Indian middlemen’s price-gouging of China-made oxygen slammed


  • China
  • Wednesday, 12 May 2021

A volunteer arranges oxygen cyclinders inside a bus converted to provide oxygen to Covid-19 coronavirus patient with breathing problems while waiting to be admitted at government hospital in India on May 5, 2021. - AFP

BEIJING (Global Times): Chinese oxygen concentrator suppliers are upset and saddened by price-gouging of anti-virus devices such as theirs in the Indian market, calling the move a deviation from their original humanitarian intention.

Many Chinese producers have exported oxygen making items to India at below-market prices by working extra shifts for timely delivery, even during the recent May Day holiday, to ensure the much-needed goods are delivered to those who badly need them, industry insiders said.

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