【医疗】口罩价格暴涨,美国加急豁免中国口罩等医疗用品关税|外媒说( 二 )


“要确保美国做好准备控制新冠疫情暴发 , 关键医疗商品的供给充沛至关重要 。 ”
"To ensure that the United States is prepared to contain and combat the spread of this outbreak, it is crucial that there is a robust supply of critical medical products," Republican Senator Cory Gardner wrote in a letter to the USTR last week.
“我们必须做好应对医疗供应需求增长的准备 , 为此 , 我请求美国贸易代表办公室取消对特定医疗用品加征的有害关税 , 消除进口障碍 。 ”
"We must be prepared for increased medical supply demand in the United States, and to that end, I request that USTR eliminate these harmful tariffs on certain medical products and remove barriers to importation."
在去年6月 , 美国贸易代表办公室举办的听证会上 , 美国卫生行业分销商协会主席马修就曾作证说:“关税给医疗服务和公共卫生带来的风险 , 大于其给贸易或经济带来的益处” 。 可惜当时的美国政府并没有听进去 。
The risks to health care and public health from tariffs outweigh any benefit to trade or economics,” he said.
实际上 , 美国如此迅速地就批准豁免了一批医疗用品的进口关税 , 与国内市场的压力不无关系 。 在亚马逊网站上 , 有美国商家就把口罩价格炒出20倍!
随着美国新冠肺炎病例数量不断上升 , 电商平台上 , 口罩及其他防护用品的价格一路飙升 。
《金融时报》3月3日报道称 , 在亚马逊网站上 , 有些商家甚至将免洗洗手液和口罩的价格提升至日常零售价的2000% 。
Hand sanitiser and respiratory masks were in some cases being sold on the site on Monday at a more than 2,000 percent mark-up, compared to normal retail prices……【医疗】口罩价格暴涨,美国加急豁免中国口罩等医疗用品关税|外媒说
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该报道称 , 在亚马逊网站上 , 某个未经授权的零售商出售一包20只装的3M口罩 , 要价高达387美元 , 而正常零售价仅为14.99美元 。 一盒24瓶、每瓶2盎司的Purell洗手液 , 平时售价不到10美元 , 现在被卖到400美元 。
Among the many examples still available at the time of writing, a pack of 20 masks made by manufacturer 3M, but sold by an unauthorised reseller, was on sale at $387, compared to a normal retail price of around $14.99. A pack of 24 2oz bottles of Purell hand sanitiser, typically sold for less than $10 a box, was listed at $400.
截至目前 , 中国境外新冠肺炎确诊病例已超过2万例 。
【【医疗】口罩价格暴涨 , 美国加急豁免中国口罩等医疗用品关税|外媒说】


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