India exempts oxygen, vaccines from basic customs duty
5 hours ago Workers of a wholesale supplier load medical oxygen cylinders in a car amid COVID-19 pandemic in New Delhi on Saturday. AFP The Union government on Saturday decided to grant full exemption from Basic Customs Duty and health cess on import of oxygen and oxygen related equipment for three months.
Items exempted from basic customs duty and health cess are medical grade oxygen, oxygen concentrator along with flow meter, regulator, connectors and tubing, Vacuum Pressure Swing Absorption (VPSA) and Pressure Swing Absorption (PSA) oxygen plants, Cryogenic Oxygen Air Separation Units (ASUs) producing liquid/gaseous oxygen, Oxygen Canister, Oxygen Filling Systems, Oxygen Storage tanks, Oxygen cylinders including cryogenic cylinders and tanks, Oxygen Generators, ISO Containers for Shipping Oxygen, Cryogenic Road transport tanks for Oxygen.
Govt waives basic customs duty, health cess on import of oxygen & related equipment
New Delhi, Apr 24 (UNI) The Centre on Saturday decided to grant full exemption from basic customs duty and health cess on the import of Oxygen and related equipment for three months with immediate effect.
It was also decided that basic customs duty on import of Covid vaccines be also exempted with immediate effect for 3 months.
These decisions were taken at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to review steps taken to boost oxygen availability in the country, the Ministry of Finance said.
This will boost the availability of these items as well as make them cheaper, the Ministry said in a statement.