country studies on bangladesh, nepal and sri lanka - Escap

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Table 10: (continued)
Bangladesh Nepal Sri Lanka
Natural rubber and
Plastic products Coffee Ginger
Electronics
rubber products
● Farmers unaware of
● Inadequate access to
● Life of the machine;
processing technology
and secondary
products of ginger
institutional credit
● Inadequate automation
for pulping, washing
and drying
● Market information not
available to the farmers
inadequate servicing
facilities for SMEs and
semi-automated
machine demanding
technology
upgradation
● Low quality moulds for
SMEs
● Limited access to
institutional credit for
SMEs
● Poor electricity supply
● Poor gas supply
● Unclear long term
government policy
preventing large scale
investment
● Low value addition as
● Potential for new
● Inadequate quarantine
● Problem with quality
● No branded products
the marketing
dominated by brand
owners and/or
technology leaders
rubber products
centres
● Imposition of sanitary
certification and
organic certificate for
each of the production
steps; high cost of
certification abroad.
and poor finishing from
SMEs.
Major issues in
marketing and
export for SMEs
standards in India
● No standards to sort
● High commission
charges by the
middlemen due to
inadequate market
intelligence with the
traders
plastic wastes; thus, no
export potential
● No market intelligence
● No quality and market
● Poor quality recycled
raw materials
regulations – no cup
testing laboratory
● Large producers leading
the market