About our content

The SriLankaExport.com Trade Desk & our editorial standards

Who writes our sourcing guides, the export expertise behind them, and how we research and fact-check every page.

The buyer guides, sourcing playbooks and trade tools on SriLankaExport.com are produced by our Trade Desk, which runs from two places: Sri Lanka, where the sourcing actually happens, and the United States, on Central time. It is a small desk, and the people who answer buyer enquiries are the people who write the guides. This page explains who we are and the standards we hold our content to, so you can judge its reliability.

Talk to the desk directly

You are reading about the desk. You can also just book 30 minutes with it. Bring a product, a volume and a destination, and we will tell you what is realistic.

Europe, the Gulf or Asia →Our trade desk in Sri Lanka. Afternoons and evenings, Colombo time (UTC+5:30).The Americas →Our trade desk in the United States. Central time (UTC-6, UTC-5 in summer), Canada to Chile.

Who operates SriLankaExport.com

SriLankaExport.com is owned and operated by Harker International (Pvt) Ltd (Registration No. PV 00338032), a company based in Kandy, Sri Lanka. We run the marketplace, the Trade Desk and the editorial content as one team, the same people who broker real sourcing enquiries write the guides, which keeps the guidance grounded in current trade practice.

Justice Alexander Harker

Managing Director

Leads Harker International and the SriLankaExport.com marketplace; oversees trade operations and editorial direction.

Shenali Norita Harley

Executive Director

Co-founder of Harker International; oversees marketplace operations and supplier relationships.

More about the parent company: harker.international.

How we research and fact-check

Every guide is researched against primary sources and written to a consistent honesty standard:

  • Primary sources first: customs tariff schedules and HS classifications (WCO), the Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB), and the relevant international standards and authorities (for example EFSA and the German BfR for food-safety limits, ASTM and EN for product standards, IFRA for fragrance ingredients).
  • No invented figures: prices, duties and specifications are given as sourced, indicative ranges with a named basis, never as fabricated precision. Where a number varies, we say so.
  • Claim-neutral on regulated topics: we describe constituents, standards and trade facts; we do not make health, performance or certification claims, and we flag where a buyer must verify (for example, per-factory audits or current tariff rates).
  • Sourced & dated: guides cite the authorities they rely on and are updated as trade rules change.
Independence: SriLankaExport.com is an independent private B2B marketplace. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by or operated by the Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB), the Government of Sri Lanka or any authority. Our content is guidance, not legal, financial or professional advice, always confirm current rules with the relevant authority for your product and market.

Corrections

If you spot an error in any guide, tell us and we will correct it. Email info@srilankaexport.com with the page and the issue.