A South Asian samosa maker is among the winners of the 8th Surrey Board of Trade, Surrey International Trade Awards. Nana’s Kitchen, owned by Sheial Mawani, won the award in the Small Business Category for businesses with evenue under $15 million. The other winner is Coast Clear Wood Ltd. in the Large Business Category (Revenue over $15 million). Coast Clear Wood is a specialty wood products manufacturer and marketing company based in Surrey, with sales of approximate $28 million in 2015. They buy logs from the major coastal forest products companies and cut them into custom products for a very specific customer base. More than 250 business people from Surrey and the Lower Mainland attended a reception that took place on May 12thto celebrate Surrey’s import and export companies. “This event really speaks to the reality that Surrey businesses are part of the global economic equation. Countries cannot live in isolation. They have to mutually share their prosperity, technical know-how and undertake trade in order to sell their products. The world economy is inter-dependent. Economic progress of a nation depends upon its ties with other countries,” said Anita Huberman, CEO, Surrey Board of Trade.
