Seeks to exempt customs duty on ventilators, personal protection equipments, covid-19 testing kits and inputs for these goods

Last updated: 13 April 2020

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The Indian government has announced an exemption from customs duty on essential medical supplies. This includes ventilators, personal protection equipment (PPE), and COVID-19 testing kits, as well as the inputs required to manufacture these items. This measure aims to make critical healthcare goods more accessible during the pandemic.

[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i)]

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF FINANCE

(DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE)

Notification No. 20/2020– Customs

New Delhi dated the 9th April, 2020

G.S.R. (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962) read with section 141 of Finance Act, 2020 (12 of 2020), the Central Government on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts the goods of the description specified in column (3) of the Table below falling within the Chapter, heading, sub-heading or tariff item of the First Schedule to the said Customs Tariff Act specified in column (2) of the Table below, from whole of the duty of customs leviable thereon under the First Schedule to the said Customs Tariff Act and the whole of health cess leviable thereon under section 141 the said of Finance Act, 2020:

Please refer to the attached file for details

FAQ :

Ventilators, personal protection equipment (PPE), COVID-19 testing kits, and the inputs for these goods are exempt from customs duty.

The exemption covers the whole of the duty of customs and the whole of the health cess.

The notification has been issued by the Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue, Government of India.

This notification was issued on the 9th of April, 2020.

The exemption is granted under sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962, read with section 141 of the Finance Act, 2020.

Notification No : Notification No. 20/2020– Customs
Source : http://www.cbic.gov.in/resources//htdocs-cbec/customs/cs-act/notifications/notfns-2020/cs-tarr2020/cs20-2020.pdf

Attached File : 322600_9402_cs20_2020.pdf

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