Announcement
01 May 2018
Sri Lanka has increased the import levy on potatoes and big onions temporarily.
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Number of interventions
1
1 certainly harmful
0 likely harmful
0 liberalising
List of interventions
Implementation date
02 May 2018
Revocation date:
02 Dec 2018
Removed: 02 Dec 2018
Import tariff
On 1 May 2018, the Sri Lankan Minister of Finance and Mass Media increased the Special Commodity Levy on Potatoes from Rs.30 per kg. to Rs. 40 per kg. (~ USD 0.19 to USD 0.25) and on B'onions from Rs....
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Related State Acts
Announced: 03 Dec 2018
Sri Lanka: Special Commodity Levy temporarily reduced on potatoes and onions (December 2018)
End prolongation: 01 Jul 2018
Sri Lanka: Import levy increased on potatoes temporarily (February 2018)
Announced: 08 Nov 2017
Sri Lanka: Special Commodity Levy decreased on imports of certain products (November 2017)
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This Thread tracks harmful trade policy interventions affecting all products. Covering all types of interventions monitored by Global Trade Alert, it highlights how the yearly number of these measures has evolved over time.
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