Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law
Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara asked the Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development for detailed data on rice imports between 14 November 2023 and 13 November 2024, including separate quantities imported by the Government and the private sector. He also sought information on any rice imported after the 2024 Presidential Election, the reasons for importation, import costs, market release and consumer prices, and taxes levied on the imported rice.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 asked the Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development:
¶ 02 (a) Will he inform this House— (i) the amount of rice imported during the period from 14th November, 2023 to 13th November, 2024; (ii) separately, the amounts of rice imported by the Government and by the private sector during the aforesaid period; (iii) whether rice was imported to Sri Lanka after the Presidential Election held in 2024; (iv) if so, the aforesaid amount of rice, specifying separately the quantity imported by the Government and the quantity imported by the private sector; (v) the reasons for importing rice; (vi) the import price of a kilogram of the aforesaid rice; (vii) the price at which the aforesaid rice was issued to the market; (viii) the price at which the said rice was sold to the consumer; and (ix) the amount of tax levied by the Government on the aforesaid rice?
¶ 03 (b) If not, why?
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- Hansard, Thursday, 6 March 2025 ·No. 1742798688089503 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 6 March 2025. No. 1742798688089503. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/25366