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Medicines, science books, sports equipment exempted from import JAKARTA (Antara): Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has issued regulations exempting medicines bought by the government, science books and sports equipment purchased by national sports organizations from import duties. The new regulations will be effective as of Oct. 5, a spokesman for the ministry, Samsuar Said, said Tuesday. He said the medicines must be bought by ministries or government institutions overseeing health programs, hospitals or third parties engaged in agreements with them. Import duties will also be waived for science and technology books, general textbooks and religious textbooks, but not imported books in the Indonesian language, Samsuar said. For sports equipment, the exemption is only for equipment imported by national sports organizations based on the recommendation of the National Sports Council.
