In the first four months of this year, the amount of remittances sent by foreign workers to this country exceeded 1.8 billion US dollars.
In the first four months of this year, foreign workers have sent 1867.2 million dollars to this country and in the month of April alone, 454 million dollars have been sent. It is an increase of 82.4% compared to April last year.
In January of this year, foreign workers sent 427.5 million dollars, which was a growth of 68.8%. The 407.4 million dollars sent by foreign workers in February is an increase of 98.6% compared to February of last year.
Last March, foreign workers sent 568.3 million dollars. It is a growth of 78.5% compared to last year.
Arrangements have been made so far to provide vehicle import permits for expatriate workers who send money to Sri Lanka through legal means, and to increase the duty concessions given at the airport.
