SriLanka, Oct. 1 -- Sri Lanka Customs will introduce a Paperless Customs Declaration Process from today (1), requiring all importers and declarants to submit customs declarations and relevant documents bearing a valid digital signature.

The new system is being introduced jointly by the Revenue Administration Reforms and Modernisation Bureau of the Presidential Secretariat and Sri Lanka Customs as part of the Government's programme to digitalise public services and modernise the public sector.

A ceremony to officially launch the system will be held today at 10 a.m. at the Sri Lanka Customs Auditorium under the patronage of Deputy Minister of Economic Development Nishantha Jayaveera and Secretary to the President Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumana...