Sri Lanka, Aug. 4 -- Concerns pertaining to e-commerce platform taxation that affected products that were purchased through websites such as AliExpress, Amazon and Temu have been resolved, according to officials who were present during a meeting of the Committee on Public Finance in Parliament.

According officials, operations are now flowing smoothly following earlier delays caused by the switch back to HS code-based taxation, the Department of Communication of Parliament said in a statement.

Following a decision by local officials to impose taxes based on HS codes on products purchased through e-commerce sites, several delays occurred during the clearing of such items through Customs.

Furthermore, owing to the increase in costs, it wa...