State Minister of Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya says that import restrictions levied on 328 more items will be relaxed tonight (July 20).
The Government imposed restrictions on the import of 1,465 items owing to the financial meltdown last year.
Hence, this announcement follows a month after the government eased up import restrictions on 300 other items inclusive of electronic equipment, sanitary ware and certain food items taken effect from June 09.
Despite that, lifting import barriers on vehicles will remain restricted on account of the current economic standing, Minister Siyambalapitiya further asserted.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
Read these and more on tomorrow’s edition of the Sunday Times
Cabinet has approved the appointment of Commodore (retired) M.B.N.A. Premaratne of the Sri Lanka Navy, as the new Commissioner General of Excise.
Villagers in Nirmalapura, Daluwa, Norochcholai today staged a protest over an incident where a group of Navy officials and sailors had assaulted a resident in the area over night, Police said.
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