Customs Duty on Imports of Equipment used in supplement COVID Testing waived

Customs Duty on Imports of Equipment used in supplement COVID Testing waived till 31st October 2021 Customs Duty on Imports of COVID Testing Equipment like Inflammatory Diagnostic (marker) kits, namely- IL6, D-Dimer, CRP, LDH, Ferritin, Pro Calcitonin (PCT) and blood gas reagents, has been exempted till 31st October 2021, to supplement testing efforts.

[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. 29/2021-Customs

New Delhi, the 30th April 2021

G.S.R. (E)...- In exercise of the powers conferred by subsection (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary for the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following amendment in the notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 27 /202 1- Customs, d.ated the 20th April 2021, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Subsection (i), vide number G.S.R. 284(E), dated the 20th April 2021, namely:- In the said notification, in the Table, after S.No.3 and the entries relating thereto, the following S.No. and entries shall be inserted, namely:-

(1)	(2)	(3)
"4.	3822	Inflammatory   Diagnostic   (marker)   kits,   namely-   IL6,   D-Dimer, CRP (C-Reactive Protein), LDH (Lactate De-Hydrogenase), Ferritin, Pro Calcitonin (PCT) and blood gas reagents.".

[F.No. 354/52/2021-TRU]

(Rajeev Ranjan) Under Secretary to the Government of India