Importing Ethanol for liquor manufacturing banned
Posted by Editor on January 1, 2020 - 4:41 pm

Import of Ethanol for the manufacture of liquor has been banned on the orders of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, the Ministry of Finance, economic and policy development Ministry said today.
He also said required Ethanol is manufactured locally.
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There goes the shiploads of income of the Ethanol Mafia that flourished under the former, disastrous Yahapalanyas!