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Sri Lanka: Import levy on Wheat Flour reduced temporarily

Announcement

13 Dec 2019

A Special Commodity Levy was imposed on wheat flour imports for 1 month, thereby reducing the overall import duty.

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2

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2 liberalising

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Implementation date

14 Dec 2019

Revocation date:

14 Jan 2020

Updated: 06 Aug 2025
Other import charges

On 13 December 2019, Sri Lanka, through Extraordinary Gazette No. 2153/28, imposed a Special Commodity Levy of Rs. 8 per kg (~ USD 0.04) on wheat flour imports for a period of 31 days from 14 Decem...

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Updated: 13 Dec 2019
Import tariff

On 13 December 2019, Sri Lanka, through Extraordinary Gazette No. 2153/28, imposed a Special Commodity Levy of Rs. 8 per kg (~ USD 0.04) on wheat flour imports for a period of 31 days from 14 Decem...

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