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Sri Lanka: Special Commodity Levy imposed temporarily on grapes

Announcement

21 Nov 2016

The Sri Lankan government imposed a Special Commodity Levy on the imports of dried grapes.

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Number of interventions

2

0 certainly harmful

1 likely harmful

1 liberalising

List of interventions

Implementation date

21 Nov 2016

Revocation date:

17 May 2022

End prolongation: 17 May 2022
Internal taxation of imports
On 21 November 2016, Sri Lanka through the Extraordinary Gazette No. 1994/20 imposed a Special Commodity Levy (SCL) on the imports of Dried Grapes. The Special Commodity Levy is a composite duty on th...
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Implementation date

21 Nov 2016

Revocation date:

16 Apr 2020

End prolongation: 20 May 2020
Import tariff
On 21 November 2016, Sri Lanka through the Extraordinary Gazette No. 1994/20 imposed a Special Commodity Levy (SCL) at Rs. 230 per kg. (~ USD 1.55) on the imports of Dried Grapes. The levy replaces a ...
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