Centre waives basic customs duty on import of oxygen and Covid-19 vaccines
Rajan Nath
April 24th 2021 04:53 PM --
Updated:
April 24th 2021 05:00 PM
Amid oxygen shortage in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday chaired a meeting to review steps taken to boost oxygen availability in the country. Now, the Basic customs duty and health cess would be waived off on oxygen and oxygen-related equipment.
- 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 Cannister
- 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
- Parts of the above to be used for the manufacture of equipment for production, transportation, distribution, or storage of Oxygen
- Any other device from which Oxygen can be generated
- Ventilators (capable of functioning as high-flow devices) with nasal canula; Compressors including all accessories and tubing; humidifiers and Viral filters
- High flow nasal canula device with all attachments
- Helmets for use with non-invasive ventilation
- Non-invasive ventilation oronasal masks for ICU ventilators
- Non-invasive ventilation nasal masks for ICU ventilators