🚨 Customs Automation Boost: SLC extends UNCTAD ASYCUDA pact until 2027 📈

• Sri Lanka Customs (SLC) has renewed its technical assistance agreement with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) to further enhance its automated revenue collection system. • The Cabinet approved the sixth addendum to the partnership, extending UNCTAD's support until June 2027. • The decision ensures continuity in modernising customs operations and improving automation for faster, more efficient service delivery. • The move aligns with structural reforms (dating back to IMF recommendations in 1991) focused on automating customs processes using the ASYCUDA system. • The renewed pact includes two specialised training programs for SLC staff, focusing on enhancing functions of the ASYCUDA World system, ASYCUDA, and ASYHUB platforms.