The President directed the officials to relax the restrictions following a discussion with the vehicle importers. The discussion was held in the Temple Trees yesterday.
Accordingly, the restriction for used commercial vehicles has been relaxed from 3 1/2 years to four years. That means that commercial vehicles used upto four years can be imported to Sri Lanka now.
The restriction for other vehicles has been relaxed from one year to two years.
The delegation of the vehicle importers' association was led by Yoga Perera. Deputy Minister of Finance Geethanjana Gunawardhana, secretary of the Ministry of Finance P.B. Jayasundara and a number of other state officials participated in the discussion.
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