Excise tax abolishment on tonics to make effect date earlier.

The government's abolishment plan of excise tax on nutrient and tonic drugs seems to be advanced by one and half months earlier than the original schedule, Jan. 1, 2000 when the National Assembly passes the revised tax bill during the ordinary session, probably at the middle of Nov.

After the government's excise tax bill was announced in public, taking effect from Jan. 1, next year, a market...