Govt eases several more restrictions on vehicle imports

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Ministry of Finance has issued a new gazette notification easing several more restrictions on vehicle imports, with effect from April
29, 2025.The directive, issued by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in his capacity as the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic
Development, paves the way for the clearance of several types of vehicles that had been stranded at ports due to previous
to clear these vehicles for the past one and a half to two months
With the new gazette, we can now release hybrid models such as the Toyota Raize and the Nissan X-TRAIL
ban on the import of unregistered new motorcycles
A separate gazette notification has been issued allowing the import of new motorcycles under a licensed import scheme.