GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION

Imports and Exports Control Act, No. 1 of 1969

IN terms of the powers vested in me by Section 20 read together with Sub-Section 4(1) and Section
14 of the Imports and Exports (Control) Act, No. 1 of 1969, as amended by Act, No. 48 of 1985
and Act, No. 28 of 1987, I, Ranil Wickremesinghe, the Minister of Finance, Economic
Stabilization and National Policies, promulgate following Regulations.

Ranil Wickremesinghe,
Minister of Finance, Economic
Stabilization and National Policies

Ministry of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies,

Colombo 01,
November ……, 2022

REGULATIONS

1. These Regulations may be cited as the “Imports and Exports (Control) Regulations No. 21
of 2022”.

2. These regulations shall enter into force with effect from November….., 2022.

3. Imports and Exports (Control) Regulations No. 13 of 2022, published in the Gazette
Extraordinary No. 2294/30 dated August 23, 2022 as amended by Imports and Exports
(Control) Regulations No. 14 of 2022 published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2296/30
dated September 09, 2022, is hereby further amended.

4. Goods, described in the Schedule B of this Gazette shall be deleted from the Schedule I of
Imports and Exports (Control) Regulations No. 13 of 2022 referred above.

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5. As per provisions of the Customs Ordinance read together with the Government Revenue
Protection (Special Provisions) Act, No. 01 of 2006, the Director General, Sri Lanka Customs
is hereby authorized to release any Cargos / Consignments of goods,

(i) specified in the Schedule A of Imports and Exports (Control) Regulations No. 14
of 2022, published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2296/30 dated September 09,
2022 and arrived at any port / Airport of Sri Lanka during the period of August
24, 2022 to September 08, 2022,
or

(ii) specified in the Schedule B of this Gazette and arrived at any port / Airport of Sri
Lanka during the period of August 24, 2022 to November ….., 2022.

6. Licensed banks are hereby authorized to release shipping documents and effect the payment
for the goods referred in regulation No. 5 above.

Schedule B

Column I Column II Column III Column IV

HS HS Code Description Temporary
Heading Suspended
(TS)
whether or not incorporating the
materials cited in the first part of the
heading; tarred macadam; granules,
74 25.17
chippings and powder, of stones of
heading 25.15 or 25.16, whether or not
heat-treated.
Granules, chippings and powder, of stones
- of heading 25.15 or 25.16, whether or not
heat-treated:
2517.49.00 -- Other TS

Self-adhesive plates, sheets, film, foil,

84 39.19 tape, strip and flat other shapes, of
plastics, whether or not in rolls.
3919.90.00 - Other :

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 Solar controlled safety window film in rolls
of a width not exceeding 184cm for use on
3919.90.10 --- TS
glazed windows, doors or other partition
with glass

Trunks, suit-cases, vanity-cases,

executive-cases, brief-cases, school
satchels, spectacle cases, binocular cases,
camera cases, musical instrument cases,
gun cases, holsters and similar
containers; travelling bags, insulated food
or beverages bags, toilet bags, rucksacks,
handbags, shopping-bags, wallets, purses,
87 42.02 map-cases, cigarette-cases, tobacco-
pouches, tool bags, sports bags, bottle
cases, jewellery boxes, powder-boxes,
cutlery cases and similar containers, of
leather or of composition leather, of
sheeting of plastics, of textile materials, of
vulcanised fibre or of paperboard, or
wholly or mainly covered with such
materials or with paper.
Trunks, suit-cases, vanity-cases, executive-
- cases, brief-cases, school satchels and
similar containers :
With outer surface of plastics or of textile
4202.12.00 -- TS
materials

Articles of apparel and clothing

88 42.03 accessories, of leather or of composition
leather (+).
- Gloves, mittens and mitts :
4203.21.00 -- Specially designed for use in sports TS

Wood in the rough, whether or not

91 44.03 stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly
squared (+).
- Other :
4403.99.00 -- Other TS

Hoopwood; split poles; piles, pickets and

stakes of wood, pointed but not sawn
92 44.04
lengthwise; wooden sticks, roughly
trimmed but not turned, bent or

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 otherwise worked, suitable for the
manufacture of walking-sticks,
umbrellas, tool handles or the like;
chipwood and the like.
4404.10.00 - Coniferous TS

Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced

or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded
95 44.07
or end-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6
mm.
- Coniferous :
4407.19.00 -- Other TS
- Of tropical wood :
4407.29.00 -- Other TS

Wood (including strips and friezes for

parquet flooring, not assembled)
continuously shaped (tongued, grooved,
97 44.09 rebated, chamfered, V-jointed, beaded,
moulded, rounded or the like) along any
of its edges, ends or faces, whether or not
planed, sanded or end-jointed.
- Non-coniferous :
4409.29.00 -- Other TS

Fibreboard of wood or other ligneous

99 44.11 materials, whether or not bonded with
resins or other organic substances.
- Other :
4411.92.00 -- Of a density exceeding 0.8 g/cm3 :
4411.92.10 --- Not mechanically worked or surface covered TS
4411.92.90 --- Other TS

Tarpaulins, awnings and sunblinds; tents;

144 63.06 sails for boats, sailboards or landcraft;
camping goods.
- Tarpaulins, awnings and sunblinds :

6306.12.00 -- Of synthetic fibres TS

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 Human hair, dressed, thinned, bleached
or otherwise worked; wool or other
158 67.03 6703.00.00 animal hair or other textile materials, TS
prepared for use in making wigs or the
like.

Wigs, false beards, eyebrows and

eyelashes, switches and the like, of human
159 67.04 or animal hair or of textile materials;
articles of human hair not elsewhere
specified or included.
- Of synthetic textile materials :
6704.11.00 -- Complete wigs TS
6704.19.00 -- Other TS
6704.20.00 - Of human hair TS
6704.90.00 - Of other materials TS

Slag wool, rock wool and similar mineral

wools; exfoliated vermiculite, expanded
clays, foamed slag and similar expanded
mineral materials; mixtures and articles
164 68.06
of heat-insulating, sound-insulating or
sound-absorbing mineral materials, other
than those of heading 68.11 or 68.12 of
Chapter 69.
6806.10.00 - Slag wool, rock wool and similar mineral
6806.10.90 --- Other TS

Friction material and articles thereof (for

example, sheets, rolls, strips, segments,
discs, washers, pads), not mounted, for
169 68.13 brakes, for clutches or the like, with a
basis of asbestos, of other mineral
substances or of cellulose, whether or not
combined with textile or other materials.
6813.20.00 - Containing asbestos TS

6813.81.00 -- Brake linings and pads TS

6813.89.00 -- Other TS

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 Articles of stone or of other mineral
substances (including carbon fibres,
171 68.15
articles of carbon fibres and articles of
peat), not elsewhere specified or included.
6815.10.00 - Non-electrical articles of graphite or other TS

Refractory bricks, blocks, tiles and

similar refractory ceramic constructional
173 69.02
goods, other than those of siliceous fossil
meals or similar siliceous earths
6902.10.00 - Containing by weight, singly or

6902.10.10 --- Magnesite and magnesite chrome bricks TS

6902.20.00 - Containing by weight more than 50% of TS

6902.90.00 - Other TS

Other refractory ceramic goods (for

example, retorts, crucibles,muffles,
nozzles, plugs, supports,cupels, tubes,
174 69.03
pipes, sheaths and rods), other than those
of siliceous fossil meals or of similar
siliceous earths.
6903.10.00 - Containing by weight more than 50% of
6903.10.10 --- Crucibles TS
6903.10.90 --- Other TS
6903.20.00 - Containing by weight more than 50% of
6903.20.10 --- Crucibles TS
6903.20.90 --- Other TS
6903.90.00 - Other :
6903.90.10 --- Crucibles TS
6903.90.90 --- Other TS

Glass beads, imitation pearls,imitation

precious or semi-precious stones and
similar glass smallwares, and articles
thereof other than imitation jewellery;
183 70.18 glass eyes other than prosthetic articles;
statuettes and other ornaments of lamp-
worked glass, other than imitation
jewellery;glass microspheres not
exceeding 1 mm in diameter.

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 7018.10.00 - Glass beads, imitation pearls, imitation TS

Tools of two or more of the headings

82.02 to 82.05, put up in sets for retail
198 82.06 8206.00.00 sale. TS

Padlocks and locks (key, combination or

electrically operated), of base metal;
clasps and frames with clasps,
208 83.01
incorporating locks, of base metal; keys
for any of the foregoing articles, of base
metal (+).

8301.70.00 - Keys presented separately TS

Air conditioning machines, comprising a

motor-driven fan and elements for
changing the temperature and humidity,
226 84.15
including those machines in which the
humidity cannot be separately
regulated(+).
8415.90.00 - Parts:
8415.90.90 --- other TS

Refrigerators, freezers and other

refrigerating or freezing equipment,
229 84.18 electric or other; heat pumps other than
air conditioning machines of heading
84.15.
8418.69.00 -- Other:
Other, blast-freezers for preserving poultry
8418.69.40 --- TS
meat
8418.69.60 --- Other, milk chilling tanks TS
8418.69.90 --- Other TS

Household or laundry-type washing

261 84.50 machines, including machines which
both wash and dry (+).

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 Machines, each of a dry linen capacity not
-
exceeding 10 kg :
8450.90.00 - Parts:
8450.90.90 --- Other TS

Electric instantaneous or storage water

heaters and immersion heaters; electric
space heating apparatus and soil heating
apparatus; electro-thermic hairdressing
apparatus (for example, hair dryers, hair
303 85.16 curlers, curling tong heaters) and hand
dryers; electric smoothing irons; other
electro-thermic appliances of a kind used
for domestic purposes; electric heating
resistors, other than those of heading
85.45.
- Other electro-thermic appliances :
8516.79.00 -- Other :
8516.79.90 --- Other TS

Reception apparatus for

radiobroadcasting, whether or not
311 85.27 combined, in the same housing, with
sound recording or reproducing
apparatus or a clock.
Radio-broadcast receivers not capable of
- operating without an external source of
power, of a kind used in motor vehicles :
Combined with sound recording or
8527.21.00 -- TS
reproducing apparatus
8527.29.00 -- Other TS

Parts suitable for use solely or

313 85.29 principally with the apparatus of
headings 85.25 to 85.28.
Aerials and aerial reflectors of all kinds;
8529.10.00 -
parts suitable for use therewith :
8529.10.30 --- Other TV antennas / aerials TS
8529.90.00 - Other TS

Parts of railway or tramway locomotives

323 86.07
or rolling-stock.

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 Bogies, bissel-bogies, axles and wheels,
-
and parts thereof :
8607.11.00 -- Driving bogies and bissel-bogies TS

8607.12.00 -- Other bogies and bissel-bogies TS

8607.19.00 -- Other, including parts TS

- Brakes and parts thereof :

8607.21.00 -- Air brakes and parts thereof TS
8607.29.00 -- Other TS
Hooks and other coupling devices, buffers,
8607.30.00 - TS
and parts thereof
- Other :
8607.91.00 -- Of locomotives TS
8607.99.00 -- Other TS

Trailers and semi-trailers; other vehicles,

327 87.16
not mechanically propelled; parts thereof.
8716.90.00 - Parts
8716.90.90 --- Others TS

Time switches with clock or watch

343 91.07 9107.00.00 TS
movement or with synchronous motor.

Seats (other than those of heading 94.02),

350 94.01 whether or not convertible into beds, and
parts thereof.
9401.20.00 - Seats of a kind used for motor vehicles :
9401.20.90 --- Other TS
9401.90.00 - Parts :
9401.90.90 --- Other TS

351 94.03 Other furniture and parts thereof.

9403.20.00 - Other metal furniture :
9403.20.90 --- Other TS

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 Lamps and lighting fittings including
searchlights and spotlights and parts
thereof, not elsewhere specified or
included; illuminated signs, illuminated
352 94.05
name-plates and the like, having a
permanently fixed light source, and parts
thereof not elsewhere specified or
included.
Illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates
9405.60.00 - TS
and the like
- Parts
9405.91.00 -- Of glass TS

Articles and equipment for general

physical exercise, gymnastics, athletics,
other sports (including table-tennis) or
357 95.06
outdoor games, not specified or included
elsewhere in this Chapter; swimming
pools and paddling pools.
9506.29.00 - Other :

9506.29.10 --- Non-motorized kite surfing equipments TS

Articles and equipment for swimmers or

9506.29.20 --- TS
divers
9506.29.90 --- Other TS
Tennis, badminton or similar rackets,
-
whether or not strung :
9506.59.00 -- Other TS
Balls, other than golf balls and table tennis
-
balls :
9506.69.00 -- Other TS
- Other :
9506.99.00 -- Other TS

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7. Importation of Goods, classified by selected HS Codes as described in the Schedule C of this
Gazette, shall be allowed subject to the prior approval of the Controller General of Imports
and Exports, issued on recommendation of;
(i) The Chief Executive Officer, National Medicine Regulatory Authority (NMRA)
for the purpose of use as prescribed medicine.
or

(ii) The Director General, Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority for the purpose
of registered personal care / beauty service providers.

Schedule C
Column I Column IV
Column II Column III
HS Temporary
HS Code Description
Heading Suspended
(TS)
77 33.03 Perfumes and toilet waters.
3303.00.10 --- Perfumes TS

Other colognes containing alcohol not less

3303.00.22 ---- TS
than 50% and not more than 90% by v/v
3303.00.29 ---- Other TS

Beauty or make-up preparations and

preparations for the care of the skin
78 33.04 (other than medicaments), including
sunscreen or sun tan preparations;
manicure or pedicure preparations.
3304.10.00 - Lip make-up preparations TS
3304.20.00 - Eye make-up preparations TS
3304.30.00 - Manicure or pedicure preparations TS
- Other :
3304.91.00 -- Powders, whether or not compressed TS
3304.99.00 -- Other TS

79 33.05 Preparations for use on the hair.

3305.10.00 - Shampoos TS

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 Preparations for permanent waving or
3305.20.00 - TS
straightening
3305.90.00 - Other TS

Preparations for oral or dental hygiene,

including denture fixative pastes and
80 33.06 powders; yarn used to clean between the
teeth (dental floss), in individual retail
packages.
3306.10.00 - Dentifrices TS
3306.90.00 - Other TS

Pre-shave, shaving or after-shave

preparations, personal deodorants, bath
preparations, depilatories and other
perfumery, cosmetic or toilet
81 33.07
preparations not elsewhere specified or
included; prepared room deodorisers,
whether or not perfumed or having
disinfectant properties.
3307.20.00 - Personal deodorants and antiperspirants TS
Preparations for perfuming or deodorizing
- rooms, including odoriferous preparations
used during religious rites :
3307.49.00 -- Other TS

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