Faster and seamless clearance

The Government is committed to bring in all authorities engaged in import and export clearance to operate within a single window to facilitate faster and seamless clearance of cargo, Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake told a workshop on ‘Driving business growth through competitive supply chains’.

It was organised by SLFFA Cargo Services Ltd (SLFFACSL) last week in Colombo.

The Minister while extending his fullest support for the regulatory reforms, called upon the authorities not to violate the system.

He also commended SLFFACSL for organising the workshop by bringing all stakeholders together to challenge and resolve issues of the industry and make Sri Lanka a competitive place for cargo operations.

Supply chain consultant (Moderator), Diren Hallock said it was a landmark occasion for SLFFACSL to bring all stakeholders under one roof to understand the challenges and how everyone should cooperate seamlessly as a group to solve issues. Facilitator of the workshop and Supply Chain Consultant Gayani de Alwis said the supply chain and logistics can make a major contribution to business growth in an organisation and added that investments in the sector will pay dividends.

SLFFACSL, a consortium of public unlisted companies comprising mostly leading freight forwarders, hopes to conduct similar programs in the future.

SLFFACSL was set up in 1994.