 "Sri Lanka imposes import restrictions on 367 'non-essential' items")
Sri Lanka has imposed import restrictions on 367 items such as milk products, fruits and fish that have been dubbed “non-essential” as part of the bid to tackle the economic crisis triggered by forex shortages.
The import control by a Gazette notification dated March 9 makes the 367 items to be barred from importing without a valid license.
It mostly relates to food items such as fish meat, fish fillets, milk and cream, buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, yogurt, butter and other fat and oil derived from milk; dairy spreads, cheese and curd, grapes, fresh or dried, apples, pears, chocolate and oranges.
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