9 June 2023 03:56 pm Views - 1809
A total number of 2.4 million vehicles have been imported to Sri Lanka from 2015 to 2020 costing the nation a staggering Rs. 1,337.57 billion, State Minister of Finance Ranjith Siyabalapitiya told Parliament today.
Responding to an oral question raised by MP Premnath C. Dollawatte in the House that Sri Lanka had collected a revenue of Rs. 991.12 billion in the form of import duty from 2015 to 2020.
He said those vehicles have been imported from 68 countries.(Yohan Perera and Ajith Siriwardana)