The Hon. Ravi Karunanayake
Ravi Karunanayake requested detailed economic data from the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, including Sri Lanka’s GDP values and growth rates over the past 20 years, projected GDP growth for the next five years, export values as a share of GDP, leading export commodities, and service-sector foreign exchange earnings. He also asked for information on foreign currency retained overseas, the permitted retention period, and any enforcement action taken against violations of exchange control regulations.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 asked the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development:
¶ 02 (a) Will he inform this House the - (i) total value of the GDP of Sri Lanka in SLR and USD, along with growth rate for the past 20 years, separately; (ii) expected GDP growth and projected growth rate for the next five years, separately; (iii) total value of exports in SLR and USD with its percentage of GDP for the past 20 years, separately; (iv) top twenty export commodities of Sri Lanka; (v) total earnings from services in USD for the past ten years, separately; and (vi) top ten service sectors which generated USD for Sri Lanka? (b) Will he also inform this House - (i) out of the US Dollars earned, the amount kept overseas; (ii) the official period for which US Dollars could be retained overseas; and (iii) action initiated against individuals or entities retaining money overseas violating exchange control regulations? (c) If not, why?
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Cite as: The Hon. Ravi Karunanayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 8 May 2025. No. 1748426168056758. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/21751