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WCO, WHO Issue Updated COVID-19 Medical Supplies Classification Guide
May 13, 2020 |World Customs Organization

The World Customs Organization, with help from the World Health Organization, updated its list of tariff classifications for COVID-19 medical supplies to include priority medicines, the WCO said in a news release. “The List of WHO/WCO Priority Medicines for Customs Used during COVID-19 aims at assisting Customs and economic operators in classifying these medicines,” it said. The list contains the suggested HS codes for medicines used in the general medical care administered to hospitalized patients; as part of the direct treatment of the COVID-19 disease; and for which interrupted supply could result in serious health consequences. The new list, which will now be continuously updated, is the result of an efficient collaboration between the WHO and the WCO. The medicines and active substances were compiled by the WHO taking into account various information published by National Health Authorities, scientific societies or pharmacology experts, and with suggested HS codes provided by the WCO Secretariat.”

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