SAPPTA

With the disbanding of the Cardamom Traders Association and the Sri Lanka Association of Producers and Exporters of Spices and Other Products (SLPESOP), The Spices and Allied Products Traders’ Association (SAPTA) was formed in 1984. With the objective of enlarging the scope of the Association, it was re-named The Spices and Allied Products Producers’ and Traders’ Association (SAPPTA) in 1997. SAPPTA was primarily founded to enable its members, comprising exporters, producers, processors, dealers, brokers and other service providers associated with the spice industry and other such agricultural products, to make representation, with one voice to the State Authorities on policy matters relating to them and to act in unison in strategies on increasing their production and exports from Sri Lanka. The Association also instils discipline and order within the Industry. The Association’s interests span the entire spectrum of spices, like cinnamon, pepper, cloves, cardamoms, nutmeg, mace, vanilla, garcinia, tamarind and other agricultural crops including cashew, arecanut, cocoa, coffee and also essential oils, oleoresins, herbal products and organic products.