The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has released US $ 5 million to release containers of essential goods stranded at the Port of Colombo.

 The Ministry of Trade stated that a sum of US $ 14 million is required to release the containers of essential goods stranded at the Port of Colombo.

The Ministry of Trade stated that US $ 5 million has been released and the balance will be paid by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka by next Monday.

The Ministry of Trade recently submitted a report to the Central Bank containing details of the goods of the importers of essential commodities.

It is reported that more than a thousand containers containing essential food items including rice, sugar, dhal and potatoes are still stuck in the Colombo port due to the shortage of dollars in the country.