IMPLEMENTATION LEVEL

National

AFFECTED FLOW

Inflow

ANNOUNCED AS TEMPORARY

Yes

NON-TRADE-RELATED RATIONALE

No

ELIGIBLE FIRMS

all

JUMBO

No

TARIFF PEAK

No
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Inception date: 16 Sep 2016 | Removal date: 07 Mar 2017
Still in force

Import tariff

 Effective 16 September 2016, Sri Lanka through Extraordinary Gazette No 1984/26-2017 increased the Special Commodity Levy on several sugar products. Under the new policy, duties on imports of sugar under HS 1701, except white crystalline cane and beet sugar, are increased from LKR. 0.25 (USD 0.002) per kg. to LKR. 15 per kg (USD 0.103). The taxes on white crystalline beet and cane sugar were increased from LKR 0.25 to LKR. 2 (USD 0.013) per kg.
 
The Special Commodity Levy is a composite duty on the product and no other tax, duty, cess etc. is applicable on the said product while the levy is valid.

The SCL on these products, announced for a period of 6 months, was later increased on 7 March 2017 (see related state act)

LKR to USD conversion as on 16 September 2016 - LKR 145.57 / USD

AFFECTED COUNTRIES

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AFFECTED SECTORS AND PRODUCTS

235 Sugar & molasses
1701 Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form.
170113 Cane sugar specified in Subheading Note 2 to this Chapter
170114 Other cane sugar
170199 Other

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