Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe extended Special Commodity Levy (SCL) for a raft of products including yogurt, butter, big onion, apples, oranges, and some fish from December 01.
The IMF after concluding the Staff Level agreement in October said the 2023 revenue may see a 15 percent fall.
The global lender is yet to approve the disbursement of the second tranche of $3 billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF).
The President who is also the Finance Minister through a gazette extended the Special Commodity Levies of yogurt and dairy products by 2,000 rupees per kilogram, butter by 1,500 rupees, big onion by 10 rupees, dates, apples, grapes, oranges by 600 rupees a kilo.
The SCL for sardine, tuna, salmon, and mackerel are also extended by 200 rupee a kilo.
The move will remain in place until the end of 2024, the gazette notification showed.
