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WCO, WHO Issue Updated COVID-19 Medical Supplies Classification Guide

The World Customs Organization, with help from the World Health Organization, updated its list of tariff classifications for COVID-19 medical supplies, the WCO said in a news release. The updated version expands on the first list (see 2003200061) to “cover…

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a greater range of medical equipment and supplies that are required as critical items by the WHO, such as oxygen concentrators and sample collection sets,” it said. “The initial list contained the classification of essential products needed such as COVID-19 diagnostic test kits and masks, certain protective personal equipment and medical devices such as ventilators and ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation), consumables and disinfectant products that may be used for the prevention and treatment of the disease.”