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Sri Lanka: Special Commodity Levy on on Big Onion imports temporarily increased

Announcement

30 Apr 2020

Sri Lanka has increased the Special Commodity Levy on the imports of Big Onions.

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Number of interventions

1

1 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

0 liberalising

List of interventions

Implementation date

01 May 2020

Revocation date:

31 Jul 2020

Announced: 30 Apr 2020
Import tariff
On 30 April 2020, Sri Lanka through Extraordinary Gazette No. 2173/12 increased the Special Commodity Levy on the imports of Big Onions from Rs. 1 per kg (~USD 0.005) to Rs. 15 per kg. (~USD 0.08). Th...
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Related State Acts

Removed: 31 Oct 2020

Sri Lanka: Special Commodity Levy on Big Onions extended and increased temporarily

Announced: 01 Nov 2019

Sri Lanka: Special Commodity Levy temporarily imposed on Big Onion imports

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