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Govt re-imposes Rs 10 per kg duty on wheat grain

The Government yesterday re-imposed a duty of Rs 10 per Kilogram on wheat grain imported into the country.

The Government in November last year had waived this duty due to shortage of rice in the country at that time. As wheat flour is used as a substitute for rice the Government had taken this measure in order to provide relief to consumers. As the result the prices of both flour and rice came down in the last quarter of 2009.

The Government with the intention of protecting the farmers at a time when the harvest of Yala season is coming into the market has re-imposed this duty on wheat grain effective from last night. The Government has given a guaranteed price of Rs 30 per Kilogram of paddy and with Government's plan to cultivate over one hundred thousand acres of fallow paddy land in the North and East in the forthcoming Maha season after several years the country will have sufficient stock of rice in the years to come.

Therefore, as a measure to protect the farmers and to promote local rice production the Government has re-imposed the import duty of Rs 10 per kg on wheat grain. Sri Lanka imports only wheat grain and makes it flour locally.

 

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