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Jaffna cultivators’ welcome duty hike on imported potatoes Source:Island The Jaffna Potato Growers’ Association yesterday welcomed the government decision to impose a 50-rupee duty on each kilo of imported potato. Vice President of the Association S. Chandrasekeran said that the Jaffna potato farmers were thankful to the government decision to protect the local farming community. The hike in duty on imported potatoes was timely because it came concurrent with the local potato harvesting time, he said. ...