Sri Lanka Customs Generates Record-High Revenue in 2025

Sri Lanka customs earn Rs870bn from vehicle imports in 2025

Sri Lanka Customs has generated 870 billion rupees from vehicle imports, with total collections projected to reach approximately 2,545 billion rupees by the end of December, according to Customs spokesperson Chandana Punchihewa. Initially, Sri Lanka Customs was assigned a revenue target of 2,115 billion rupees, which was later adjusted to 2,231 billion rupees. “The target also incorporated the expected revenues from vehicles,” Punchihewa stated …

President to revenue agencies: Fiscal discipline non-negotiable

President and Finance Minister Anura Kumara Dissanayake visited Sri Lanka Customs, the Inland Revenue Department and the Excise Department yesterday to commend record-breaking performances and to deliver a clear message: sustained revenue mobilisation, strict enforcement and institutional integrity are now central to economic stability. President Dissanayake visited the three main revenue agencie ..

Sri Lanka Customs records highest revenue in history in 2025

Sri Lanka Customs recorded its highest revenue earning year in history in 2025 by exceeding its target of Rs. 2,115 billion and entering 2026 with an additional surplus of about Rs. 300 billion, Director General of Sri Lanka Customs S.P. Arukgoda said today (December 30). He made these remarks at a discussion held this morning (December 30) at the Sri Lanka Customs Auditorium in Colombo, chaired by Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake. T…