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India
Yìndù
印度
April 1
sì yuè yī rì
4月1日
starting from
qǐ
起
to adjust / to revise
tiáozhěng
调整
import
jìnkǒu
进口
tariff / customs duty
guānshuì
关税
policy
zhèngcè
政策
，
personal
gèrén
个人
goods
shāngpǐn
商品
tax rate
shuìlǜ
税率
halved / reduced by half
jiǎn bàn
减半
。

India
Yìndù
印度
government
zhèngfǔ
政府
April 1
sì yuè yī rì
4月1日
starting from
qǐ
起
to implement
shíshī
实施
new
xīn
新
tariff
guānshuì
关税
and
yǔ
与
baggage
xínglǐ
行李
regulations
guīdìng
规定
，
bringing
jiāng
将
personal
gèrén
个人
goods
shāngpǐn
商品
import
jìnkǒu
进口
tax rate
shuìlǜ
税率
from
cóng
从
20 percent
bǎifēnzhī èrshí
20%
reduced to
jiàng zhì
降至
10 percent
bǎifēnzhī shí
10%
。
at the same time
tóngshí
同时
，
travelers
lǚkè
旅客
duty-free allowance
miǎnshuì é
免税额
raised to
tígāo zhì
提高至
75,000 rupees
qī diǎn wǔ wàn lúbǐ
7.5万卢比
，
and
bìng
并
to introduce
tuīchū
推出
manufacturers
zhìzào shāng
制造商
import duties
jìnkǒu shuì
进口税
deferred payment
huǎn jiǎo
缓缴
plan / scheme
jìhuà
计划
。

April 1, 2026 at 10:00 AM

India
Yìndù
印度
government
zhèngfǔ
政府
on / from
yú
于
April 1
sì yuè yī rì
4月1日
starting from
qǐ
起
to implement
shíshī
实施
a series of
yī xìliè
一系列
new
xīn
新
tariff / customs
guānshuì
关税
and
yǔ
与
baggage
xínglǐ
行李
regulations
guīdìng
规定
，
bringing
jiāng
将
personal
gèrén
个人
goods
shāngpǐn
商品
import
jìnkǒu
进口
tax rate
shuìlǜ
税率
from
cóng
从
20 percent
bǎifēnzhī èrshí
20%
reduced to
jiàng zhì
降至
10 percent
bǎifēnzhī shí
10%
，
reduction
jiàngfú
降幅
amounting to
dá
达
50 percent
bǎifēnzhī wǔshí
50%
。
new rules
xīn guī
新规
raises
jiāng
将
travelers
lǚkè
旅客
duty-free allowance
miǎnshuì é
免税额
from
cóng
从
50,000 rupees
wǔ wàn lúbǐ
5万卢比
raised to
tígāo zhì
提高至
75,000 rupees
qī diǎn wǔ wàn lúbǐ
7.5万卢比
，
and
bìng
并
to allow
yǔnxǔ
允许
aged 18 and above
shíbā suì yǐshàng
18岁以上
travelers
lǚkè
旅客
each person
měi rén
每人
duty-free
miǎnshuì
免税
to carry
xiédài
携带
one (for machines)
yī tái
一台
laptop computer
bǐjìběn diànnǎo
笔记本电脑
to enter the country
rù jìng
入境
。
the government
zhèngfǔ
政府
also
hái
还
launched
tuīchū
推出
import
jìnkǒu
进口
duty payments
shuì kuǎn
税款
deferred payment
huǎn jiǎo
缓缴
scheme
jìhuà
计划
，
allowing
yǔnxǔ
允许
eligible
fúhé tiáojiàn
符合条件
structural particle
de
的
manufacturers
zhìzào shāng
制造商
during
zài
在
April 2026
èr líng èr liù nián sì yuè
2026年4月
through
zhì
至
March 2028
èr líng èr bā nián sān yuè
2028年3月
during the period
qījiān
期间
monthly
àn yuè
按月
in installments
fēn qī
分期
to pay / to remit
jiǎonà
缴纳
import duties
jìnkǒu shuì
进口税
。
this
cǐcì
此次
adjustment
tiáozhěng
调整
aims to
zhǐzài
旨在
to lower
jiàngdī
降低
import
jìnkǒu
进口
costs
chéngběn
成本
，
to attract
xīyǐn
吸引
more
gèng duō
更多
foreign capital / investment
wàizī
外资
manufacturing
zhìzào
制造
companies
qǐyè
企业
in
zài
在
India
Yìndù
印度
to establish factories
shè chǎng
设厂
，
to advance
tuījìn
推进
the government
zhèngfǔ
政府
structural particle
de
的
Make in India strategy
Yìndù Zhìzào
印度制造
strategy
zhànlüè
战略
。
however
rán ér
然而
，
some
bùfen
部分
goods
shāngpǐn
商品
structural particle
de
的
preferential / concessional
yōuhuì
优惠
tax rate
shuìlǜ
税率
simultaneously
tóngbù
同步
withdrawn / removed
qǔxiāo
取消
，
for example
lìrú
例如
EPDM rubber
yǐbǐng xiàngjiāo
乙丙橡胶
import
jìnkǒu
进口
tax rate
shuìlǜ
税率
from
cóng
从
7.5 percent
bǎifēnzhī qī diǎn wǔ
7.5%
raised to
shàngtiáo zhì
上调至
10 percent
bǎifēnzhī shí
10%
。
analysts
fēnxī rénshì
分析人士
believe
rènwéi
认为
，
this
cǐcì
此次
reform
gǎigé
改革
is
shì
是
India
Yìndù
印度
to optimize
yōuhuà
优化
indirect tax
jiànjiē shuì
间接税
system
tǐxì
体系
structural particle
de
的
important
zhòngyào
重要
measure
jǔcuò
举措
，
helps / contributes to
yǒu zhù yú
有助于
to enhance
tíshēng
提升
domestic
běnguó
本国
manufacturing sector
zhìzào yè
制造业
in
zài
在
global
quánqiú
全球
supply chain
gōngyìng liàn
供应链
within
zhōng
中
structural particle
de
的
competitiveness
jìngzhēnglì
竞争力
。

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