Sri Lanka, June 28 -- Regulations issued under the Import and Export (Control) Act, No. 1 of 1969, as published in the Extraordinary Gazette No. 2437/04 dated on Thursday (June 19), and presented to Parliament on Tuesday (June 17), were referred to the Committee on Public Finance and was taken into discussion where approval for the regulations was thus granted.

Taking into consideration the current shortage of salt in the domestic market, these regulations allow the importation of raw salt that has not been iodized, as well as iodized edible salt (both powdered and crystal), for household and industrial use, the Parliamentary Communications Department said.

These matters were discussed during the meeting of the Committee on Public Finan...