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Duty-free permit (or Duty-free vehicle permit or Motor Vehicle Permit on Concessionary Terms) is a permit issued by the Treasury of the Government of Sri Lanka that allows its holder to import a vehicle into Sri Lanka on duties concessions or exempt from certain taxes.
Sri Lanka Customs (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා රේගුව, romanized: Shri Lanka Reguwa, Tamil: இலங்கை சுங்கச் சாவடி) is a ministerial government department in Sri Lanka. The main functions of the department are, Collection of revenue; Prevention of revenue leakages and other frauds
The level of customs duties is a direct indicator of the openness of an economy to world trade. However, there may also be import barriers that are not based on the levy of duties. The following table shows the tariff rate, in percentages, according to United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) , [ 1 ] World Trade Organization ...
As in world practice, Sri Lanka Customs administers the customs house agent exams. The person seeking to become a customs house agent [12] should have training in a cargo clearing company before applying for the Customs House Agent/ Wharf Assistance certificate course conducted by Sri Lanka Customs. There is an examination at the end of the course.
An import license is a document issued by a national government authorizing the importation of certain goods into its territory. Import licenses are considered to be non-tariff barriers to trade when used as a way to discriminate against another country's goods in order to protect a domestic industry from foreign competition.
Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 23 July 1960: Sirimavo Bandaranaike: Minister of Commerce, Trade, Food and Shipping [6] P. B. G. Kalugalla: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: Sirimavo Bandaranaike: Minister of Shipping, Aviation and Tourism [7] Wimala Kannangara: United National Party: 23 July 1977: J. R. Jayewardene [8] [9] Lalith Athulathmudali: United ...
The Ministry of Trade, Commerce and Food Security [2] (Sinhala: වෙළඳ, වාණිජ හා ආහාර සුරක්ෂිතතා අමාත්යාංශය; Tamil: வர்த்தக, வாணிப மற்றும் உணவுப் பாதுகாப்பு அமைச்சு) is the Sri Lankan government ministry responsible for "Promotion of ...
The Ministry of Highways, Ports and Shipping was a Sri Lankan government ministry responsible for the governance, implementation, creation and development of Ports including Colombo, Galle and Trincomalee ports, Highways including Southern expressway, Colombo Outer Circular expressway, Katunayake expressway and their transport services.