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India opened up exports of personal protective equipment (PPE) or medical coveralls, albeit in a restricted manner, as supplies in the domestic market have picked up significantly, leading to a price crash.
Prices of some grades of PPE have crashed by over 65 per cent in the last one and a half months owing to glut in the domestic market.
The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) in a notification on Monday said it is revising the export policy for medical coveralls to 'restricted' from 'prohibited'. The government has set an export quota of 5 million PPE every month.
The industry seemed divided
