India bans export of alcohol-based hand sanitizers

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Updated At : 08:03 PM May 07, 2020 IST

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Tribune News Service
New Delhi, May 7

India on Thursday amended the foreign trade regulation rules to ban the export of alcohol-based hand sanitizers until further notice.

The Directorate General of Foreign Trade, under the Ministry of Commerce, passed the orders as India feared a long haul over the COVID-19 pandemic, which is not showing signs of regression as of now.

The daily rise in COVID cases has been more than 2,500 for four days now, causing a relatively flat curve to take an upward trajectory.

The demand for sanitizers is predicted to surge in the country.

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