MINISTER of Finance Colm Imbert, MP said that in keeping with the Budget Statement for the Financial Year 2025, there is a waiver of all Customs Duty, Valued Added Tax, and Online Purchase Tax on the following, effective January 1, 2025 on the following:
- Electric Vehicle Chargers and Parts
- Electric Vehicle Parts
- Electric Vehicle Batteries
- Electric Vehicle Charging Stations/Chargers for a voltage not
exceeding 1,000 V - Electric Vehicle Charging Stations/Chargers for a voltage exceeding
1,000 V
Sporting Equipment - Trapeze bars and rings
- Trapeze rings
- Horizontal bars
- Parallel bars
- Balance beams
- Vaulting horses
- Pommel horses
- Spring boards
- Wall bars
- Kip Practice bars
- Hand grips
- Air Tracks
- Indian clubs
- Dumb bells
- Bar bells
- Kettlebells
- Weight plates
- Stability balls
- Fitness balls
- Medicine balls
- Jump balls with one or more handles designed for physical exercises
- Chest expanders
- Hand grips
- Starting blocks
- Competition Hurdles
- Agility Hurdles
- Jumping stands
- Jumping standards
- Vaulting poles
- Landing pit pads
- Javelins
- Discuses
- Throwing hammers
- Putting Shots
- Punch balls (speed bags)
- Punch bags (punching bags)
- Boxing rings
- Wrestling Rings
- Skipping ropes designed for sports activities and fitness classes
- Foam rollers
- Coastal rowers
- Scull
- Cyclocomputer
- Golf clubs and other golf equipment: Clubs, complete
- Golf clubs and other golf equipment: Balls
- Golf clubs and other golf equipment: Other
- Articles and equipment for table-tennis
- Tennis, badminton or similar rackets, whether or not strung: Lawntennis rackets, whether or not strung
- Tennis, badminton or similar rackets, whether or not strung: Others
Lawn-tennis balls - Balls, other than golf balls and table-tennis balls –Inflatable: For soccer
- Balls, other than golf balls and table-tennis balls –Inflatable: Other
- Balls, other than golf balls and table-tennis: Other
- Ball pumps
- Other: For cricket, other than cricket balls
- Other: For soccer, other than soccer balls
- Other: For lawn tennis, other than tennis rackets and balls
- Hockey sticks
- Baseball bats
- Softball bats
- Basketball Nets
- Volleyball Nets
- Badminton Nets
- Netball Nets
- Fencing foils
- Fencing sabres
- Fencing rapiers
- Fencing Epees
- Fencing masks
- Fencing breast plate
- Archery bows
- Archery arrows
- Archery targets
- Archery arm guards
- Archery T-squares
- Archery bow stringers
- Riding-crops
- Equestrian whip
- Equestrian saddle
- Equestrian bridles
- Basketball backstops
- Basketball backboards
- Netball rings
- Netball goal posts
- Water polo goal posts
- Baseball gloves
- Boxing gloves
- Cricket gloves
- Cycling gloves
- Equestrian gloves
- Golf gloves
- Hockey gloves
- Gloves used in combat sports such as Mixed Martial Arts, Sambo, Kick
Boxing, Taekwondo and Karate. - Rowing gloves
- Rugby gloves
- Soccer gloves
- Baseball helmets
- Boxing headgear
- Cricket helmets
- Cycling helmets
- Equestrian helmets
- Rugby headgear
- Water polo headgear
- Headgear used in combat sports such as Mixed Martial Arts, Sambo,
Kick Boxing, Taekwondo and Karate.
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