• Export/Import Policy
• Trade Policy

Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources is the competent authority for monitoring trade, regulation on seafood safety and policy matter.

 

Sri Lanka Export Development Board is the national trade promotion authority assisting in export promotion and exports of fishery products.  At present all seafood exports and imports are liberalized and no export or import licences are required.  HS codes, duty/tariff structure are published by Sri Lanka Customs Authority in its Customs Tariff guide.

List of Exporters / List of Approved Exporters

The Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DFAR) is responsible for the catch (marine landings) data collection and compilation. Production data on inland fisheries and aquaculture collected by NAQDA, the National Aquaculture Development Authority which are forwarded to the Statistics Unit of MFAR for processing and compilation.

The Statistics Unit of MFAR also compiles fishery export and import data using the Custom Returns. As the national trade development authority, Export Development Board (EDB) also compiled export statistics using the Customs source.

This link lists down the free trade agreements.
Free Trade Agreements (FTAs)

The WTO matters related to import tariffs, concessions (GSP etc.), SPS and TBT is coordinated by the Department of Commerce under the Ministry of Trade, Commerce and Consumer Affairs. This is done through the inter-ministerial sub-committee involving the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, the Sri Lanka Standard Institute (for TBT) and the Ministry of Health (for SPS).

 

Follow this link for more information on Sri Lanka and WTO