Import of selected food items to be limited

Colombo (News 1st): The import of corn, cowpea, green gram, kurakkan, sesame, peanuts, soybeans and onions will be curtailed. Import taxes on these food items will be increased and the issue of import licenses would also be limited. The Ministry of Agriculture has decided to limit the import of these food items following the advice of Minister P. Harrison said the Director-General of the Department of Agriculture Dr W.M.W. Weerakoon