All products
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Import tax exemptions (intervention led by governments)
- Lower or eliminate import duties and customs taxes for priority assistive products, including spectacles which are more likely
to be neglected.
- Inclusion on national essential item lists can facilitate advocacy for tariff removal or reduction.
- Streamline and simplify process to get duties waiver while importing assistive products
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Optimize shipping and logistics (intervention led by buyers – governments, NGOs)
- Maximize container capacity for international shipments. Ordering in full container loads, particularly for wheelchairs, can
reduce logistics costs from 30-40 per cent to 15-20 per cent of the ex-factory price.
- Explore opportunities to pool orders with other organizations or buyers to achieve full container loads while avoiding excess
inventory.
- Leverage shipment reports to better plan order placement and avoid peak- time shipping.
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Facilitate in-country assembly, repair, and maintenance (intervention led by governments, donors)
- Based on needs assessment and feasibility, invest in local manufacturing or assembly of assistive products to reduce import
dependency, save on shipping charges and ensure access to spare parts and maintenance.
- Build in-country stock and establish regional purchasing facilities to reduce dependency on repetitive imports, minimizing
associated costs and time delays.