The Hon. Rohitha Abeygunawardhana
Rohitha Abeygunawardhana asked the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development for details on vehicle imports since the reopening of import permission, including the number imported and taxes collected by engine capacity. He also sought expected versus actual tax revenue from vehicle imports, and separate figures for imported three-wheelers and motorcycles, including applicable taxes by vehicle type and engine capacity.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Question to the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development:
¶ 02 (a) (i) Number of vehicles imported so far after permission was granted again to import vehicles to Sri Lanka.
¶ 03 (ii) Taxes to be collected from those vehicles, separately according to engine capacity.
¶ 04 (iii) Tax income expected from importing vehicles and the tax income generated so far, separately.
¶ 05 (b) (i) Number of three-wheelers and motorcycles imported so far, separately.
¶ 06 (ii) Tax levied on an imported three-wheeler.
¶ 07 (iii) Tax levied on an imported motorcycle, separately as per engine capacity.
¶ 08 (c) If not, why?
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- Hansard, Tuesday, 20 January 2026 ·No. 23200 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Rohitha Abeygunawardhana. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 20 January 2026. No. 23200. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/8931