{"id":228168,"date":"2020-04-10T13:00:32","date_gmt":"2020-04-10T07:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=228168"},"modified":"2020-04-10T12:33:36","modified_gmt":"2020-04-10T07:03:36","slug":"government-grants-exemption-from-basic-custom-duty-health-cess-on-import-of-ventilators-ppe-covid-test-kits-face-surgical-masks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/04\/10\/government-grants-exemption-from-basic-custom-duty-health-cess-on-import-of-ventilators-ppe-covid-test-kits-face-surgical-masks\/","title":{"rendered":"Government Grants exemption from Basic Custom duty &#038; Health Cess on import of Ventilators, PPE, COVID Test Kits &#038; Face &#038; Surgical Masks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the context of COVID-19 situation, considering the immediate requirement of ventilators and other items, the <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Central Government has granted exemption from Basic Customs Duty and Health cess, on the import of the following goods, with immediate effect:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Ventilators,<\/li>\n<li>Face masks, surgical Masks,<\/li>\n<li>Personal protection equipment (PPE)<\/li>\n<li>COVID-19 test kits<\/li>\n<li>inputs for manufacture of the above items<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This basic customs duty exemption shall be available upto the 30<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0September, 2020.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Ministry of Finance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">[Press Release dt. 09-04-2020]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">[Source: PIB]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the context of COVID-19 situation, considering the immediate requirement of ventilators and other items, the Central Government has granted exemption from <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8808,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,1193],"tags":[40611,40613,40610,40612,40614,40129],"class_list":["post-228168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legislationupdates","category-notifications","tag-basic-custom-duty","tag-covid-tests","tag-health-cess","tag-ppe","tag-surgical-and-face-masks","tag-ventilators"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.4 (Yoast SEO v26.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Government Grants exemption from Basic Custom duty &amp; 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