India |
1 | India | Relaxation in Block wise & overall export obligations and submission of installation certificate under EPCG till 31st March , 2021 | Directorate General of Foreign Trade | Public Notice No. 01/2015-2020 | 7 Apr 2020 |
2 | India | Electronic filling and Issuance of Preferential Certificate of Origin for India’s Exports under AIFTA, IJCEPA, SAPTA, SAFTA, APTA, ISLFTA w.e.f. 07th April 2020 | Trade Notice No. 01/2020-2021 | 7 Apr 2020 |
3 | India | Amendment in export policy of API & formulations making certain free for exports | Notification No. 02/2015-2020 | 6 Apr 2020 |
4 | India | Retrospective Issuance of Certificates of Origin under India’s Trade Agreements | Trade Notice No. 62/2019-2020 | 6 Apr 2020 |
5 | India | The export of Diagnostic Kits [Diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, preparation diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, other than those of heading 3002 or 3006; certified reference materials] falling under any ITCHS Code, including the ITCHS Code mentioned above, with immediate effect | Notification No. 59/2015-2020 | 4 Apr 2020 |
6 | India | The export of Hydroxychloroquine and formulations made from Hydroxychloroquine, therefore, shall remain prohibited, without any exception. | Notification No. 01/2015-2020 | 4 Apr 2020 |
7 | India | Acceptance of scanned copies of pre-registration application and other documents by Local Users for REG under the European Union’s Generalised System of Preferences (EUGSP) | Trade Notice No. 61/2019-2020 | 2 Apr 2020 |
8 | India | Seeks to provide relief by conditional lowering of interest rate for tax periods of February, 2020 to April, 2020 | Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs | Notification No. 03/2020-Integrated Tax and Notification No. 01/2020-Union Territory Tax | 08 Apr 2020 |
9 | India | Measure to facilitate trade during the lockdown period- section 143AA of the Customs Act, 1962 | Circular No. 17/2020 | 3 Apr 2020 |
10 | India | Seeks to extend due date for furnishing FORM GSTR-3B for supply made in the month of May, 2020. | 36/2020-Central Tax | 3 Apr 2020 |
11 | India | Seeks to extend due date of compliance which falls during the period from "20.03.2020 to 29.06.2020" till 30.06.2020 and to extend validity of e-way bills. | 35/2020-Central Tax | 3 Apr 2020 |
12 | India | Seeks to extend due date of furnishing FORM GST CMP-08 for the quarter ending March, 2020 till 07.07.2020 and filing FORM GSTR-4 for FY 2020-21 till 15.07.2020. | 34/2020-Central Tax | 3 Apr 2020 |
13 | India | Seeks to provide relief by conditional waiver of late fee for delay in furnishing outward statement in FORM GSTR-1 for tax periods of February, 2020 to April, 2020. | 33/2020-Central Tax | 3 Apr 2020 |
14 | India | Seeks to provide relief by conditional waiver of late fee for delay in furnishing returns in FORM GSTR-3B for tax periods of February, 2020 to April, 2020. | 32/2020-Central Tax | 3 Apr 2020 |
15 | India | Seeks to provide relief by conditional lowering of interest rate for tax periods of February, 2020 to April, 2020. | 31/2020-Central Tax | 3 Apr 2020 |
16 | India | Seeks to amend CGST Rules (Fourth Amendment) in order to allow opting Composition Scheme for FY 2020-21 till 30.06.2020 and to allow cumulative application of condition in rule 36(4). | 30/2020-Central Tax | 3 Apr 2020 |
17 | India | Clarification in respect of various measures announced by the Government for providing relief to the taxpayers in view of spread of Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19) - Reg. | CGST Circular No. 136/06/2020 | 3 Apr 2020 |
18 | India | Relief to tax payers in GST filings | Circular No. 136/06/2020-GST | 3 Apr 2020 |
19 | India | Exchange rate of one unit of foreign currency equivalent to Indian rupees published | Notification No.37/2020 - Customs (N.T.) | 1 Apr 2020 |
20 | India | Extension Of Validity of Recurrent Dangerous Goods Regulations Training Due To The COVID 19 Pandemic | Office of Directorate General of Civil Aviation | - | 8 Apr 2020 |
21 | India | Shri Piyush Goyal calls upon the Exporters to think big and be ready for harnessing the potential in the post-Covid era; Says that we are globally responsible citizens | Ministry of Commerce & Industry | - | 8 Apr 2020 |
22 | India | All GST & CUSTOM refunds also to be released; to provide benefit to around 1 lakh business entities including MSMEs | Ministry of Finance | | 8 Apr 2020 |
23 | India | Extending limit for HDPE/PP bags from 1.80 lakh bales to 2.62 lakh to tide over crisis of packaging of food grains due to closure of jute mills during lock down | Ministry of Textile | - | 7 Apr 2020 |
24 | India | On account of lockdown due to COVID-19, the physical submission of documents and undertaking is not possible. Therefore, the JNCH Public Notice notify procedures for In-bonding of the goods imported under warehouse Bills of Entry | - | Public Notice No. 44/2020 | 7 Apr 2020 |
25 | India | Japan allows post import submission of the Certificate of Origin | - | - | 5 Apr 2020 |
26 | India | Exports to Indonesia - provisions on availing preferential tariffs under AIFTA | Department of Commerce FT (ASEAN) Division | Circular No. SE-07/BC/2020 | 5 Apr 2020 |
27 | India | More lockdown relaxations for Agriculture-Farming sector | Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare | - | 4 Apr 2020 |
28 | India | Waiver of charges by CONCOR for lockdown period | Container Corporation of India Limited | - | 4 Apr 2020 |
29 | India | Avail online Certificate of Origin from FIEO | Federation of Indian Export Organisations | - | 3 Apr 2020 |
30 | India | Validity period of FSSAI notified NABL accredited food testing laboratories for the purposes of carrying out analysis of samples taken under section 47 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 published | Food Safety and Standard Authority | - | 6 Apr 2020 |
31 | India | Export Policy of India at tariff line updated on the Indian Trade Portal – www.indiantradeportal.in | - | - | 7 Apr 2020 |
32 | India | Exemption from submission of original documents for tariff preference on exports to Indonesia | - | - | 4 Apr 2020 |
33 | India | E way bill validity issue resolved. Notification 35/2020 | Ministry of Home Affairs | - | 3 Apr 2020 |
34 | India | Maersk Advisory; Revised guidelines for export bill of lading | Maersk | - | 3 Apr 2020 |
35 | India | Facilitation by Plant Quarantine for expeditious release of import consignments | Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare | - | 3 Apr 2020 |
36 | India | CFS completely functional in India | Container Freight Stations Association of India | Trade Advisory/01/2020-21 | 2 Apr 2020 |
37 | India | Steel Import Monitoring System (SIMS) – Import Registration till February 2020 published | Ministry of Steel | - | 2 Apr 2020 |
38 | India | Following product categories included under Electronics and Information Technology Goods (Requirements for Compulsory Registration) Order, 2012:
| Ministry Of Electronics and Information Technology | S.O. 1236(E) | 1 Apr 2020 |
39 | India | Running of Parcel Special trains to ensure supply of essential commodities | Indian Railways | - | 1 Apr 2020 |
40 | India | Special permission to conduct cargo operations using passenger category aircraft during the COVID-19 lockdown period
| Director General of Civil Aviation | AAC NO 2 | 1 Apr 2020 |
41 | India | Government releases pending Income Tax refund and GST refund | Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance | - | 8 Apr 2020 |
42 | India | List of nodal officer of custom on all India basis to be contacted for any clearance related problem | - | 1 Apr 2020 |
43 | India | Waiver of demurrage charges payable at Air Cargo Terminals- order issued by Ministry of Civil Aviation | Ministry of Civil Aviation | - | 1 Apr 2020 |
44 | India | Steps taken by ECGC | ECGC | - | 1 Apr 2020 |
45 | India | Notification extending exports realisation from 9 to 15 months | Reserve Bank of India | Circular No. 27 | 1 Apr 2020 |
46 | India | Trade notice by JNPT for issue of essential service duty pass | Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust | - | 8 Apr 2020 |
ASEAN |
47 | Myanmar | New Cosmetics Recordings (New) available as on 6-4-2020 | Food and Drug Administration | - | 8 Apr 2020 |
48 | Myanmar | Certificate of Importation Medication as on May 6, 2020 published | - | 8 Apr 2020 |
49 | Myanmar | Certificate of importation of pharmaceutical products as on 6-4-2020 | - | 8 Apr 2020 |
50 | Myanmar | Certificate of import of imported medicines as on 30-3-2020 | - | 6 Apr 2020 |
51 | Myanmar | Certificate of importation of medical equipment imported as on (30-3-2020) | - | 6 Apr 2020 |
52 | Myanmar | Certificate of Cosmetic Certificate (Renewal) Issued on 30-3-2020 | | - | 6 Apr 2020 |
53 | Myanmar | New Cosmetics Recordings (New) Issued on 30-3-2020 | | - | 6 Apr 2020 |
54 | Singapore | Food (Amendment) Regulations 2020 published effective from 3 April 2020 | Singapore Food Agency | SFA 07.05.002.0001 | 1 Apr 2020 |
55 | Thailand | Additional standard for quality of enzymes used in food production published | Food and Drug Administration | - | 8 Apr 2020 |
56 | Thailand | Proposes to withdraw certain hazardous substances from approved hazardous substances list by 1 June 2020 | Department of Agriculture | - | 1 Apr 2020 |
57 | Vietnam | Supplementing goods eligible for import tax exemption for Covid-19 prevention and control | Ministry of Finance | Decision No. 436/QD-BTC | 7 Apr 2020 |
South Korea |
58 | South Korea | Amendment to Cosmetic act published | Ministry of Food and Drug Safety | Legal No. 17250 | 7 Apr 2020 |
59 | South Korea | Enforcement rules of the act on special cases of customs law for the implementation of free trade agreements | Ministry of Strategy and Finance | No. 00786 | 1 Apr 2020 |
European Union |
60 | EU | Guidelines on the optimal and rational supply of medicines to avoid shortages during the COVID-19 outbreak published | European Commission | - | 8 Apr 2020 |
61 | EU | Imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of certain hot rolled stainless steel sheets and coils originating in Indonesia, the People’s Republic of China and Taiwan | Regulation (EU) 2020/508 | 7 Apr 2020 |
62 | EU | Indian Rupee fall against EURO: 1 EUR equivalent 82.25 INR from 82.10 INR | (2020/C 116/03) | 6 Apr 2020 |
63 | EU | Notice to undertakings intending to import or export controlled substances that deplete the ozone layer to or from the European Union in 2021 and undertakings intending to produce or import these substances for essential laboratory and analytical uses in 2021 | - | 6 Apr 2020 |
64 | EU | Safeguard measures: Tariff increase on imports of certain derivative aluminium products and certain derivative steel products from USA | - | 6 Apr 2020 |
65 | EU | Authorising the placing on the market of partially defatted chia seed (Salvia hispanica) powders as novel foods under Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 | Regulation (EU) 2020/500 | 6 Apr 2020 |
66 | EU | Summary of European Commission Decisions on authorisations for the placing on the market for the use and/or for use of substances listed in Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) | - | 6 Apr 2020 |
67 | EU | Indian Rupee gained against EURO: 1 EUR equivalent 82.10 INR from 83.33 INR | (2020/C 115/01) | 6 Apr 2020 |
68 | EU | Amending Decision 2014/312/EU in order to extend the derogation for zinc oxide to allow its use as a preservative stabilizer to cover ‘in-can preservation’ and preservation of ‘tinting pastes’ | Decision (EU) 2020/503 | 3 Apr 2020 |
69 | EU | Exemption from import duties and VAT on importation granted for goods needed to combat the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak during 2020. | Decision (EU) 2020/491 | 3 April 2020 |
70 | EU | Indian Rupee gain against EURO: 1 EUR equivalent to 83.33 INR from 83.50 INR | Notice 2020/C 111/02 | 3 April 2020 |
71 | EU | Correcting regulation (EU) 2017/2470 establishing the Union list of novel foods | Regulation (EU) 2020/478 | 1 Apr 2020 |
72 | EU | Detailed rules for implementation regulation (EC) No 834/2007 as regards the arrangements for imports of organic products from third countries | Regulation (EU) 2020/479 | 1 Apr 2020 |
Australia |
73 | Australia | Rutaceae seed lots imported using the option of offshore treatment are now able to be treated using 8-hydroxyquinoline sulfate following hot water treatment. Onshore treatments will continue to be limited to hot water treatment followed by sodium hypochlorite surface sterilization as 8-hydroxyquinoline sulfate is not registered for agricultural use in Australia.
| Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment | - | 9 Apr 2020 |
74 | Australia | Temporary changes to documents requirements for fresh produce, cut flower, plant and plant product imports | - | 7 Apr 2020 |
75 | Australia | Cucurbits as nursery stock requiring testing | - | 4 Apr 2020 |
76 | Australia | Medium risk plants for use as nursery stock | - | 4 Apr 2020 |
77 | Australia | Xylella fastidiosa hosts for use as nursery stock | - | 4 Apr 2020 |
78 | Australia | Permitted seed for sowing | - | 4 Apr 2020 |
79 | Australia | End of interim inspection arrangements for sites with uncertified sea freight container inspection stands | Import Industry Advice Notice No. 52-2020 | 3 Apr 2020 |
80 | Australia | Temporary changes to certification requirements for imported fresh produce, cut flowers, plants and other plant based commodities | Import Industry Advice Notice No. 50-2020 | 3 Apr 2020 |
81 | Australia | Continued Biosecurity Competency Requirements for the 2020-21 Period | Import Industry Advice Notice No. 51-2020 | 2 Apr 2020 |
Brazil, China & Hong Kong |
82 | Brazil | Amended standard on advanced therapy products published | National Health Surveillance Agency | - | 2 Apr 2020 |
83 | China | China accepts scanned copy of APTA Certificate of Origin | General Administration of Customs | - | 3 Apr 2020 |
84 | China | Digital documents implemented in the Customs declaration process in China | General Administration of Customs | - | 3 Apr 2020 |
85 | Hong Kong | Metrication Ordinance published | - | - | 1 Apr 2020 |
Chile, Japan & New Zealand |
86 | Chile | Establishes rules for the importation, confined planting, permanence and conditioning of genetically modified propagation material. | Agricultural and Livestock Service | - | 26 Mar 2020 |
87 | Japan | Proposes maximum residue limits for following agricultural chemical pesticide:
| Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) | - | 1 Apr 2020 |
88 | New Zealand | Proposing new legislation enabling the development of mandatory national standards for organic products by June 2021 | Ministry for Primary Industries | - | 2 Apr 2020 |
Russia |
89 | Russia | Exempted sale and import of certain medical goods from VAT | Russian Government | Decree no 419 | 6 Apr 2020 |
90 | Russia | Exemption on the payment of import duties in respect of certain goods imported to prevent the spread of coronavirus infection | Federation of Custom Services | Letter M-2913 | 6 Apr 2020 |
Lebanon |
91 | Lebanon | A decision regarding the regulation of the export process of medicines and medical supplies. | Pharmacy and medicines | - | 6 Apr 2020 |
92 | Lebanon | Decision to cancel the registration of the medical product Lartruvo, 500mg / 50ml, Single dose vial, Injectionfor IV Infusion only. | - | - | 2 Apr 2020 |
93 | Lebanon | A decision related to correcting a material error mentioned in a decision related to withdrawing and preventing the handling of cooks from a medical device. | - | Resolution 393-2020 | 1 Apr 2020 |
74 | Lebanon | Continuing to cancel the registration of medical products for Sanofi aventis Liban sal | - | Resolution 395-2020 | 1 Apr 2020 |
95 | Lebanon | Decision related to the formation of a committee to implement Article 4 of Resolution No. 2548/1 dated 11/12/2019 (setting the tariffs for selling milk to the infant). | Food and water safety | Resolution 408-2020 | 6 Apr 2020 |
96 | Lebanon | A decision related to facilitating the import process for the Lebanese food and serum industry and food supplements. | Pharmacy and medicines | Resolution 383-2020 | 1 Apr 2020 |
97 | Lebanon | Decision to facilitate the import process | Pharmacy and medicines | Resolution 365-2020 | 24 Mar 2020 |
Kenya & South Africa |
98 | Kenya | Manufacturers can access followings standards free of charge to fight COVID-19:
| Kenya Bureau of Standards | - | 03 Apr 2020 |
99 | Kenya | Public notice to importers of used/ second-hand garments and used shoes (MITUMBA) | - | - |
100 | Kenya | Public notice on inspection of imported used motor vehicles, mobile equipment and used spare parts | - | - |
101 | South Africa | Disaster Management Act: Directions to address, prevent and combat the spread of Coronavirus COVID-19 in sea ports | Department of Transport | G43211GoN 453 | 7 Apr 2020 |
Jordan, Saudi Arabia & Turkey |
102 | Jordan | The Customs department launches a service requesting movement permits for loading and unloading workers and warehouse directors electronically | - | - | 7 Apr 2020 |
103 | Jordan | Import requirements for clothing accessories for cut fabrics | - | Circular No. 469 | 6 Apr 2020 |
104 | Saudi Arabia | Data Requirement for Herbal & Health Products Submission published | Saudi Arabia Food & Drug Authority | - | 5 Apr 2020 |
105 | Turkey | COVID - 19 pandemic related measures on herbal food and feed imports announced. Official email id provided to send scanned versions of sealed and signed health certificates | Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry | - | - |
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