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The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), in its Statistical Digest for 2019, reports that a sum of Rs. 46.68 billion was spent on importing coal for operating its coal power plant at Norochcholai during 2019. The quantity imported is not given.
The Central Bank, in its Annual Report for 2019, reports that the CIF value of coal imported in 2019 was Rs. 38.72 billion (Table 33 in Statistical Appendix). It is noted that a small fraction of this is consumed by the Cement Plant at Puttalam.
Such a difference may be attributed to any taxes paid to the Government, legitimate commission paid to the agent, mark-up by Lanka Coal Company who imports coal on behalf of the CEB, and the cost of unloading of coal onto barges and transporting to the site.