Sri Lanka Customs has made all necessary working arrangements to facilitate the essential import clearance and export and BoI processes for this weekend which are effective till Monday (23).
Customs spokesman Sunil Jayarathne said that employees in the long house, where importers send declaration forms with respect to sea cargo except for motor vehicles, will work from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Rank Container Terminals Ltd. staff, who inspect and check green channel material, will also be accessible from 10 am to 5 pm.
The Customs Spokesman has indicated that the Container Verification Terminal will facilitate the required arrangements regarding the on-call processes.
This would also facilitate BOI companies engaged in the manufacture of export goods in Free Trade Zones. Such arrangements continue until Monday 23.
Sri Lanka’s Department of Commerce with the help of other government agencies is maintaining trilingual online platform to facilitate importers and exporters in the country.
Sri Lanka Trade information portal (SLTIP) which is the single stop point for all information relating to import and export in Sri Lanka can be accessed through www.srilankatradeportal.gov.lk.
Through this portal, traders will be able to get information about all the regulatory requirements they need to fulfill in order to carry out their transactions.
This website will assist importers and exporters to find out what is required by each agency in relation to the specific businesses.
The website contains trade information relating to commodities and tariff, products, legal documents, measures, standards, procedures, and forms.
Trade portal also provides an easy way to look up a commodity by keywords or HS codes, a mandatory classification and declaration of goods coming into or leaving Sri Lanka.
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