🚗 Sri Lanka eases vehicle import ban 🇱🇰 Key details from Gazette No. 2421-04 (Jan 27, 2025): ⭕ Permitted vehicles: Small vehicles under 1000cc, cabs, 10+ seat transport vehicles, dumpers, milk tankers (≤5 years old), and auto trishaws (≤4 years old). ⭕ Special-purpose vehicles included: Fire trucks, crane lorries (≤7-10 years old), gully bowsers, mobile workshops (≤3 years old), and garbage trucks. ⭕ Registered importers: No limit on imports. Others: One vehicle within 12 months. ⭕ All vehicles must be registered within 90 days or face a 3% monthly penalty fee (up to 45%). ⭕ Permits offering duty/tax concessions are not valid for importing these vehicles. It must be noted that this is one area where the new government had the opportunity to implement a creative policy shift. However, this indicates a lack of significant direction or a "revolutionary" vision for the country. A straightforward easing of restrictions rather than a transformative change. #srilanka 🇱🇰