Dilemma of motor vehicle imports to Sri Lanka
By Ranjith Hettiarachchy
In Sri Lanka vehicle imports can be considered the most talk about subject while also being the most duty revised item. As some will recall, there was even a period when motor car imports were entirely banned.
At the time, vehicles were imported only as a gift by a person earning abroad or by a professional enjoying a long stay in a foreign country. In the 1960s we adopted similar procedures to save valuable foreign exc