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Sri Lanka Customs exceeds November revenue goal despite disaster-hit hiccup

ECONOMYNEXT – Revenue collected by Sri Lanka Customs jumped around 16.7 percent in November compared to the monthly target, the official data showed, despite the clearance was paralysed in the last four days of the month due to Cyclone Ditwah-hit disaster. The total revenue by end November has already reached around 107 percent of the full year target, the government data showed. Sri Lanka Customs has set a revenue target of 2,115 billion rupees for this year, 36.2 percent higher than last year’s 1,553 million rupees. The monthly target for November this year was 210 billion rupees, but the government…

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