The present administration has decided to remove import duty and other taxes imposed on imported face masks and sanitizers with effect from midnight Wednesday 18).
This decision has been taken by the Finance Ministry on the directions of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa in his capacity as the subject minister with the aim of strengthening and continuing the country’s corona virus prevention and healthcare system.
Accordingly these to imported items have been brought under the special commodity levy act.
Meanwhile the Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) says that a maximum retail price of Rs 150 per kilogram of Big Onions (B. Onions) has been gazetted effective from yesterday (18).
The said gazette notification also imposed a maximum retail price of Rs. 65 per kg of Mysore Dhal, and MRP of Rs. 100 per net weight of 425g of Canned Fish.
The Consumer Affairs Authority orders that no importer, producer, packer, distributor or trader shall sell, expose or offer for sale, display for sale the above items, above the Maximum Retail Price given.
The new MRPs come into effect from 18th March, 2020
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