The business information portal of the Ceylon Chamber
of Commerce (CCC), www.bip.lk
is now open for online trading through the Internet payment gateway
of Sampath Bank.
The Internet customers will be able to use an online tool to specify
the business query and generate customized business reports. These
reports may include a wide array of information covering
 |
List of companies - Contact
details (Address, Tel., and Fax. E-mail, Web), Name of Contact
Executive |
|
Company Profiles (Please see the
attached profile) |
|
List of Trade Marks/Brand Names |
|
List of Markets |
|
List of Trade and Investment related
institutions such as Trade Associations, Govt. Institutions
(Departments etc.) |
|
Chambers of Commerce - Local and
Overseas |
|
Business Opportunities - Overseas
Buyers/Sellers/Agents |
|
Trade Fairs/Exhibitions/Symposiums
- Local / Overseas |
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List of Product / Services |
In addition the portal offers a “product showcase” that
displays a range of value added information products under various
industry sectors. These include:
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Trade Statistics –
Import/ Export with main trade partners, Production |
|
Product Specific articles - Paddy,
Coconut, Marine Industry, Garments, Fruits and Vegetables etc |
|
Market Guides - Australia, Norway |
Free information as below is offered to any customer who visits the
portal:
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Credit/Export credit
Insurance Schemes |
|
Govt. Policies - Industrial Policy,
Monetary Policy, Immigration & Emigration procedure, Sri
Lanka Customs procedures - Exports/Imports |
|
Business Guidance - Why Sri Lanka
for business? Business Registration, Registering for Electronic
Article Numbering (EAN), Cost of doing business, Investment
incentives |
|
Sri Lanka Economy - Socio economic
data, Daily money market, Todays’ share price list, Colombo
Consumer Price Index, Daily Rates of Exchange, Weekly Auction
Prices - Tea, Rubber, Spices |
One of the unique features of the portal is that it hosts validated
business contacts fed by over 12 other regional Chambers in Sri Lanka
covering the areas of Kandy, Kurunegala, Hambantota, Matale, Ratnapura,
Matara, Jaffna, Vavuniya, Trincomalee, Monaragala, Badulla, and Galle.
The www.bip.lk
provides many options for customers to interact. A customer could
buy a product paying one-off using the credit card or subscribe to
the portal and use a pre-paid/top-up package. Information bought would
be kept in the customer’s private briefcase for 20 days. This
feature would provide businessmen who travel frequently to maintain
their own information repository rather than buying them over and
over again.
For rural Sri Lankan business communities the portal would serve through
a network of Business Information Service Centers (BIS-Centers) and
CCC-VGKs (Vishwa Gnana Kendra). There are over 9 centers in Sri Lanka
from Jaffna to Hambantota.
The most important aspect of www.bip.lk is that it maintains validated
content fed by BIS-Centers situated at multiple locations in Sri Lanka.
In addition, the CCC on a daily basis maintains business contacts. |
