Laws have been gazetted to bring back export earnings to Sri Lanka

Foreign earnings from all exported goods and services supplied overseas are mandatory to be remitted to Sri Lanka within 180 days after shipment or provisioning of services, a special gazette notification issued by the Central Bank Governor says.

The communiqué, titled Repatriation of Export Proceeds into Sri Lanka Rules No. 1 of 2022, was published on Friday (March 11).