Sri Lanka Customs

Sri Lanka Customs is one of the oldest Customs administrations in the world which celebrated its 200 years in 2009. However, there is evidence of the existence of Customs tax collection in Sri Lanka over 2000 years ago at the Godawaya Harbor in Hambanthota.

The present Sri Lanka Customs administration is a Department coming under the Ministry of Finance and Mass Media. The present Minister is Honourable Mangala Samaraweera and the present head of the Department is Mrs. P. S. M. Charles.

The Director General of Customs is assisted by five Additional Director Generals and there are over two thousand employees working for the Department.
Our functions includes:
Collection of revenue
Prevention of revenue leakages and other frauds
Facilitation of legitimate trade
Collection of import and export data to provide statistics.
Cooperation and coordination with other Government Departments and stakeholders in respect of imports and exports.