The United States’ Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program will expire on December 31, 2017, the US Embassy said in a media statement. As of now the United States Congress has not re-authorize GSP and as such previous GSP eligible imports to the United States from Sri Lanka and other beneficiary countries and territories will be subject to non-preferential duties beginning January 1, 2018.
The United States according to the statement has serve as the top export market for Sri Lanka. According to the Global Trade Atlas, in 2016, the United States imported $2.8 billion of Sri Lankan goods.
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
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.
The Cabinet has approved a proposal for Sri Lankans overseas to apply for their passports through an online system via the Lankan diplomatic missions.
Ajith Gallage, the owner of a Bird Park in Nagarawawa, Hambantota, has been remanded over allegations of concealing illegally imported motorcycles, in a warehouse owned by him.
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