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Indian government lowers sales tax on finished leather

23/11/2017

A comprehensive review of goods and sales tax (GST) in India has delivered good news for the country’s leather industry. Finished leather used to be among the products that commanded a 12% rate of GST. Following the review, this has now fallen to 5%. The changes came into effect on November 15.

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