GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION

Imports and Exports Control Act, No. 1 of 1969

IN terms of the powers vested in me by Section 20 read together with Sub-Section 4(1) and
Section 14 of the Imports and Exports (Control) Act, No. 1 of 1969 as amended by Act, No.
48 of 1985 and Act, No. 28 of 1987, I, Ranil Wickremesinghe, the Minister of Finance,
Economic Stabilization and National Policies promulgate following Regulations.

Ranil Wickremesinghe,
Minister of Finance, Economic
Stabilization and National
Policies

Ministry of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies,

Colombo 01,
……………, 2023.

REGULATIONS

1. These Regulations may be cited as the “Imports and Exports (Control) Regulations No.
…. of 2023”.

2. The Imports and Exports (Control) Regulations No. 02 of 2023, published in the Gazette
Extraordinary No. 2312/78 dated January 01, 2023, as amended is hereby further amended.

2.1 Goods, classified under the HS Codes as described in the Schedule below, which is
an integral part of this Regulation, together with their corresponding entries shall be
deleted from the Schedule I of the Imports and Exports (Control) Regulations No. 02
of 2023, as referred in the Regulation No. 1 above.

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 Column
Column V Column IV
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Column II Column III Temporary Temporary
HS
HS Code Description Suspension Suspension
Headin
(TS) List A (TS) List B
g

Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether

1 03.04
or not minced), fresh, chilled or frozen.
Fresh or chilled fillets of tilapias
(Oreochromis spp.), catfish (Pangasius
spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus
spp.), carp (Cyprinus spp., Carassius spp.,
Ctenopharyngodon idellus,
- Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp.,
Mylopharyngodon piceus, Catla catla,
Labeo spp., Osteochilus hasselti,
Leptobarbus hoeveni, Megalobrama spp.),
eels (Anguilla spp.), Nile perch (Lates
niloticus) and snakeheads (Channa spp.):
0304.39 -- Other TS
- Frozen fillets of other fish:
Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka,
Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, Oncorhynchus
keta, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha,
0304.81 -- Oncorhynchus kisutch, Oncorhynchus TS
masou and Oncorhynchus rhodurus),
Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube
salmon (Hucho hucho)
Tunas (of the genus Thunnus ), skipjack
0304.87 -- tuna (stripe-bellied bonito) (Katsuwonus
pelamis ) :
0304.87.10 --- Big eye tuna(Thunnus obesus) TS
0304.87.90 --- Other TS
- Other, frozen:
Fish of the families Bregmacerotidae,
Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae,
0304.95 -- Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae and TS
Muraenolepididae, other than Alaska
Pollock (Theragra chalcogramma)
0304.99 - Other TS

Yogurt; buttermilk, curdled milk and

cream, kephir and other fermented or
acidified milk and cream, whether or not
3 04.03
concentrated or containing added sugar
or other sweetening matter or flavoured
or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa.
0403.20 - Yogurt TS

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 0403.90 - Other TS

21 10.04 Oats (+).

1004.90 - Other TS

Waters, including mineral waters and

aerated waters, containing added sugar
or other sweetening matter or flavoured,
35 22.02
and other non-alcoholic beverages, not
including fruit, nut or vegetable juices of
heading 20.09.
- Other :
2202.99 -- Other :
Beverages based on cereal, grain, or tree
2202.99.70 --- TS
nuts

Baths, shower-baths, sinks, wash-basins,

bidets, lavatory pans, seats and covers,
50 39.22
flushing cisterns and similar sanitary
ware, of plastics.
3922.90 - Other:
3922.90.90 --- Other TS

Saddlery and harness for any animal

(including traces, leads, knee pads,
55 42.01 4201.00 TS
muzzles, saddle cloths, saddle bags, dog
coats and the like), of any material.

Other articles of leather or of

58 42.05
composition leather:
Articles of leather or of composition
leather, of a kind used in machinery or
4205.00.10 --- TS
mechanical appliances or for other
technical uses

Wood in the rough, whether or not

59 44.03 stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly
squared (+).
Treated with paint, stains, creosote or other
-
preservatives :
4403.12 -- Non-coniferous TS
- Other, coniferous :
Of pine (Pinus spp.), of which the smallest
4403.21 -- TS
cross-sectional dimension is 15 cm or more

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 Of fir (Abies spp.) and spruce (Picea spp.),
4403.23 -- of which the smallest cross-sectional TS
dimension is 15 cm or more
4403.26 -- Other TS
- Other, of tropical wood:
4403.42 - Teak TS
4403.49 -- Other TS
- Other:
Of beech (Fagus spp.), of which the
4403.93 -- smallest cross-sectional dimension is 15 cm TS
or more
4403.94 -- Of beech (Fagus spp.), other TS

Hoopwood; split poles; piles, pickets and

stakes of wood, pointed but not sawn
lengthwise; wooden sticks, roughly
trimmed but not turned, bent or
60 44.04
otherwise worked, suitable for the
manufacture of walking-sticks,
umbrellas, tool handles or the like;
chipwood and the like.
4404.20 - Non-coniferous TS

61 44.05 4405.00 Wood wool; wood flour. TS

Railway or tramway sleepers (crossties)

62 44.06
of wood.
- Not impregnated :
4406.11 -- Coniferous TS
4406.12 -- Non-coniferous TS
- Other :
4406.91 -- Coniferous TS
4406.92 -- Non-coniferous TS

Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced

or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded
63 44.07
or end-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6
mm.
- Coniferous :
4407.12 -- Of fir (Abies spp.) and spruce (Picea spp .) TS
- Of tropical wood :
Of S-P-F (spruce (Picea spp.), pine (Pinus
4407.13 -- TS
spp.) and fir (Abies spp.))
Of Hem-fir (Western hemlock (Tsuga
4407.14 -- TS
heterophylla) and fir (Abies spp.))

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 - Of tropical wood :
4407.21 -- Mahogany (Swietenia spp .) TS
4407.22 -- Virola, Imbuia and Balsa TS
Dark Red Meranti, Light Red Meranti and
4407.25 -- TS
Meranti Bakau
4407.28 -- Iroko TS
- Other :
4407.93 -- Of maple (Acer spp.) TS
4407.94 -- Of cherry (Prunus spp.) TS
4407.95 -- Of ash (Fraxinus spp.) TS
4407.96 -- Of birch (Betula spp .) TS
4407.99 -- Other :
4407.99.10 --- Of rubber TS
4407.99.20 --- Of coconut TS
4407.99.30 --- Of ebony TS
4407.99.90 --- Other TS

Sheets for veneering (including those

obtained by slicing laminated wood), for
plywood or for similar laminated wood
64 44.08 and other wood, sawn lengthwise, sliced
or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded,
spliced or end-jointed, of a thickness not
exceeding 6 mm.
4408.10 - Coniferous TS
- Of tropical wood :
Dark Red Meranti, Light Red Meranti and
4408.31 -- TS
Meranti Bakau
4408.39 -- Other TS
4408.90 - Other TS

Wood (including strips and friezes for

parquet flooring, not assembled)
continuously shaped (tongued, grooved,
65 44.09 rebated, chamfered, V-jointed, beaded,
moulded, rounded or the like) along any
of its edges, ends or faces, whether or not
planed, sanded or end-jointed.
4409.10 - Coniferous TS
- Non-coniferous :
4409.22 -- Of tropical wood TS

Particle board, oriented strand board

66 44.10 (OSB) and similar board (for example,
waferboard) of wood or other ligneous

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 materials, whether or not agglomerated
with resins or other organic binding
substances.
- Of wood :
4410.11 -- Particle board :
4410.11.10 --- Raw particle board, not covered or coated TS
4410.12 -- Oriented strand board (OSB) TS
4410.19 -- Other TS
4410.90 - Other TS

Fibreboard of wood or other ligneous

67 44.11 materials, whether or not bonded with
resins or other organic substances.
- Medium density fibreboard (MDF) :
-- Of a thickness not exceeding 5 mm :
4411.12.90 --- Other TS
4411.14 -- Of a thickness exceeding 9 mm :
Of a density exceeding 0.8 g/cm3, not
4411.14.10 --- TS
mechanically worked or surface covered
- Other :
Of a density exceeding 0.5 g/cm3 but not
4411.93 -- TS
exceeding 0.8 g/cm3

Plywood, veneered panels and similar

68 44.12
laminated wood (+).
Other plywood, consisting solely of sheets
- of wood (other than bamboo), each ply not
exceeding 6 mm thickness :
With at least one outer ply of tropical wood
4412.31 --
:
4412.31.90 --- Other TS
Other, with at least one outer ply of non-
coniferous wood of the species alder (Alnus
spp.), ash (Fraxinus spp.), beech (Fagus
spp.), birch (Betula spp.), cherry (Prunus
spp.), chestnut (Castanea spp.), elm (Ulmus
spp.), eucalyptus (Eucalyptus spp.), hickory
4412.33 --
(Carya spp.), horse chesnut (Aesculus spp.),
lime (Tilia spp.), maple (Acer spp.), oak
(Quercus spp.), plane tree (Platanus spp.),
poplar and aspen (Populus spp.), robinia
(Robinia spp.), tulipwood (Liriodendron
spp.) or walnut (Juglans spp.):
4412.33.90 --- Other TS

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 Other, with at least one outer ply of non-
4412.34 -- coniferous wood not specified under
subheading 4412.33 :
4412.34.90 --- Other TS
Other , with both outer plies of coniferous
4412.39 --
wood:
--- Other :
---
4412.39.99 Other TS
-
- Other :
Other, with both outer plies of coniferous
4412.99 -- TS
wood

Builders' joinery and carpentry of wood,

including cellular wood panels,
69 44.18
assembled flooring panels, shingles and
shakes.
Windows, French-windows and their
-
frames :
4418.11 -- Of tropical wood TS
4418.19 -- Other TS
- Doors and their frames and thresholds :
4418.21 -- Of tropical wood TS
4418.29 -- Other TS
Posts and beams other than products of
4418.30 - TS
subheadings 4418.81 to 4418.89
4418.40 - Shuttering for concrete constructional work TS
4418.50 - Shingles and shakes TS
- Assembled flooring panels :
Of bamboo or with at least the top layer
4418.73 -- TS
(wear layer) of bamboo
4418.74 -- Other, for mosaic floors :
4418.74.10 --- Of rubber wood TS
4418.74.90 --- Other TS
4418.75 -- Other, multilayer :
4418.75.10 --- Of rubber wood TS
4418.75.90 --- Other TS
4418.79 -- Other :
4418.79.10 --- Of rubber wood TS
4418.79.90 --- Other TS
- Engineered structural timber products:
4418.81 -- Glue-laminated timber (glulam) TS
4418.82 -- Cross-laminated timber (CLT or X-lam) TS
4418.83 -- I beams TS

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 4418.89 -- Other TS
- Other :
4418.91 -- Of bamboo TS
4418.92 -- Cellular wood panels TS
4418.99 -- Other TS

70 44.19 Tableware and kitchenware, of wood.

- Of bamboo :
Bread boards, chopping boards and similar
4419.11 -- TS
boards
4419.20 -- Of tropical wood TS
4419.90 - Other TS

Wood marquetry and inlaid wood;

caskets and cases for jewellery or cutlery,
and similar articles, of wood; statuettes
71 44.20
and other ornaments, of wood; wooden
articles of furniture not falling in
Chapter 94.
4420.90 - Other TS

72 44.21 Other articles of wood.

- Other :
4421.91 -- Of bamboo :
4421.91.90 --- Other TS

Plaits and similar products of plaiting

materials, whether or not assembled into
strips; plaiting materials, plaits and
similar products of plaiting materials,
73 46.01
bound together in parallel strands or
woven, in sheet form, whether or not
being finished articles (for example,
mats, matting, screens).
Mats, matting and screens of vegetable
-
materials:
4601.21 -- Of bamboo TS
4601.29 -- Other TS
- Other:
4601.92 -- Of bamboo TS
4601.99 -- Other TS

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 Basketwork, wickerwork and other
articles, made directly to shape from
74 46.02
plaiting materials or made up from
goods of heading 46.01; articles of loofah.
- Of vegetable materials:
4602.11 -- Of bamboo TS
4602.12 -- Of rattan TS
4602.19 -- Other TS
4602.90 - Other TS

Toilet paper and similar paper, cellulose

wadding or webs of cellulose fibres, of a
kind used for household or sanitary
purposes, in rolls of a width not
exceeding 36 cm, or cut to size or shape;
handkerchiefs, cleansing tissues, towels,
75 48.18
tablecloths, serviettes, bed sheets and
similar household, sanitary or hospital
articles, articles of apparel and clothing
accessories, of paper pulp, paper,
cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose
fibres.
Handkerchiefs, cleansing or facial tissues
4818.20 - TS
and towels
4818.30 - Tablecloths and serviettes TS

104 62.16 6216.00 Gloves, mittens and mitts. TS

Sacks and bags, of a kind used for the

109 63.05
packing of goods.
Of jute or of other textile bast fibres of
6305.10 -
heading 53.03 :
6305.10.10 --- Jute bags not knitted or crocheted TS
6305.10.90 --- Other TS

Slag wool, rock wool and similar mineral

wools; exfoliated vermiculite, expanded
clays, foamed slag and similar expanded
mineral materials; mixtures and articles
127 68.06
of heat-insulating, sound-insulating or
sound-absorbing mineral materials,
other than those of heading 68.11 or
68.12 of Chapter 69.
6806.90 - Other TS

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 Articles of plaster or of compositions
130 68.09
based on plaster.
- Boards, sheets, panels, tiles and similar
6809.11 -- Faced or reinforced with paper or
Gypsum plaster board, both sides with un
6809.11.20 --- TS
worked paper or paper board

Articles of stone or of other mineral

substances (including carbon fibres,
134 68.15 articles of carbon fibres and articles of
peat), not elsewhere specified or
included.
- Other articles
6815.99 -- Other TS

Ceramic wares for laboratory, chemical

or other technical uses; ceramic troughs,
tubs and similar receptacles of a kind
140 69.09
used in agriculture; ceramic pots, jars
and similar articles of a kind used for the
conveyance or packing of goods .
- Ceramic wares for laboratory, chemical
6909.12 -- Articles having a hardness equivalent to TS
6909.19 -- Filter Candles
6909.19.10 --- Other : TS
6909.19.90 --- Other TS
6909.90 - Other TS

Glassware of a kind used for table,

kitchen, toilet, office, indoor decoration
144 70.13
or similar purposes (other than that of
heading 70.10 or 70.18).
7013.10 - Of glass-ceramics TS
Stemware drinking glasses other than of
-
glass-ceramics :
7013.22 -- Of lead crystal TS
7013.28 -- Other TS
Other drinking glasses other than of glass-
-
ceramics :
7013.33 -- Of lead crystal TS
7013.37 -- Other TS
Glassware of a kind used for table (other
- than drinking glasses) or kitchen purposes
other than of glass-ceramics :

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 7013.41 -- Of lead crystal TS
Of glass having a linear coeffcient of
expansion not exceeding 5x10-6 per Kelvin
7013.42 -- TS
within a temperature range of 0 0C to 300
0C
7013.49 -- Other TS
- Other glassware :
7013.91 -- Of lead crystal TS

Paving blocks, slabs, bricks, squares,

tiles and other articles of pressed or
moulded glass, whether or not wired, of
a kind used for building or construction
purposes; glass cubes and other glass
145 70.16
smallwares, whether or not on a backing,
for mosaics or similar decorative
purposes; leaded lights and the like;
multicellular or foam glass in blocks,
panels, plates, shells or similar forms.
Glass cubes and other glass smallwares,
7016.10 - whether or not on a backing, for mosaics or TS
similar decorative purposes
7016.90 - Other TS

Glass beads, imitation pearls, imitation

precious or semi-precious stones and
similar glass smallwares, and articles
thereof other than imitation jewellery;
146 70.18 glass eyes other than prosthetic articles;
statuettes and other ornaments of lamp-
worked glass, other than imitation
jewellery; glass microspheres not
exceeding 1 mm in diameter.
Glass microspheres not exceeding 1 mm in
7018.20 - TS
diameter
7018.90 - Other TS

Table, kitchen or other household

articles and parts thereof, of iron or steel;
147 73.23 iron or steel wool; pot scourers and
scouring or polishing pads, gloves and
the like, of iron or steel.
Iron or steel wool; pot sourers and scouring
7323.10 - TS
or polishing pads, gloves and the like
- Other :
7323.91 -- Of cast iron, not enamelled TS

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 7323.92 -- Of cast iron, enamelled TS
7323.93 -- Of stainless steel TS
Of iron (other than cast iron) or steel,
7323.94 -- TS
enamelled
7323.99 -- Other TS

Sanitary ware and parts thereof, of iron

148 73.24
or steel.
7324.10 - Sinks and wash basins, of stainless steel :
7324.10.90 --- Other TS
- Baths :
7324.21 -- Of cast iron, whether or not enamelled TS
7324.29 -- Other TS
7324.90 - Other, including parts TS

Aluminum plates, sheets and strip, of a

151 76.06
thickness exceeding 0.2mm.
- Rectangular (including square) :
7606.11 -- Of aluminum, not alloyed TS

Aluminum tube or pipe fittings (for

153 76.09 7609.00 TS
example, couplings, elbows, sleeves).

Aluminum structures (excluding

prefabricated buildings of heading 94.06)
and parts of structures (for example,
bridges and bridge-sections, towers,
lattice masts, roofs, roofing frameworks,
154 76.10
doors and windows and their frames and
thresholds for doors, balustrades, pillars
and columns); aluminum plates, rods,
profiles, tubes and the like, prepared for
use in structures
7610.90 - Other :
7610.90.90 --- Other TS

Hand tools, the following: spades,

shovels, mattocks, picks, hoes, forks and
rakes; axes, bill hooks and similar
hewing tools; secateurs and pruners of
155 82.01
any kind; scythes, sickles, hay knives,
hedge shears, timber wedges and other
tools of a kind used in agriculture,
horticulture or forestry.
8201.30 - Mattocks, picks, hoes and rakes :

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 8201.30.90 --- Other TS
8201.40 - Axes, bill hooks and similar hewing tools TS
Secateurs and similar one-handed pruners
8201.50 - TS
and shears (including poultry shears)
Hedge shears, two-handed pruning shears
8201.60 - TS
and similar two-handed shears

Files, rasps, pliers (including cutting

pliers), pincers, tweezers, metal cutting
156 82.03 shears, pipe-cutters, bolt croppers,
perforating punches and similar hand
tools.
8203.10 - Files, rasps and similar tools TS
Pliers (including cutting pliers), pincers,
8203.20 - TS
tweezers and similar tools
8203.30 - Metal cutting shears and similar tools TS
Pipe-cutters, bolt croppers, perforating
8203.40 - TS
punches and similar tools

Hand-operated spanners and wrenches

(including torque meter wrenches but
157 82.04 not including tap wrenches);
interchangeable spanner sockets, with or
without handles.
- Hand-operated spanners and wrenches :
8204.12 -- Adjustable TS
Interchangeable spanner sockets, with or
8204.20 - TS
without handles

Hand tools (including glaziers'

diamonds), not elsewhere specified or
included; blow lamps; vices, clamps and
the like, other than accessories for and
158 82.05
parts of, machine-tools or water-jet
cutting machines; anvils; portable
forges; hand or pedal-operated grinding
wheels with frameworks.
8205.10 - Drilling, threading or tapping tools TS
8205.20 - Hammers and sledge hammers TS
Planes, chisels, gouges and similar cutting
8205.30 - TS
tools for working wood
8205.40 - Screwdrivers TS
Other hand tools (including glaziers'
-
diamonds) :
8205.51 -- Household tools TS

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 8205.60 - Blow lamps TS
8205.70 - Vices, clamps and the like TS
Other, including sets of articles of two or
8205.90 - TS
more of subheadings of this heading

Knives and cutting blades, for machines

159 82.08
or for mechanical appliances.
8208.20 - For wood working TS
For agricultural, horticultural or forestry
8208.40 - TS
machines

Plates, sticks, tips and the like for tools,

160 82.09 8209.00 TS
un-mounted, of cermets.

Hand-operated mechanical appliances,

weighing 10 kg or less, used in the
161 82.10 8210.00 TS
preparation, conditioning or serving of
food or drink.

Knives with cutting blades, serrated or

not (including pruning knives), other
162 82.11
than knives of heading 82.08, and blades
therefor .
8211.10 - Sets of assorted articles TS
- Other :
8211.91 -- Table knives having fixed blades TS
8211.92 -- Other knives having fixed blades TS
8211.94 -- Blades TS

Razors and razor blades (including razor

163 82.12
blade blanks in strips).
8212.10 - Razors :
Heads of disposable razors (incomplete
8212.10.10 --- TS
razors)

Scissors, tailors' shears and similar

164 82.13 8213.00 TS
shears, and blades therefor.

Other articles of cutlery (for example,

hair clippers, butchers' or kitchen
165 82.14 cleavers, choppers and mincing knives,
paper knives); manicure or pedicure sets
and instruments (including nail files).

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 Manicure or pedicure sets and instruments
8214.20 - TS
(including nail files)

Spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, cake-

166 82.15 servers, fish-knives, butter-knives, sugar
tongs and similar kitchen or tableware.
Sets of assorted articles containing at least
8215.10 - TS
one article plated with precious metal
8215.20 - Other sets of assorted articles TS
- Other :
8215.99 -- Other TS

Padlocks and locks (key, combination or

electrically operated), of base metal;
clasps and frames with clasps,
167 83.01
incorporating locks, of base metal; keys
for any of the foregoing articles, of base
metal .
8301.10 - Padlocks TS
Clasps and frames with clasps,
8301.50 - TS
incorporating locks

Base metal mountings, fittings and

similar articles suitable for furniture,
doors, staircases, windows, blinds,
coachwork, saddlery, trunks, chests,
168 83.02
caskets or the like; base metal hat-racks,
hat-pegs, brackets and similar fixtures;
castors with mountings of base metal;
automatic door closers of base metal.
8302.10 - Hinges :
8302.10.10 --- Of aluminum TS
8302.60 - Automatic door closers TS

Armoured or reinforced safes, strong-

boxes and doors and safe deposit lockers
169 83.03 8303.00 TS
for strong-rooms, cash or deed boxes and
the like, of base metal.

Bells, gongs and the like, non-electric, of

base metal; statuettes and other
170 83.06 ornaments, of base metal; photograph,
picture or similar frames, of base metal;
mirrors of base metal.

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 - Statuettes and other ornaments:
8306.21 -- Plated with precious metal TS
8306.29 -- Other TS
Photograph, picture or similar frames;
8306.30 - TS
mirrors

Dish washing machines; machinery for

cleaning or drying bottles or other
containers; machinery for filling, closing,
sealing or labelling bottles, cans, boxes,
bags or other containers; machinery for
175 84.22
capsuling bottles, jars, tubes and similar
containers; other packing or wrapping
machinery (including heatshrink
wrapping machinery); machinery for
aerating beverages (+).
- Dish washing machines :
8422.11 -- Of the household type TS

Weighing machinery (excluding

balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better),
176 84.23 including weight operated counting or
checking machines; weighing machine
weights of all kinds (+).
Personal weighing machines, including
8423.10 -
baby scales; household scales :
Personal weighing machines, including
8423.10.10 --- TS
baby scales
8423.10.20 --- Household scales TS

178 85.08 Vacuum cleaners

- With self-contained electric motor :
Of a power not exceeding 1,500 W and
8508.11 -- having a dust bag or other receptacle TS
capacity not exceeding 20 l
8508.19 -- Other TS
8508.60 - Other vacuum cleaners TS

Electro-mechanical domestic appliances,

179 85.09 with self-contained electric motor, other
than vacuum cleaners of heading 85.08.
Food grinders and mixers; fruit or vegetable
8509.40 - TS
juice extractors
8509.80 - Other appliances : TS

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 Shavers, hair clippers and hair removing
180 85.10 appliances, with self-contained electric
motor
8510.10 - Shavers TS
8510.20 - Hair clippers TS
8510.30 - Hair-removing appliances TS

Electric instantaneous or storage water

heaters and immersion heaters; electric
space heating apparatus and soil heating
apparatus; electro-thermic hairdressing
apparatus (for example, hair dryers, hair
181 85.16 curlers, curling tong heaters) and hand
dryers; electric smoothing irons; other
electro-thermic appliances of a kind used
for domestic purposes; electric heating
resistors, other than those of heading
85.45.
Electric space heating apparatus and
-
electric soil heating apparatus :
8516.21 -- Storage heating radiators TS
8516.29 -- Other TS
Electro-thermic hair-dressing or hand
-
drying apparatus :
8516.31 -- Hair dryers TS
8516.32 -- Other hair-dressing apparatus TS
8516.33 -- Hand-drying apparatus TS
8516.50 - Microwave ovens TS
Other ovens; cookers, cooking plates,
8516.60 -
boiling rings, grillers and roasters :
8516.60.10 --- Rice cookers TS
8516.60.90 --- Other TS
- Other electro-thermic appliances :
8516.71 -- Coffee or tea makers TS
8516.72 -- Toasters TS
8516.79 -- Other :
Heaters for diffusing insecticides/
8516.79.10 --- repellents, and equipment for destroying TS
insects
8516.79.20 --- Electric kettles TS

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 Microphones and stands therefor;
loudspeakers, whether or not mounted in
their enclosures; headphones and
earphones, whether or not combined
182 85.18
with a microphone, and sets consisting of
a microphone and one or more
loudspeakers; audio-frequency electric
amplifiers; electric sound amplifier sets.
8518.10 - Microphones and stands therefor TS
Loudspeakers, whether or not mounted in
-
their enclosures:
Single loudspeakers, mounted in their
8518.21 -- TS
enclosures
Multiple loudspeakers, mounted in the
8518.22 -- TS
same enclosure
Headphones and earphones, whether or not
combined with a microphone, and sets
8518.30 - TS
consisting of a microphone and one or more
loudspeakers
8518.40 - Audio-frequency electric amplifiers TS
8518.50 - Electric sound amplifier sets TS

Sound recording or reproducing

183 85.19
apparatus(+).
Apparatus operated by coins, banknotes,
8519.20 - bank cards, tokens or by other means of TS
payment
8519.30 - Turntables (record-decks) TS
- Other apparatus:
Magnetic cine sound recorders for 35 mm
8519.81.10 --- TS
sprocketed films
8519.81.90 --- Other TS
8519.89.10 --- Sound reproducing apparatus TS
8519.89.90 --- Other TS

Video recording or reproducing

184 85.21 apparatus, whether or not incorporating
a video tuner.
8521.10 - Magnetic tape-type TS
8521.90 - Other TS

Parts and accessories suitable for use

185 85.22 solely or principally with the apparatus
of heading 85.19 to 85.21.
8522.10 - Pick-up cartridges TS

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 8522.90 - Other TS

Discs, tapes, solid–state nonvolatile

storage devices, “smartcards” and other
media for the recording of sound or of
186 85.23 other phenomena, whether or not
recorded, including matrices and
masters for the production of discs, but
excluding products of Chapter 37.
- Magnetic media :
Unrecorded magnetic tapes of a width not
8523.29.10 --- exceeding 4 mm for machines of heading TS
84.71
Other unrecorded magnetic tapes of a width
8523.29.20 --- TS
not exceeding 4 mm
8523.29.90 --- Other TS

Reception apparatus for

radiobroadcasting, whether or not
187 85.27 combined, in the same housing, with
sound recording or reproducing
apparatus or a clock.
Radio-broadcast receivers capable of
- operating without an external source of
power :
8527.12 -- Pocket-size radio cassette-players TS
Other apparatus combined with sound
8527.13 -- TS
recording or reproducing apparatus
8527.19 -- Other : TS
Radio-broadcast receivers not capable of
- operating without an external source of
power, of a kind used in motor vehicles :
Combined with sound recording or
8527.91 -- TS
reproducing apparatus
Not combined with sound recording or
8527.92 -- reproducing apparatus but combined with a TS
clock
8527.99 -- Other TS

Electrical signalling, safety or traffic

control equipment for railways,
tramways, roads, inland waterways,
189 85.30
parking facilities, port installations or
airfields (other than those of heading
86.08).
8530.10 - Equipment for railways or tramways TS

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 8530.80 - Other equipment TS

Other rail locomotives; locomotive

191 86.02
tenders.
8602.10 - Diesel-electric locomotives TS
8602.90 - Other TS

Self-propelled railway or tramway

192 86.03 coaches, vans and trucks, other than
those of heading 86.04.
8603.10 - Powered from an external source of TS
8603.90 - Other TS

Railway or tramway maintenance or

service vehicles, whether or not self-
propelled (for example, workshops,
193 86.04 8604.00 TS
cranes, ballast tampers, track liners,
testing coaches and track inspection
vehicles).

Railway or tramway passenger coaches,

not self-propelled; luggage vans, post
office coaches and other special purpose
194 86.05 8605.00 TS
coaches, not self-propelled (excluding
railway or tramway those of heading
86.04).

Railway or tramway goods vans and

195 86.06
wagons, not self-propelled.
8606.10 - Tank wagons and the like TS
- Other :
Open, with non-removable sides of a height
8606.92 -- TS
exceeding 60 cm
8606.99 -- Other TS

Railway or tramway track fixtures and

fittings; mechanical (including
electromechanical) signalling, safety or
196 86.08 8608.00 traffic control equipment for railways, TS
tramways, roads, inland waterways,
parking facilities, port installations or
airfields; parts of the foregoing

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 Containers (including containers for the
transport of fluids) specially designed
197 86.09 8609.00 TS
and equipped for carriage by one or
modes of transport

209 89.04 Tugs and pusher craft.

8904.00.10 --- Not exceeding a Dead Weight Tonnage of TS
500 MT
8904.00.90 --- Other TS

Light-vessels, fire-floats, dredgers,

floating cranes, and other vessels the
navigability of which is subsidiary to
210 89.05
their main function; floating docks;
floating or submersible drilling or
production platforms.
8905.10 - Dredgers TS
8905.90 - Other TS

Other vessels, including warships and

211 89.06
lifeboats other than rowing boats.
8906.10 - Warships TS

Spectacles, goggles and the like,

214 90.04
corrective, protective or other.
9004.90 - Other TS

Binoculars, monoculars, other optical

telescopes, and mountings therefor;
215 90.05 other astronomical instruments and
mountings therefor, but not including
instruments for radio-astronomy.
9005.10 - Binoculars TS
9005.80 - Other instruments TS

Wrist-watches, pocket-watches and

other watches, including stopwatches,
216 91.01
with case of precious metal or of metal
clad with precious metal.
Wrist-watches, electrically operated,
- whether or not incorporating a stop-watch
facility :
9101.11 -- With mechanical display only TS
9101.19 -- Other :

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 9101.19.90 --- Other TS
Other wrist-watches, whether or not
-
incorporating a stop-watch facility :
9101.21 -- With automatic winding TS
9101.29 -- Other TS
- Other :
9101.91 -- Electrically operated TS
9101.99 -- Other TS

Wrist-watches, pocket-watches and

217 91.02 other watches, including stopwatches,
other than those of heading 91.01.
Wrist-watches, electrically operated,
- whether or not incorporating a stop-watch
facility :
9102.12 -- With opto-electronic display only TS
9102.19 -- Other TS
Other wrist-watches, whether or not
-
incorporating a stop-watch facility:
9102.21 -- With automatic winding TS
- Other:
9102.91 -- Electrically operated TS
9102.99 -- Other TS

Instrument panel clocks and clocks of a

218 91.04 9104.00 similar type for vehicles, aircraft, TS
spacecraft or vessels.

219 91.05 Other clocks.

- Alarm clocks:
9105.11 -- Electrically operated TS
9105.19 -- Other TS
- Wall clocks:
9105.21 -- Electrically operated TS
9105.29 -- Other TS

Time of day recording apparatus and

apparatus for measuring, recording or
therwise indicating intervals of time,
220 91.06
with clock or watch movement or with
synchronous motor (for example, time-
registers, time recorders).
9106.10 - Time-registers; time-recorders TS

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 9106.90 - Other TS

Pianos, including automatic pianos;

221 92.01 harpsichords and other keyboard
stringed instruments.
9201.10 - upright pianos TS
9201.20 - Grand pianos TS
9201.90 - Other TS

Other string musical instruments (for

222 92.02
example, guitars, violins, harps).
9202.10 - Played with a bow TS
9202.90 - Other TS

Wind musical instruments (for example,

keyboard pipe organs, accordions,
223 92.05 clarinets, trumpets, bagpipes), other
than fairground organs and mechanical
street organs
9205.10 - Brass-wind instruments TS
9205.90 - Other TS

Percussion musical instruments (for

224 92.06 9206.00 example, drums, xylophones, cymbals, TS
castanets, maracas).

Musical instruments, the sound of which

is produced, or must be amplified,
225 92.07
electrically (for example, organs, guitars,
accordions).
Keyboard instruments, other than
9207.10 - TS
accordions
9207.90 - Other TS

Musical boxes, fairground organs,

mechanical street organs, mechanical
singing birds, musical saws and other
musical instruments not falling within
226 92.08
any other heading of this Chapter; decoy
calls of all kinds; whistles, call horns and
other mouth-blown sound signalling
instruments.
9208.90 - Other TS

228 94.03 Other furniture and parts thereof.

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 9403.70 - Furniture of plastics:
9403.70.90 --- Other TS

231 94.06 Prefabricated buildings.

9406.10 -- Of wood TS

Travelling circuses and travelling

menageries; amusement park rides and
235 95.08 water park amusements; fairground
amusements, including shooting
galleries; travelling theatres.
Amusement park rides and water park
-
amusements :
9508.21 -- Roller coasters TS
9508.22 -- Carousels, swings and roundabouts TS
9508.23 -- Dodge'em cars TS
9508.24 -- Motion simulators and moving theatres TS
9508.25 -- Water rides TS
9508.26 -- Water park amusements TS
9508.29 -- Other TS
9508.30 - Fairground amusements TS
9508.40 - Travelling theatres TS

Brooms, brushes (including brushes

constituting parts of machines,
appliances or vehicles), hand-operated
mechanical floor sweepers, not
236 96.03
motorised, mops and feather dusters;
prepared knots and tufts for broom or
brush making; paint pads and rollers;
squeegees (other than roller squeegees).
9603.90 - Other:
Squeegees with inbuilt control valve, for
9603.90.10 --- TS
use as "liquid shoe-polish applicators"

Travel sets for personal toilet, sewing or

238 96.05 9605.00 TS
shoe or clothes cleaning.

Vacuum flasks and other vacuum

241 96.17 vessels, complete; parts thereof other
than glass inners.
9617.00.90 --- Other TS

Tailors' dummies and other lay figures;

242 96.18 9618.00 automata and other animated displays TS
used for shop window dressing.

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 Monopods, bipods, tripods and similar
243 96.20 9620.00 TS
articles.

2.2 The Director General, Sri Lanka Customs is hereby authorized to release any Cargo /
Consignment of goods, classified under the HS Codes as referred in the Regulation
No.2 above; and arrived at any Port / Airport of Sri Lanka during the period of April
16, 2020 to June……, 2023 violating the Imports and Exports Regulations on
Temporary Suspension of importation of such goods; for which, no Customs
Declaration (Bill of Entry) / CUSDEC) has yet been submitted to the Sri Lanka
Customs for the purpose of the provisions of the Government Revenue Protection
(Special Provisions) Act, No. 01 of 2006; on the approval of Controller General of
Imports and Exports Control, subject to payment of Additional Fee of 15% of the CIF
Value of such consignment / cargo to the Controller General of Imports and Exports
Control.

2.3 Importation of Construction / Project related goods, specified in the Schedule I of the
Imports and Exports (Control) Regulations No. 02 of 2023, except vehicles, auto parts,
plastic goods, and agricultural products, by the Project Company or Authorized Persons
of the Colombo Port City Economic Commission Act, No. 11 of 2021 or sourced
through contractors provided that the goods are consigned in the name of the Project
Company or Authorized Persons for the pu

2.4 rpose of the development activities within the area of authority of the Colombo Port
City are allowed on the recommendation of the Colombo Port City Economic
Commission on consignment basis including “No Foreign Exchange (NFE)” basis.

3. The Imports Control Regulations on Payment Terms No. 07 of 2022, published in the
Gazette Extraordinary No. 2278/21 dated May 06, 2022, as amended, is hereby further
amended.

3.1 Regulation Nos. 4(f) and 4(g) are hereby inserted immediately after the Regulation No.
4(e) of the Imports Control Regulations on Payment Terms No. 04 of 2023, published
in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2320/46 dated February 22, 2023, and read as follows:

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 “4 (f) Importers of medical devices and equipment, subject to submission of
National Medicine Regulatory Authority (NMRA) Registration Certificate
and Import License, issued by the National Medicine Regulatory Authority.

4 (g) Importers of petroleum products (fuel oils) by the license holders under the
Ceylon Petroleum Corporation Act, No. 28 of 1961, as amended, for the
purpose of import, store and distribution to the customers.

3.2 Controller General of Imports and Exports may issue authorization to release the goods,
imported by an importer;

(a) in violation of the Regulations related to the Open Account Payment Term
stipulated in the Import Control Regulations on Payment Terms No. 07 of 2022,
published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2278/21 dated May 06, 2022, as
amended, subject to payment of an Additional Fee of 30% of the CIF Value of such
goods.

(b) in violation of the Regulations related to the Document against Acceptance (DA)
term or Documents against Payment (DP) term, stipulated in the Import Control
Regulations on Payment Terms No. 07 of 2022, published in the Gazette
Extraordinary No. 2278/21 dated May 06, 2022, as amended, subject to payment of
an Additional Fee of 15% of the CIF Value of such goods

(c) The Controller General of Imports and Exports Control shall authorize to release
the goods by an importer as provided in 3.2(a) or 3.2(b) for maximum of two (02)
instances only

3.3 The Director General of Customs shall act in accordance with the provisions of the
Customs Ordinance on any importation by an importer, made in violation of Import
Control Regulations on Payment Terms No. 07 of 2022, published in the Gazette
Extraordinary No. 2278/21 dated May 06, 2022, as amended, for more than two (02)
instances as referred in 3.2(c) above.

3.4 The final decision shall be made by the Controller General of Imports and Exports on
any issues arising in relation to the Imports Control of the Regulations on Payment

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 3.5 Terms No. 07 of 2022, published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2278/21 dated May
06, 2022, as amended.

3.6 Regulation No. 9 of the Imports Control of the Regulations on Payment Terms No. 07
of 2022, published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2278/21 da

3.7 ted May 06, 2022, as amended, Regulation No. 7 of the Imports Control of the
Regulations on Payment Terms No. 10 of 2022, published in the Gazette Extraordinary
No. 2285/19 dated June 24, 2022, are hereby deleted.

3.8 Regulation Nos. 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 and 3.5 shall be effective for the goods arrived at any Port
/ Airport of Sri Lanka, on or after June……., 2023.

4. To achieve the objectives of these Regulations, the Controller General of Imports and
Exports shall issue “Operational Instructions” to the Director General of Customs, licensed
banks or any other relevant authorities.

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