Sri Lanka, April 25 -- Sri Lanka is set to submit an application seeking Geographical Indication (GI) for Ceylon Tea from the European Union (EU) shortly, with expectations to secure the GI certification for Ceylon Tea in 2025.

"We are about to submit the application. The deadline is April 30. We might get additional two days as a grace period. Everything is sorted out; it's a matter of submitting the application now. However, it will take one to one and a half years for them to go through it and come and say that we have got the GI status," Sri Lanka Tea Board (SLTB) Chairman Niraj De Mel told Mirror Business on the sidelines of a press briefing held in Colombo yesterday.

The GI status is expected to grant legal protection to the Ceylo...