of D&R Exports Manel Rajkumar said.
Among the most popular products by the company, which are made according to recipes by Chairperson of the institution, Manel Rajkumar, are Sambol (coconut, katta, shrimp, dried onion, Maldive fish and lunu miris), Bedum (cashew, bitter gourd, brinjal, breadfruit and dried fish), Pickles (Malay, Sinhala, polos, banana blossom and Ceylon olives), Sauces (green chili, tomato, mustard and chili), Jams (wood apple, pineapple, mango), Pastes (chili, prawns, tamarind and garcinia), Curry Mix (mutton, beef, fish, crab, embul thiyal, biriyani, yellow rice), Bottled Cooked Food (embarella, chicken, mutton, beef, polos, mango, jack fruit seed, kalu-pol, Thai eggplant, eggplant), Tinned Uncooked Food (polos, jackfruit, innala, ash-plantain, ambarella and breadfruit), Chutneys (ambarella, pineapple, dates and lime), Syrups (puhul, ginger and chaw chaw), Creams (wood apple and mustard), rice, indigenous rice, spices, chili, cinnamon, pepper, cloves, Jaffna curry powder, aluwa, sesame balls, jaggery, treacle, dried fish, fruit juices and many more. These products are made without artificial flavoring.
Source: DailyNews