Around 1,000 containers with essential goods imported are said to be stuck at the port due to the dollar crisis.
Most of them are said to be containing sprats, dried fish, coriander and spices imported from India. Some food items are even said to be at the risk of going bad, reports say.
‘Lankadeepa’ reports that a major importer today (09) said that the number of containers that are to be released are piling up due to the dollar shortage and the number of containers arriving are piling up at a faster rate than they are being released.
Importers say that if banks continued to issue dollars as usual, such delays would not occur.