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As in world practice, Sri Lanka Customs administers the customs house agent exams. The person seeking to become a customs house agent [12] should have training in a cargo clearing company before applying for the Customs House Agent/ Wharf Assistance certificate course conducted by Sri Lanka Customs. There is an examination at the end of the course.
Being a center for trade in the Indian Ocean since antiquity, however, the history of collection of customs duties in Sri Lanka dates far back as the second century BC. [citation needed] "According to the inscription of King Gajaba I (112-134 A.D.) the customs duty collected from the Godapavata Harbour had been donated to the Godapavata monastery.
The Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) is a government agency of Sri Lanka, tasked with overseeing overseas employment of Sri Lankan Citizens and their welfare. It was established in 1985, under the provisions of the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment Act. No. 21 of 1985 from which it derives its remit and powers. [1]
Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 19 August 1994: D. B. Wijetunga: Minister of Industrial Development [30] [31] G. L. Peiris: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 19 October 2000: Chandrika Kumaratunga: Minister of Constitutional Affairs and Industrial Development [32] [33] Ronnie de Mel: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 14 September 2001: Minister of Trade, Industrial ...
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The United States is the main importer of textile goods from Sri Lanka, accounting for 76% of total exports from Sri Lanka. As of 2009, Sri Lanka ranked 12th among apparel exporters to the United States in terms of value. [15] Sri Lanka's partnership was advanced in 2000 in part by setting up logistics centres at key US ports to smooth the ...
The company received the award of the best textile exporter in Sri Lanka at the Presidential Export Awards in 2019 and ranked amongst the 100 most respected companies in the country by the LMD magazine. [8] In 2021, Teejay Lanka won the award for the best textile exporter at the Presidential Export Awards for the third consecutive year. [11]
President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of nearly 1,500 people and pardoning 39 others in "the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history," the White House announced Thursday. The ...