据Shruti Srivastava和Preeti Soni报道，印度取消了银行和国家指定机构进口黄金、白银和铂金的税收优惠，使货物面临3%的征税，推高了向世界最大黄金市场之一供货的主要渠道的成本。
India withdrew a tax benefit on gold, silver and platinum imported by banks and state-nominated agencies, subjecting shipments to a 3% levy and raising costs for the main channels supplying one of the world’s largest bullion markets.
税务秘书Arvind Shrivastava周四在新德里告诉记者，政府没有将通过银行进口贵金属免征综合商品及服务税（IGST）的豁免期延长至3月31日之后。此举使所有黄金和白银进口渠道处于平等的税收地位。
The government did not extend the exemption from paying Integrated Goods and Services Tax for precious metals imported through banks beyond March 31, Revenue Secretary Arvind Shrivastava told reporters in New Delhi on Thursday. The move puts all gold and silver import routes on an equal tax footing.
该决定自4月1日起实施，以便"我们不让税收成为某一渠道优于另一渠道的原因"，Shrivastava表示，并补充说GST委员会已在周四的会议上获悉此事。
The decision was implemented starting April 1, so that “we do not have tax becoming a reason for one route being preferential to another” Shrivastava said, adding that the GST council was informed about it at the meeting on Thursday.
在政府允许一份豁免清单到期后，一些进口商在过去几个月中已经开始缴纳该税。
Some importers have already been paying the tax since over the last few months, after the government allowed a list of exemptions to expire.
对外贸易总局随后于4月17日发布了新的授权进口商名单，但税收豁免通知未更新。
The Directorate General of Foreign Trade later issued a new list of authorized importers on April 17, but the tax exemption notification was not updated.
该豁免于2017年针对黄金推出，后扩展至白银和铂金，使进口商免于缴纳IGST。该减免旨在通过批准的贸易商便利金银流通。印度严格控制谁可以将黄金带入该国。
The waiver, introduced for gold in 2017 and later extended to silver and platinum, spared importers from paying IGST. The relief was designed to ease the flow of bullion through approved traders. India tightly controls who can bring gold into the country.
大多数货物通过授权银行和指定机构进口，而合格珠宝商可通过印度国际金银交易所进口。该征税将占用这些进口商更多的营运资金。
Most shipments arrive through authorized banks and nominated agencies, while eligible jewelers can import through the India International Bullion Exchange. The levy will tie up more working capital for these importers.