CB problems new forex trading restrictions on borrowings, repatriation and investment
3 min read- New rules issued less than International Trade Act
- Foreigners exempted from IIAs on financial loans and CSE investments
- New accounts for remittances and forex trading borrowings
- Typical permission presented for firms to borrow from parent entities
- 3 new resident investor categories
- Currency trading employed for travel expenses can be deposited to private fx accounts
The Central Bank yesterday issued a slew of revised fx regulations, like introducing new accounts for forex borrowings and repatriating emigrant incomes as perfectly as enabling exemptions for Inward Expense Accounts (IIAs) and unveiling 3 new resident trader types. Issuing a statement, the monetary authority stated rules issued under the Overseas Trade Act, No. 12 of 2017 (FEA) had been revised for further simplification and clarity advancement.
The new actions have been created with the targets of obtaining better performance in the perform of cross-border foreign exchange transactions together with further facilitating financial activities of the stakeholders through higher benefit of performing small business.
These revised overseas exchange policy framework as highlighted previously mentioned has been applied with outcome from 22 March. Inter-alia, crucial highlights of plan measures so released, are as follows.
i. Excluding the obligatory requirement of opening Inward Financial commitment Accounts (IIAs) by the international investors/creditors when granting loans to folks resident in Sri Lanka like to Federal government and Condition-owned enterprises.
ii. Introducing a new account titled ‘External Commercial Borrowing Account’ to facilitate foreign exchange borrowings from abroad by people resident in Sri Lanka.
iii. Normal authorization for businesses registered in Sri Lanka (department workplace, liaison office, project office environment, etcetera.) to borrow from their mother or father businesses exterior Sri Lanka.
iv. Standard authorization for non-resident traders to devote in shares or personal debt securities of providers not integrated in Sri Lanka and shown in Colombo Stock Trade by routing cash by means of accounts taken care of in the Offshore Banking Units of Certified Business Banking institutions in Sri Lanka rather of routing funds through IIA.
v. Introducing a supplementary account titled ‘Emigrant’s Remittable Profits Account’ for the purpose of repatriating emigrant’s present money.
vi. Allowing emigrants to commit in Sri Lanka out of the funds held in Non-Resident Rupee Accounts and Funds Transaction Rupee Accounts.
vii. Typical authorization for people resident in Sri Lanka who has been a resident outdoors Sri Lanka and earned/acquired international trade outdoors Sri Lanka and corporations incorporated in Sri Lanka which are qualified to borrow from overseas to open up, preserve and operate an account with a regulated money institution outside Sri Lanka.
viii. Basic permission for Sri Lankans utilized outside Sri Lanka (other than emigrants) to open up and retain rupee accounts for crediting resources generated in rupees and for area disbursements.
ix. Introducing three new eligible resident investor types as to, listed entities or non-listed entities, which have been founded beneath any other penned legislation in Sri Lanka and sole proprietorships.
x. Allowing deposit of unutilised international forex acquired as vacation allowance into new or current Private Overseas Forex Accounts.
For further information and facts, refer Gazette Remarkable Nos. 2213/34 -39 dated 3 February, take a look at www.dfe.lk or call the Section of Foreign Trade on 2477255/433/207/375.


