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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tharinda07" data-source="post: 4995382" data-attributes="member: 21844">Sri Lanka sozzled to the gills        Some 106,744,533 litres guzzled p. a. despite        Mathata Thitha      by Saman Indrajith <a href="http://www.island.lk/2009/06/24/news1.html" target="_blank">http://www.island.lk/2009/06/24/news1.html</a>                                         The local production and import of liquor had        shown a marked increase since 2005, the year in which Mathata Thitha        under the Mahinda Chinthana programme commenced, Parliament was told        yesterday (23).         The production of local liquor in 2006 increased        by 16.9 percent, 30.2 percent in 2007 and 19.4 percent compared to 2005,        State Revenue and Finance Minister Ranjith Siymabalapitiya said.         Percentage wise the import of foreign liquor,        too, had shot up by 3.13 percent in 2006, 63.97 percent in 2007 and 33.26        percent in 2008 as compared with imports of 2005, he said.        Local arrack production stood at over 38.4        million litres in 2005, but this amount rose to 44.9 million in 2006,        50.08 million in 2007 and 45.9 million liters in 2008.        The local production of beer, which stood at        around 51.5 million litres in 2005, had dropped to around 46.8 million        litres in 2006 and then increased to 49.5 million in 2007 and in 2008        production levels had reached 57.4 million litres, the Minister said.        Local wine production which was 6,317 litres in        2005 had increased to 10,894.93 litres in 2006, 45,172.87 litres in 2007,        but dropped to 8271.41 litres in 2008.                      Foreign liquor imports which was around 1.3        million litres in 2005 stood at around 1.2 million litres in 2006. In 2007        it had increased to 2.1 million litres and recorded a drop in 2008 to        around 1.7 million litres, the House was informed.        The total amount of liquor produced by 30        companies in this country during last year was 103,375,246.14 litres. The        total quantity of liquor imported during the same year stood at 3,369,287        litres at a cost of rupees 2,457,517,630.         The annual tax revenue generated from imported        liquor during 2008 was Rs 685,584,297.         Minister Siyambalapitiya was answering questions        raised by JVP MP Ranaweera Pathirana, who asked how the government could        say that it had implemented its Mathata Thitha programme properly.               Minister Siyambalapitiya said that the        government had stopped issuing permits for liquor shops, restaurants, bars        and wine stores. New permits would only be issued to tourist hotels. The        Excise Department had increased its raids by 100 percent, he said. He        hoped that within a very short period the illicit liquor business could be        brought to an end.        </blockquote>

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