2,900 medicines categorised zero-rated GST

By LOH FOON FONG

KUALA LUMPUR: The Health Ministry has clarified that the 2,900 brands of essential medicine that will be exempted from the Goods and Services Tax are categorised as zero-rated GST.

These supplies comprised 320 chemical compounds that are subject to a zero rate.

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