Govt. to fast-track integration of key agencies into national trade system

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Finance and Planning Deputy Minister Dr. Harshana Suriyapperuma

Aims to integrate 9 out of 34 key State agencies into national trade system in 1H
Finance and Planning Deputy Minister Dr. Harshana Suriyapperuma says long-term goal is to establish seamless digital trade facilitation system

By Charumini de Silva

The Government recently announced that a major policy goal in the coming six months is the full integration of nine critical State agencies into the country’s national trade system, a process that has been stalled since 2016.

Finance and Planning Deputy Minister Dr. Harshana Suriyapperuma highlighted the pressing inefficiencies currently faced by the importers and exporters due to complex bureaucratic hurdles spread across 34 different institutions involved in trade facilitation.