Srilanka, May 2 -- The Ministry of Finance has issued a new gazette notification easing several long-standing restrictions on vehicle imports. The directive, issued by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in his capacity as Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, took effect on April 29.

As a result, several categories of vehicles that had been stranded at ports due to import limitations will now be cleared.

Chairman of the Sri Lanka Vehicle Importers Association, Mr. Prasath Manage, stated: "We have been unable to clear these vehicles for the past one and a half to two months. With this new gazette, we can now release vehicles such as the Hybrid Toyota Raize and Hybrid Nissan X-TRAIL. Other hybrid models with similar tec...