The Hon. R.M. Ranjith Madduma Bandara

Samagi Jana Balawegaya· National List· 22 October 2025 ·Debate: Debate: Rules under Excise Ordinance and Special Commodity Levy Order (Session 2)

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R.M. Ranjith Madduma Bandara said the Committee’s decision had become known to importers and traders two weeks before implementation, enabling them to import 23,000 metric tonnes of potatoes under the previous levy. He argued that, as a result, the intended benefit of the levy change did not reach local farmers.

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¶ 01 Your Committee decided two weeks earlier, and word spread to importers and traders. In that two weeks they brought in 23,000 MT of potatoes at the old levy. Therefore the benefit did not go to farmers.

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Source: Hansard, Wednesday, 22 October 2025 ·No. 22638 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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