Government To Relax The Ban Imposed On Importing Public Transport Vehicles

 Government is planning to relax the ban imposed over importing  vehicles use for public transport and to transport goods probably during this week according to the State Minister of Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya.

Government had banned the importing of all vehicles to the country last year due to the economic crisis .The Gazette notification regarding the lifting of the ban imposed on importing vehicles use for public transport and  transporting  goods including buses,lorries and trucks is likely to be  issued within next few days the Minister has stated.

However importing other vehicles will be further delayed due to the existing foreign reserve shortage.

Stocks Of Imported Wheet Flour Are Being Decreased -Local Importers

 As the importing of Wheet flour to Sri lanka had been  banned by the Import and Export Control Department with effect from 16th of July ,the stocks of Wheet flour remained with Flour importers in Colombo Pettah are being decreased according to the flour Importers .Now the Wheet flour importers in pettah have  stocks sufficient only for few days it has been reported.

Government had banned the importing of

Wheet flour to Sri lanka with the aim of allowing the two main local  Wheet flour import companies to keep their monopoly in the market  the Wheet flour importers had accused.