Sri Lanka state oligopoly permitted to import some dark gram

Sri Lanka has permitted the import of some dark gram, by three state organizations, as per a newspaper notice gave under the hand of President Ranil Wickremesinghe.

Import licenses will be given for 2,000 metric lots of the seed ordered under HS Code 7312.31.22 and 29.

Sri Lanka State Exchanging Company, Public Food Advancement Board and Sri Lanka Hadabima Authority is to be given import licenses.

Brokers have turned to pirating a few kinds of dark gram (ulundu) mis named chick peas, to move past high charges and import limitations.

Tamil lawmakers have likewise fought the import controls, which they go into a few key ethnic food sources they take.