ශ්රී ලංකා වෙන සිංහලවාසි දිව්යාත්මක ප්රදේශීය වාර්තාව

CENTRAL BANK OF SRI LANKA

අඩුප්රාප්තිය අභිලාශා කොටස

දිව්යාත්මක ප්රදේශීය වාර්තාව

Domestic Operations Department

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16 February 2023

To: All Licensed Commercial Banks

ORDER MADE BY THE MONETARY BOARD OF THE CENTRAL BANK OF SRI LANKA IN TERMS OF THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 103 OF THE MONETARY LAW ACT, NO. 58 OF 1949 ON MAINTAINING A CASH MARGIN DEPOSIT REQUIREMENT AGAINST LETTERS OF CREDIT

Further to the Order made by the Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka in terms of the provisions of Section 103 of the Monetary Law Act, No. 58 of 1949, on maintaining a cash margin deposit requirement against letters of credit dated, 19 May 2022.

All Licensed Commercial Banks (LCBs) are hereby directed to follow the provisions of the above Order on the newly added 64 HS Codes (as per Annex 1), with immediate effect. The existing list of HS Codes subject to margin requirements remains unchanged.

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Dr. R A Anil Perera
Director/Domestic Operations

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7 වැනි මාදුර, 2 වැනි තැවැත්ත
අංක 30, ජනාධිපති මාවත
තැ.අං. 590, කොළඹ 01, ශ්රී ලංකාව
+94 112 477036
+94 112 346287
ddod@cbsl.lk

Level 7, Tower 2
No. 30, Janadhipathi Mawata
P.O. Box 590, Colombo 01, Sri Lanka
www.cbsl.gov.lk

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Annex 1

No	New HS code
1	040320
2	570321
3	570329
4	570331
5	570339
6	620120
7	620130
8	620140
9	620190
10	620220
11	620230
12	620240
13	620290
14	85171310
15	85171390
16	85171410
17	85171490
18	852581 (except for television cameras)
19	852582 (except for television cameras)
20	852583 (except for television cameras)

No	New HS code
21	852589 (except for television cameras)
22	853951
23	853952
24	94013190
25	94013990
26	94019190
27	94019990
28	94039190
29	94039990
30	94051110
31	94051190
32	94051910
33	94051990
34	94052110
35	94052190
36	94052910
37	94052990
38	940531
39	940539
40	94054110
41	94054120
42	94054130

No	New HS code
43	94054190
44	94054210
45	94054220
46	94054290
47	94054910
48	94054920
49	94054930
50	94054990
51	94055010
52	94055020
53	94055090
54	940561
55	940569
56	950821
57	950822
58	950823
59	950824
60	950825
61	950826
62	950829
63	950830
64	950840