Excise Commissioner M. J. Gunasiri stated that by June 30, the department had reached its revenue target.

Gunasiri highlighted that, “We have collected Rs. 105 billion as planned by the Excise Department by June 30. By this time last year, we had collected Rs. 88 billion.” He emphasized that the department had achieved a notable increase of Rs. 17 billion in revenue collection.

The department had initially anticipated a revenue growth of Rs. 20 billion within the first half of the year.

However, due to natural disasters and issues at a major production plant, they incurred a shortfall of approximately Rs. 3 billion.