Extraordinary Gazette allows importing 10 essential items via open accounts

An Extraordinary Gazette has been issued allowing the import of 10 essential items through open accounts from 1 July, for a period of two months.

The essential items include rice, flour, sugar, milk powder, dried chilli, dried sprats, potatoes, red dhal, red onions and watana dhal.

The decision has been reached given the necessity to provide people with essential food items without causing a shortage.

However, the items will be imported through open accounts subject to limitations.

Finance, Economic Stabilisation, and National Policies Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe by powers vested in him in terms of Section 20 read together with Sub-section 4(1) and Section 14 of the Imports and Exports (Control) Act No. 1 of 1969 as amended by Act No. 48 of 1985 and Act No. 28 of 1987, issued the new Gazette 2285/19 dated 24 June.