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

Announcement

31 Jul 2020

Sri Lanka has temporarily imposed an import levy on Big Onions.

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Number of interventions

1

1 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

0 liberalising

List of interventions

Implementation date

01 Aug 2020

Revocation date:

13 Oct 2020

Removed: 31 Oct 2020
Import tariff
On 31 July 2020, the Sri Lankan Minister of Finance, Economic, and Policy Development through Extraordinary Gazette no. 2186/32 notified a Special Commodity Levy of Rs. 50 per kg. (~USD 0.27) on impor...
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Related State Acts

End prolongation: 13 Oct 2023

Sri Lanka: Special Commodity Levy reduced temporarily on imports of certain products

Announced: 30 Apr 2020

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

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