The Sri Lanka Customs Department launched three new Information and Communication Technology (ICT) systems on Thursday, broadening a digitalisation programme aimed at improving operational efficiency and transparency.
NewsFirst reported the rollout includes Cargo Flow for tracking and managing cargo movement, the Sri Lanka Customs Remittances Portal for handling financial remittances, and an e-Vessel Service Charges system that digitises vessel-charge management.
The Department said the suite is designed to enhance modernisation across its enforcement, revenue and trade-facilitation functions. Customs has been one of the most actively reformed government agencies in the past year, with crackdowns on undervaluation and recurring monthly revenue overshoots — most recently a fourth straight month of beating its revenue target in April.
The new portals come amid heightened cargo activity at the Port of Colombo, where MSC INGY recently set a new container-handling record at CICT, and as the trade deficit widened on stronger import demand.
Customs did not name a specific minister or set numeric performance targets for the new systems in the launch statement.
Source: NewsFirst.
