Saturday, 01 Feb 2020 09:06 PM MYT
A medical official takes the body temperature of a man at the departure hall of the airport in Changsha, Hunan Province, as the country is hit by an outbreak of a new coronavirus, China, January 27, 2020. — Reuters pic BEIJING, Feb 1 — China will implement tax exemptions for imports of products related to curbing the coronavirus outbreak, the finance ministry said today.
Materials directly used for epidemic control will be exempt from import tariffs from January 1 to March 31, the ministry said in a statement on its website. Imports of donations including ambulances and disinfectant products will also be exempt from tariffs, value-added tax and consumption tax, it said. — Reuters