The government has actually announced its choice to extend the period for rice importation till January 10, 2025, with the final agreement anticipated to be confirmed at the Cabinet conference scheduled for Monday (23 ).
Cabinet Spokesman Minister Dr.
Nalinda Jayatissa mentioned the other day (19) that measures would be taken to extend the rice import period as needed.
Appropriately, a Gazette notification formalizing the extension will be provided on December 24, 2024.
The present permission for rice imports is set to expire at midnight today (20 ).
Without an extension, any rice stocks imported after this deadline will need to be re-exported, according to Additional Director General of Customs and Customs Media Spokesperson Seevali Arukgoda.Since the federal government granted consent for rice importation on December 4, the economic sector has actually imported an overall of 35,600 metric tons of rice.
Of this, almost 20,000 metric tons include Nadu rice, while 16,000 metric tons consist of Kekulu rice.In addition, a shipment of 52,000 metric lots of rice purchased by the Sri Lanka State Trading (General) Corporation is anticipated to reach the port.Meanwhile, reacting to a questions made by Ada Derana, the Chairman of the Sri Lanka State Trading Corporation, Ravindra Fernando mentioned that a total of 10,400 metric lots of rice purchased by Sathosa through the Corporation have actually already been launched to the marketplace.