Government lifts restrictions on export of alcohol-based hand sanitizers

The Centre on Thursday lifted all restrictions on the export of alcohol-based hand sanitizers.

"The export of alcohol-based hand sanitizers in a container with dispenser pumps is free for export making the export of alcohol-based hand sanitizers in any form/packaging freely exportable, with immediate effect," the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) said in a notification.

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Amid the COVID-19 outbreak, the government had banned the export of all types of sanitizers in March but limited the restriction in May to only alcohol-based sanitizers.

In June, the government further relaxed the export restrictions and limited the ban on alcohol-based hand sanitizers to only those in containers with dispenser pumps.

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