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Sl. No.	Country	Notification	Authority	Notification No.	Date
India
1	India	Limited relaxation in lockdown guideline published	Ministry of Home Affairs	-	15 Apr 2020
2	India	Customs to be fully functional from 20^th April, Para 18(i), pg 7	-	15 Apr 2020
3	India	Classification of hotspot and non-hotspot district and clusters	-	15 Apr 2020
4	India	Consolidated Guidelines of MHA on Lock down measures on containment of COVID-19 published	-	14 Apr 2020
5	India	Letter to Chief Secretaries regarding implementation of MHA guidelines	-	14 Apr 2020
6	India	Implementing MHA guidelines reg. passes, movement etc.	-	12 Apr 2020
7	India	Fish and Aquaculture Exempted from Lockdown – Movements of Goods and Workers Included	Press Release	11 Apr 2020
8	India	5th addendum to consolidated guidelines	-	10 Apr 2020
9	India	Agriculture Minister Shri Narendra Singh Tomar launches All India Agri Transport Call Centre numbers 18001804200 and 14488 to facilitate inter-state movement of perishables during lockdown	Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare	Press Release	15 Apr 2020
10	India	Manner of Continuation of Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS) for shipments on or after 01.04.2020 and Introduction of the Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products (RoDTEP) Scheme	Directorate General of Foreign Trade	Trade Notice No. 03/2020-21	15 Apr 2020
11	India	Paperless Customs – Electronic Communication of PDF based Gatepass and OOC Copy of Bill of Entry to Custom Brokers/Importers	Circular No. 19/2020-Customs	13 Apr 2020
12	India	Provision for submission of physical copy of application with the concerned RA has been relaxed	Public Notice No. 02/2015-2020	13 Apr 2020
13	India	Conditions on import of Refined Palm Oil	Trade Notice No. 02/2020-2021	13 Apr 2020
14	India	Tariff Notification in respect of Fixation of Tariff Value of Edible Oils, Brass Scrap, Poppy Seeds, Areca Nut, Gold and Silver- Reg	Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs	Notification No. 38/2020-CUSTOMS (N.T.)	15 Apr 2020
15	India	Seeks to extend anti-dumping duty on import of Acetone originating in or exported from Korea RP, Saudi Arabia and Chinese Taipei till 14th October, 2020	Notification No. 07/2020 -Customs (ADD)	15 Apr 2020
16	India	Circular clarifying issues in respect of challenges faced by registered persons in implementation of provisions of GST issued - Reg	Circular No. 137/07/2020	13 Apr 2020
17	India	Seeks to amend notification No. 04/2019-Central Excise dated 6th July, 2019 so as to increase effective rate of Road and Infrastructure Cess (RIC) collected as additional duty of excise on petrol and diesel by Rs. 1 per litre	Notification No. 4/2020-Central Excise	13 Apr 2020
18	India	Seeks to amend notification No. 05/2019-Central Excise dated 6th July, 2019 so as to increase effective rate of Special Additional Excise Duty (SAED) on petrol and diesel by Rs. 2 per litre	Notification No. 3/2020-Central Excise	13 Apr 2020
19	India	Clearance of goods under India’s Trade Agreements without original Certificate of Origin	Circular No. 18/2020 – Customs	11 Apr 2020
20	India	CGST Rules, 2017 as amended up to 03.04.2020 Part A Part B	CGST Rules, 2017	3 Apr 2020
21	India	Seeks to exempt customs duty on ventilators, personal protection equipments, covid-19 testing kits and inputs for these goods	Notification No. 20/2020– Customs	9 Apr 2020
22	India	Seeks to amend notification No. 8/2020-Customs dated 02.02.2020 to make changes consequential to enactment of Finance Act, 2020	Notification No. 19/2020– Customs	9 Apr 2020
23	India	Special Refund and Drawback Disposal Drive - Implementation of decision to expedite pending refund and drawback claims	Instruction No. 03/2020-Customs	9 Apr 2020
24	India	Facilitation on issuance of health certificate during COVID-19	Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry-Animal Quarantine	-	12 Apr 2020
25	India	Submission of Annual / Half-yearly Returns by licensed Manufacturers / Processors and Importers of Food Products - Extension of timeline due to COVID-19 pandemic	Food Safety & Standard Authority	Press Release	11 Apr 2020
26	India	MSMEs engaged in production of medical items related to COVID-19 should be facilitated on priority- Shri Nitin Gadkari	Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises	Press Release	9 Apr 2020
27	India	Government Grants exemption from Basic Custom duty & Health Cess on import of Ventilators , PPE , COVID Test Kits & Face & Surgical Masks	Ministry of Finance	Press Release	9 Apr 2020
28	India	Action taken/Status of implementation of proactive measures relating to COVID-19	Ministry of Steel	Press Release	11 Apr 2020
29	India	Directive issued by Chennai Customs to CFS for not to charge levies, demur rage charges, rent etc. during lockdown down period	Office of the Commissioner of Customs, Chennai	-	15 Apr 2020
30	India	Facilitating passes of drivers related	Chennai Port Trust	-	13 Apr 2020
31	India	Nodal officer to liaise with Port users	Kolkata Port Trust	-	13 Apr 2020
32	India	30 days Extension in payment of PF dues for March, if wages paid by the employer	Employee’s Provident Fund Organisation	-	15 Apr 2020
ASEAN
33	Indonesia	Customs treatment of difference in weight and / or volume of imported goods in bulk and export goods subjected to export duty in bulk forms	Ministry of Finance	Regulation No. Number 26 / PMK.04 / 2020	10 Apr 2020
34	Indonesia	Provisions on the import of capital goods in non-new conditions	Ministry of Trade	Regulation No. 37	2 Apr 2020
35	Indonesia	Notice on mandatory Palm Oil for packaging	Regulation No. 36	2 Apr 2020
36	Singapore	Revised veterinary conditions for importation of table eggs published	Singapore Food Agency	-	14 Apr 2020
37	Vietnam	The Government stipulating the customs procedures, customs inspection and supervision of goods in transit through the ASEAN Customs Transit System to implement Protocol 7 on the Customs transit system	-	Decree 46/2020 / ND-CP	9 Apr 2020
European Union
38	EU	Re-imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of tubes and pipes of ductile cast iron (also known as spheroidal graphite cast iron) originating in India	European Commission	Regulation (EU) 2020/527	16 Apr 2020
39	EU	EURO exchange rates: 1 EUR equivalent to 83.41 INR	-	16 Apr 2020
40	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)	-	15 Apr 2020
Japan & South Korea
41	Japan	Import suspension of poultry meat and egg products from the state of Sachsen-Anhalt of Germany	Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries	-	14 Apr 2020
42	Japan	Import suspension of live poultry, poultry meat and egg products from Bács-Kiskun and Csongrád county of Hungary	-	14 Apr 2020
43	South Korea	Livestock sanitation management act enforcement rules	Ministry of Food and Drug Safety	Prime Minister No. 1611	16 Apr 2020
44	South Korea	Fisheries act enforcement decree published	Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries	Presidential Decree No. 30621	14 Apr 2020
45	South Korea	Customs law enforcement rules published	Ministry of Strategy and Finance	No. 00790	14 Apr 2020
46	South Korea	Prohibits the import of pollen for pollination of Pomoideae, Prunus genus and Rubus genus from Canada, United States of America, Bermuda, Guatemala, Mexico, Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Lebanese Republic, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, Albania, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Belarus, Moldova, Republic of, Serbia, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom, New Zealand	Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency	-	14 Apr 2020
47	South Korea	Medical device act enforcement rules published	Ministry of Food and Drug Safety	Prime Minister No. 01607	13 Apr 2020
48	South Korea	Food sanitation law enforcement rules published	Prime Minister No. 0016	13 Apr 2020
49	South Korea	Food sanitation law enforcement rules amended	Prime Minister No. 1610	13 Apr 2020
Brazil & South Africa
50	Brazil	Considering the Covid-19 pandemic situation, the Brazilian Plant Protection Organization decided to implement electronic signature in the Phytosanitary Certificates.	Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply	-	9 April 2020
51	South Africa	Electronic Communications Act: Harmonisation of Short Code ‘111’ for Coronavirus COVID-19 National Emergency Services	Independent Communications Authority of South Africa	G43229GeN 244	15 Apr 2020
52	South Africa	Customs and Excise Act: Amendment of rules: Coronavirus COVID-19 lockdown	South African Revenue Service	G43222RG11085GoN 458	9 Apr 2020
Russia
53	Russia	Certain types of components for the production of hand-held power tools falling under Russian HS 8483402302, 8536508001, 854520 0001 will subject to 0% duty till 30 June 2022	Russian Government	Decision no 44	15 Apr 2020
54	Russia	Allowing submission of electronic or paper copy of the certificate of origin till 30 September 2020	Russian Government	Decision no 36	11 Apr 2020
Australia
55	Australia	Temporary changes to documents requirements for imports of animals, biological and animal based goods	Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment	-	10 Apr 2020
56	Australia	Temporary measures to assist with assessment and import permit issuance due to COVID-19		-	10 Apr 2020
Canada & USA
57	Canada	Modification to the List of Permitted Food Enzymes to Enable the Use of Phospholipase from Aspergillus oryzae AT969 in Bread, Flour, Whole Wheat Flour and Unstandardized Bakery Products	Health Canada	Reference Number: NOM/ADM-0146	15 Apr 2020
58	Canada	Modification to the lists of permitted food additives to extend the use of potassium phosphate, dibasic, to the same foods and levels of use as currently permitted for sodium phosphate, dibasic	Reference Number: NOM/ADM-0145	8 Apr 2020
59	USA	Amending numerous veterinary drug MRLs	Food and Drug Administration	Rule No. 2020-06688	9 Apr 2020
UAE
60	UAE	Imposing a temporary ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds and their untreated by-product, day-old chicks, hatching eggs from USA.	Ministry of Climate Change and Environment	-	14 Apr 2020
Kenya & Lebanon
61	Kenya	Standards Act of Kenya published	Kenya Bureau of Standards	Gazette Notice No 3095	9 Apr 2020
62	Kenya	Approved List of Kenya Standards as on 8 April 2020 published	-	8 Apr 2020
63	Kenya	SAC approved List of Confirmations and withdrawals by 8 April 2020 published	-	8 Apr 2020
64	Lebanon	Decision on the Mechanism for Reporting Potential Side Effects Related to Therapeutic Protocols Recommended for the Treatment of COVID-19. Decision427-2020 MoPH ADE Reporting Form COVID-19 QAPPP MoPH Instructions Reporting Form COVID-19	Pharmacy and Medicines	Resolution 427-2020	14 Apr 2020
65	Lebanon	A decision related to withdrawing smuggled medicines from Lebanese markets and preventing their circulation	Resolution 417-2020	9 Apr 2020
66	Lebanon	Resolution regarding the cancellation of both Resolution No. 1/744, Resolution 1/2605, Resolution 243/1 and deadlines for accepting applications for drug registration, with priority given to locally manufactured drugs	Resolution 415-2020	8 Apr 2020

Sl. No.

Country

Notification

Authority

Notification No.

Date

India

India

Limited relaxation in lockdown guideline published

Ministry of Home Affairs

15 Apr 2020

India

Customs to be fully functional from 20^th April, Para 18(i), pg 7

15 Apr 2020

India

Classification of hotspot and non-hotspot district and clusters

15 Apr 2020

India

Consolidated Guidelines of MHA on Lock down measures on containment of COVID-19 published

14 Apr 2020

India

Letter to Chief Secretaries regarding implementation of MHA guidelines

14 Apr 2020

India

Implementing MHA guidelines reg. passes, movement etc.

12 Apr 2020

India

Fish and Aquaculture Exempted from Lockdown – Movements of Goods and Workers Included

Press Release

11 Apr 2020

India

5th addendum to consolidated guidelines

10 Apr 2020

India

Agriculture Minister Shri Narendra Singh Tomar launches All India Agri Transport Call Centre numbers 18001804200 and 14488 to facilitate inter-state movement of perishables during lockdown

Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare

Press Release

15 Apr 2020

India

Manner of Continuation of Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS) for shipments on or after 01.04.2020 and Introduction of the Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products (RoDTEP) Scheme

Directorate General of Foreign Trade

Trade Notice No. 03/2020-21

15 Apr 2020

India

Paperless Customs – Electronic Communication of PDF based Gatepass and OOC Copy of Bill of Entry to Custom Brokers/Importers

Circular No. 19/2020-Customs

13 Apr 2020

India

Provision for submission of physical copy of application with the concerned RA has been relaxed

Public Notice No. 02/2015-2020

13 Apr 2020

India

Conditions on import of Refined Palm Oil

Trade Notice No. 02/2020-2021

13 Apr 2020

India

Tariff Notification in respect of Fixation of Tariff Value of Edible Oils, Brass Scrap, Poppy Seeds, Areca Nut, Gold and Silver- Reg

Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs

Notification No. 38/2020-CUSTOMS (N.T.)

15 Apr 2020

India

Seeks to extend anti-dumping duty on import of Acetone originating in or exported from Korea RP, Saudi Arabia and Chinese Taipei till 14th October, 2020

Notification No. 07/2020 -Customs (ADD)

15 Apr 2020

India

Circular clarifying issues in respect of challenges faced by registered persons in implementation of provisions of GST issued - Reg

Circular No. 137/07/2020

13 Apr 2020

India

Seeks to amend notification No. 04/2019-Central Excise dated 6th July, 2019 so as to increase effective rate of Road and Infrastructure Cess (RIC) collected as additional duty of excise on petrol and diesel by Rs. 1 per litre

Notification No. 4/2020-Central Excise

13 Apr 2020

India

Seeks to amend notification No. 05/2019-Central Excise dated 6th July, 2019 so as to increase effective rate of Special Additional Excise Duty (SAED) on petrol and diesel by Rs. 2 per litre

Notification No. 3/2020-Central Excise

13 Apr 2020

India

Clearance of goods under India’s Trade Agreements without original Certificate of Origin

Circular No. 18/2020 – Customs

11 Apr 2020

India

CGST Rules, 2017 as amended up to 03.04.2020

CGST Rules, 2017

3 Apr 2020

India

Seeks to exempt customs duty on ventilators, personal protection equipments, covid-19 testing kits and inputs for these goods

Notification No. 20/2020– Customs

9 Apr 2020

India

Seeks to amend notification No. 8/2020-Customs dated 02.02.2020 to make changes consequential to enactment of Finance Act, 2020

Notification No. 19/2020– Customs

9 Apr 2020

India

Special Refund and Drawback Disposal Drive - Implementation of decision to expedite pending refund and drawback claims

Instruction No. 03/2020-Customs

9 Apr 2020

India

Facilitation on issuance of health certificate during COVID-19

Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry-Animal Quarantine

12 Apr 2020

India

Submission of Annual / Half-yearly Returns by licensed Manufacturers / Processors and Importers of Food Products - Extension of timeline due to COVID-19 pandemic

Food Safety & Standard Authority

Press Release

11 Apr 2020

India

MSMEs engaged in production of medical items related to COVID-19 should be facilitated on priority- Shri Nitin Gadkari

Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises

Press Release

9 Apr 2020

India

Government Grants exemption from Basic Custom duty & Health Cess on import of Ventilators , PPE , COVID Test Kits & Face & Surgical Masks

Ministry of Finance

Press Release

9 Apr 2020

India

Action taken/Status of implementation of proactive measures relating to COVID-19

Ministry of Steel

Press Release

11 Apr 2020

India

Directive issued by Chennai Customs to CFS for not to charge levies, demur rage charges, rent etc. during lockdown down period

Office of the Commissioner of Customs, Chennai

15 Apr 2020

India

Facilitating passes of drivers related

Chennai Port Trust

13 Apr 2020

India

Nodal officer to liaise with Port users

Kolkata Port Trust

13 Apr 2020

India

30 days Extension in payment of PF dues for March, if wages paid by the employer

Employee’s Provident Fund Organisation

15 Apr 2020

ASEAN

Indonesia

Customs treatment of difference in weight and / or volume of imported goods in bulk and export goods subjected to export duty in bulk forms

Ministry of Finance

Regulation No. Number 26 / PMK.04 / 2020

10 Apr 2020

Indonesia

Provisions on the import of capital goods in non-new conditions

Ministry of Trade

Regulation No. 37

2 Apr 2020

Indonesia

Notice on mandatory Palm Oil for packaging

Regulation No. 36

2 Apr 2020

Singapore

Revised veterinary conditions for importation of table eggs published

Singapore Food Agency

14 Apr 2020

Vietnam

The Government stipulating the customs procedures, customs inspection and supervision of goods in transit through the ASEAN Customs Transit System to implement Protocol 7 on the Customs transit system

Decree 46/2020 / ND-CP

9 Apr 2020

European Union

Re-imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of tubes and pipes of ductile cast iron (also known as spheroidal graphite cast iron) originating in India

European Commission

Regulation (EU) 2020/527

16 Apr 2020

EURO exchange rates: 1 EUR equivalent to 83.41 INR

16 Apr 2020

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)

15 Apr 2020

Japan & South Korea

Japan

Import suspension of poultry meat and egg products from the state of Sachsen-Anhalt of Germany

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

14 Apr 2020

Japan

Import suspension of live poultry, poultry meat and egg products from Bács-Kiskun and Csongrád county of Hungary

14 Apr 2020

South Korea

Livestock sanitation management act enforcement rules

Ministry of Food and Drug Safety

Prime Minister No. 1611

16 Apr 2020

South Korea

Fisheries act enforcement decree published

Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries

Presidential Decree No. 30621

14 Apr 2020

South Korea

Customs law enforcement rules published

Ministry of Strategy and Finance

No. 00790

14 Apr 2020

South Korea

Prohibits the import of pollen for pollination of Pomoideae, Prunus genus and Rubus genus from Canada, United States of America, Bermuda, Guatemala, Mexico, Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Lebanese Republic, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, Albania, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Belarus, Moldova, Republic of, Serbia, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom, New Zealand

Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency

14 Apr 2020

South Korea

Medical device act enforcement rules published

Ministry of Food and Drug Safety

Prime Minister No. 01607

13 Apr 2020

South Korea

Food sanitation law enforcement rules published

Prime Minister No. 0016

13 Apr 2020

South Korea

Food sanitation law enforcement rules amended

Prime Minister No. 1610

13 Apr 2020

Brazil & South Africa

Brazil

Considering the Covid-19 pandemic situation, the Brazilian Plant Protection Organization decided to implement electronic signature in the Phytosanitary Certificates.

Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply

9 April 2020

South Africa

Electronic Communications Act: Harmonisation of Short Code ‘111’ for Coronavirus COVID-19 National Emergency Services

Independent Communications Authority of South Africa

G43229GeN 244

15 Apr 2020

South Africa

Customs and Excise Act: Amendment of rules: Coronavirus COVID-19 lockdown

South African Revenue Service

G43222RG11085GoN 458

9 Apr 2020

Russia

Russia

Certain types of components for the production of hand-held power tools falling under Russian HS 8483402302, 8536508001, 854520 0001 will subject to 0% duty till 30 June 2022

Russian Government

Decision no 44

15 Apr 2020

Russia

Allowing submission of electronic or paper copy of the certificate of origin till 30 September 2020

Russian Government

Decision no 36

11 Apr 2020

Australia

Australia

Temporary changes to documents requirements for imports of animals, biological and animal based goods

Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment

10 Apr 2020

Australia

Temporary measures to assist with assessment and import permit issuance due to COVID-19

10 Apr 2020

Canada & USA

Canada

Modification to the List of Permitted Food Enzymes to Enable the Use of Phospholipase from Aspergillus oryzae AT969 in Bread, Flour, Whole Wheat Flour and Unstandardized Bakery Products

Health Canada

Reference Number: NOM/ADM-0146

15 Apr 2020

Canada

Modification to the lists of permitted food additives to extend the use of potassium phosphate, dibasic, to the same foods and levels of use as currently permitted for sodium phosphate, dibasic

Reference Number: NOM/ADM-0145

8 Apr 2020

USA

Amending numerous veterinary drug MRLs

Food and Drug Administration

Rule No. 2020-06688

9 Apr 2020

UAE

UAE

Imposing a temporary ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds and their untreated by-product, day-old chicks, hatching eggs from USA.

Ministry of Climate Change and Environment

14 Apr 2020

Kenya & Lebanon

Kenya

Standards Act of Kenya published

Kenya Bureau of Standards

Gazette Notice No 3095

9 Apr 2020

Kenya

Approved List of Kenya Standards as on 8 April 2020 published

8 Apr 2020

Kenya

SAC approved List of Confirmations and withdrawals by 8 April 2020 published

8 Apr 2020

Lebanon

Decision on the Mechanism for Reporting Potential Side Effects Related to Therapeutic Protocols Recommended for the Treatment of COVID-19.

Pharmacy and Medicines

Resolution 427-2020

14 Apr 2020

Lebanon

Resolution 417-2020

9 Apr 2020

Lebanon

Resolution regarding the cancellation of both Resolution No. 1/744, Resolution 1/2605, Resolution 243/1 and deadlines for accepting applications for drug registration, with priority given to locally manufactured drugs

Resolution 415-2020

8 Apr 2020


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