ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka Customs is facing a four-day backlog due to the last week disaster and the clearance would be normal by end of December, Customs Director General Seevali Arukgoda said. “The clearance was affected from last Thursday up to Sunday because there was lack of staff. There was light flooding as well around the port,” Arukgoda told EconomyNext on Tuesday on the sideline of a media briefing. He said the unloading ships were taken out of the port due to heavy wind as well. “Now we are working with this four-day backlog. It will take some time to…
Sri Lanka Customs faces four-day backlog after disaster; expects normalcy by December
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