Sri Lanka Customs

Sri Lanka Customs (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා රේගුව, romanized:  Shri

Sri Lanka Customs

Lanka Reguwa, Tamil: இலங்கை சுங்கச் சாவடி ) is a non-

ministerial government department. The main functions of the ශ්‍රි ලංකා රේගුව
department are, இலங்கை சுங்கச் சாவடி

Collection of revenue
Prevention of revenue leakages and other frauds
Facilitation of legitimate trade
Collection of import and export data to provide statistics.
Cooperation and coordination with other Government
Departments and stakeholders in respect of imports and
exports.[1] (https://customs.gov.lk/overview/home)
Sri Lanka Customs logo
The executive responsible is the director general, currently Major
General Vijitha Ravipriya, appointed in February 2020.[2] Agency overview
Formed June 1806
Formally known as HM Customs from 1947 to 1972, the
Employees 2078 (2016)[1]
department can trace its roots to 1806.[3] Formally, the agency as it
exists today was formed under the Customs Ordinance No. 17 of Annual LKR 2.21 Billion
1869, to which 51 amendments have been made to date. Being a budget (2017, estimate)[1]
center for trade in the Indian Ocean since antiquity, however, the Jurisdictional structure
history of collection of customs duties in Sri Lanka dates far back
as the second century BC.. "According to the inscription of King Operations Sri Lanka
Gajaba I (112-134 A.D.) the customs duty collected from the jurisdiction
Godapavata Harbour had been donated to the Godapavata Constituting Customs
monastery. This is the only written evidence so far discovered to instrument Ordinance, No.
say that there had been a harbour in situ. With the discovery of
17 of 1869 (htt
Roman and other foreign coins from the archaeological
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excavations done at the site, this can be identified as an ancient
trade centre of some importance. The remains that can be Volume-II/custom
identified from the Godapavata monastery are the pillars, pillar s-ordinance.html)
foundations and brick monuments. From the inscriptions and Specialist Customs, excise
other architectural remains it can be assumed that this monastery jurisdiction and gambling.
received support from the kings".[2] (http://www.archaeology.gov.l
k/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=132%3 Operational structure
Agodawaya&catid=51%3Asites&Itemid=99&lang=en) Headquarters 40 Main Street,
Colombo 11
The department works with the powers vested under the Customs
Ordinance, as well as through several other related enactments. As Agency Major General
such, it has vested with the powers, such as in the areas of the executive (Retired) Vijitha
arrest and detention of suspects contravening customs and Ravipriya,
import/export laws, as well as the confiscation of contraband. Director General

The Director General has direct control of all the directorates and Parent Ministry of Finance
among them, five are under his personal supervision. Rest of the agency
25 directorates are headed by Directors under the supervision of Website
five Additional Director Generals (ADGC) and Chief Financial customs.gov.lk (https://customs.gov.
Officer( CFO). Among the five Additional Director Generals four lk)
are the most senior Customs Officers. The other ADGC is
appointed from the Administrative Service of Sri Lanka.

See also
Colombo Harbour
Economy of Sri Lanka
List of airports in Sri Lanka
List of ports in Sri Lanka

References
1. Budget Estimates 2017: Volume 1, Fiscal Year 2017 (http://www.treasury.gov.lk/web/guest/b
udget-estimates-2017). Ministry of Finance, Sri Lanka. November 2016. Retrieved
26 September 2017.
2. "Rtd. Major General Ravipriya appointed Customs DG" (http://www.dailymirror.lk/business-n
ews/Rtd-Major-General-Ravipriya-appointed-Customs-DG/273-183504). Dailymirror.lk.
Daily Mirror Sri Lanka. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
3. "International Customs Day" (http://www.island.lk/2004/01/26/busine06.html). The Island. 26
January 2004. Retrieved 19 March 2011.

External links
Sri Lanka Customs (http://www.customs.gov.lk)

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