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17 September, 2020

17th September, 2020
 
Alerts from the Indian Trade Portal – www.indiantradeportal.in on Tariff/Preferential Tariff/ SPS and TBT measures/GST/Export incentives/Export-Import Policy Conditions etc. during the period: 11 – 17 September 2020 are given under. Please click on a notification for the details
 
EXPORT POLICY & TRADE FACILITATION
Export Policy & Trade Facilitation
 
1.       India - Export policy of all types of onion changed to `Prohibited’ from `Free’
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Foreign Trade (Notification no 31/2015-20
Date: 14 September 2020
Product Coverage: Onion
HS Code: 07031010, 07122000
 
2.       India - Streamlining of Unit Quantity Codes (UQCs) in DGFT's EDI system and Customs ICEGATE
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Foreign Trade (Trade Notice 26/2020-21)
Date: 14 September 2020
Tariff Value
 
3.       India - Tariff value of edible oils, brass scrap, poppy seeds, areca nut, gold and silver published
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs) Notification No. 87/2020-CUSTOMS (N.T.)
Date: 15 September 2020
Product Coverage: Edible Oils, Brass Scrap, Poppy Seeds, Areca Nut, Gold and Silver
HS Code: 15111000, 15119010, 15119090, 1511100, 15119020, 15119090, 15071000, 740400, 12079100
Customs
 
4.       India - Notifies list of 27 processed items (plant products) which do not require plant quarantine clearance
Notification Authority: Mumbai Air Cargo (Public Notice 122/2020)
Date: 11 Sep 2020
Product Coverage: Plant products
 
5.       India - Publishes revised pet clearance procedure for pets/live animal
Notification Authority: Mumbai Air Cargo (Public Notice 118/2020)
Date: 11 Sep 2020
Product Coverage: Pets/live animal
 
ANTI-DUMPING/ COUNTERVAILING/ SAFEGUARD DUTIES
 
6.       India - Anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of Non-Woven Fabric originating in or exported from Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Saudi Arabia and China PR
Notification Authority: Directorate General Trade Remedies
Date: 16 September 2020
Product Coverage: Non-Woven Fabric
HS Code: 56031100, 56039100
 
7.       India - Initiation of mid-term review limited to change of name of producer/exporter from Korea RP in the anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of “Aluminium and Zinc coated flat products” originating in or exported from China PR, Vietnam and Korea
Notification Authority: Directorate General Trade Remedies
Date: 16 September 2020
Product Coverage: Aluminium and Zinc coated flat products
HS Code: 72101290, 72103090, 72104900, 72106900, 72107000, 72109090, 72121090, 72122090, 72123090, 72124000, 72169910, 72255010, 72259100, 72259200, 72269930
 
8.       India - Final PCN methodology for anti-subsidy investigation concerning imports of “Viscose Rayon Filament Yarn above 60 deniers” originating in or exported from China PR.
Notification Authority: Directorate General Trade Remedies
Date: 16 September 2020
Product Coverage: Viscose Rayon Filament Yarn above 60 deniers
HS Code: 54012000, 54033100, 54033200,54034110, 54034120, 54034130, 54034150, 54034170, 54034190, 54034290, 540349
 
9.       India - Anti-Dumping investigation concerning imports of Aluminium Foil 80 micron and below from China PR, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 14 September 2020
Product Coverage: Aluminium Foil
HS Code: 760711, 76071110 76071190, 760719, 76071910, 760719 91, 760719 92, 760719 93, 760719 94, 760719 95, 760719 99, 760720, 76072010 and 76072010.
 
10.   India – Publishes notice on initiation of bilateral safeguard investigation concerning imports of “PVC Suspension Grade Resin” into India from Japan under India-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (Bilateral Safeguard Measures) Rules, 2017
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 14 September 2020
Product Coverage: PVC Suspension Grade Resin
HS Code: 3904
 
11.   India - Initiation of anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of “Certain flat rolled products of Aluminium” originating in or exported from China
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 11 Sep 2020
Product Coverage: flat rolled products of Aluminium
HS Code: 7606, 7607
 
12.   India - Extending time period to complete the anti-subsidy investigation initiated on 12th September 2019 concerning imports of “Textured Tempered Glass whether Coated or Uncoated” originating in or exported from Malaysia
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 11 Sep 2020
Product Coverage: Textured Tempered Glass whether Coated or Uncoated
HS Code: 70031990, 70051010, 70051090, 70052190, 70052990, 70053090, 70071900
 
13.   India - Rescheduling oral hearing in safeguard investigation concerning imports of “Isopropyl Alcohol” into India
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 11 Sep 2020
Product Coverage: Isopropyl Alcohol
HS Code: 2905 12 20
 
14.   India - Extending response time for filling questionaries on anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of “Glass Fibre and articles thereof” originating in or exported from Bahrain and Egypt
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 11 Sep 2020
Product Coverage: Glass Fibre and articles thereof
HS Code: 7019
 
15.   India - Preliminary findings on anti-dumping investigation concerning the imports of “Toluene DiIsocyanate” from European Union, Saudi Arabia, Chinese Taipei and United Arab Emirates
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 11 Sep 2020
Product Coverage: Toluene DiIsocyanate
HS Code: 29291020
 
16.   India - List of registered interested parties for initiation of anti-dumping investigations on imports of “All Fully Drawn or Fully Oriented Yarn/Spin Draw Yarn/Flat Yarn of Polyester (FDY)” from China PR, Thailand and Vietnam
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 11 Sep 2020
Product Coverage: All Fully Drawn or Fully Oriented Yarn/Spin Draw Yarn/Flat Yarn of Polyester (FDY)
HS Code: 540247
 
17.   India - List of registered interested parties for initiation of anti-dumping duty investigation in respect of the imports of “Phthalic Anhydride” originating in or exported from Russia and Japan
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 11 Sep 2020
Product Coverage: Phthalic Anhydride
HS Code: 29173500
 
18.   India – Initiation of bilateral safeguard investigation concerning imports of “Polybutadiene Rubber” into India from Korea RP under India-Korea Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (Bilateral Safeguard Measures) Rules, 2017
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 11 Sep 2020
Product Coverage: Polybutadiene Rubber
HS Code: 40022000
 
19.   India - Sunset review investigation concerning anti-dumping duty on imports of “Diketopyrrolo Pyrrole Pigment Red 254 (DPP Red 254)” originating in or exported from China
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 11 Sep 2020
Product Coverage: Diketopyrrolo Pyrrole Pigment Red 254
HS Code: 32041111, 32041630, 32041711, 32041719, 32041720, 32041760, 32041973, 32041984, 32049000, 32061110, 32064990
 
AGRICULTURE
Animal Originated Products
 
20.   Philippines – Imposing bans on importation of domestic and wild pigs and their products, including pork meat, pig skin, porcine processed animal proteins and semen
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture
Date: 16 September 2020
Product Coverage: Domestic and wild pigs and their products and by-products
 
21.   South Korea – Publishes import health requirement for captive or wild mammals
Notification Authority: Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA)
Date: 16 September 2020
Product Coverage: Captive or wild mammals
HS Code: 0106
 
22.   Thailand - Temporarily suspend importation of live domestic pigs and wild pigs and their carcasses from following countries to prevent the spread of African Swine Fever
Notification Authority: Department of Livestock Development (DLD)
Product Coverage: Live domestic pigs and their carcasses
HS Code: 0103, 0203, 05021000
 
23.   Singapore - Suspended importation of equids, equine semen, oocytes and embryos from Malaysia
Notification Authority: National Parks Board (NParks)
Date: 15 September 2020
Product Coverage: Equids, equine semen, oocytes and embryos
HS Code: 01012900, 01012100, 01061900, 05119990
 
24.   Saudi Arabia - Temporary ban on importation of Equine from following countries
Notification Authority: Ministry of Environment Water and Agriculture
Date: 15 September 2020
Product Coverage: Equine
 
25.   Kazakhstan – Proposes harmonization of veterinary requirements and forms of common veterinary certificates of imported products
Notification Authority: Eurasian Economic Commission
Date: 15 September 2020
Product Coverage: Products subject to veterinary control
 
26.   Canada - List of permitted food enzymes to enable the use of protease from trichoderma reesei RF8963 in hydrolyzed animal, milk and vegetable protein published
Notification Authority: Health Canada
Date: 15 September 2020
Product Coverage: Protease from Trichoderma reesei
 
27.   China – Publishes standards for microbial food, beverages, fermented milk, modified milk and pre-packaged foods
Microbial food standard stipulates the basic requirement and management guideline for the sites, facilities and personnel in the process of raw material purchasing, species use and management, processing, packaging, storage and transportation. Click here for notification
Beverages standard applies to beverages Click here for notification
Fermented milk and flavoured fermented milk standard apply to fermented milk and flavoured fermented milk which define specific requirements of fermented milk, yoghurt, flavoured fermented milk and flavoured yoghurt are specified. Click here for notification
Modified milk standard is applicable to modified milk Click here for notification
Pre-packaged foods standard specifies the description and explanation of food nutrition information and characteristics on the nutrition label of prepackaged food. Click here for notification
Notification Authority: National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China (NHC)
Date: 14 September 2020
Product Coverage: Modified milk, Fermented milk, Beverage, Microbial food cultures
HS Code: 040590, 0403, 22 (Except 2201 & 2202), 210690
Food
 
28.   Australia - High-risk plant products (in various raw and processed forms for any end use) will not be permitted entry from any country into Australia within mail items (including items posted using Express Mail Service) or baggage carried by international travellers (accompanied baggage)
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment
Date: 16 September 2020
Product Coverage: Rice (Oryza sativa), Chickpeas (Cicer arietinum) , Cucurbit seed (Cucurbita spp.) Cumin seed (Cuminum cyminum), Safflower seed (Carthamus tinctorius) , Bean seed (Phaseolus) , Soybean (Glycine max) , Mung beans, cowpeas (Vigna) , Lentils (Lens culinaris) , Wheat (Triticum aestivum) , Coriander seed (Coriandrum sativum) , Celery seed (Apium graveolens) , Peanuts (Arachis hypogaea) , Dried peppers (Capsicum spp) , Faba bean (Vicia faba) , Pigeon Pea (Cajanus cajan) , Peas (Pisum sativum) , Fennel seed (Foeniculum spp).
HS Code: 1006, 071311, 1207, 0909, 1207, 1106, 1201, 1106, 0713, 1106, 1001, 1104, 1103, 1101, 0909, 0713, 1202
 
29.   Brazil - Publishes instruction establishes the inclusion of a declaration in the label of food products informing the existence of a new formula changing its composition
Notification Authority: Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA)
Date: 16 September 2020
Product Coverage: Food Formula
HS Code: 2106
 
30.   Canada – Modifying list of permitted sweeteners to enable the use of steviol glycosides from saccharomyces cerevisiae Y63348 in a variety of foods
Notification Authority: Health Canada
Date: 16 September 2020
Product Coverage: Steviol Glycosides from Saccharomyces cerevisiae
HS Code: 210690
 
31.   EU - Proposes non approval of the active substance ethametsulfuron-methyl for placing of plant protection products on the market
Notification Authority: European Commission (Regulation (EU) 2020/1281)
Date: 14 September 2020
Product Coverage: Agri Chemical
HS Code: 3808
 
32.   EU - Proposes non approval of the active substance benalaxyl for placing of plant protection products on the market
Notification Authority: European Commission (Regulation (EU) 2020/1280)
Date: 14 September 2020
Product Coverage: Agri Chemical
HS Code: 3808
 
33.   India - Extending of timeline for compliance of sub-regulation 3 (9) relating to Printing inks for use on food packages of the Food Safety and Standards (Packaging) Regulations, 2018 
Notification Authority: Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
Date: 11 Sep 2020
Product Coverage: Food
 
34.   Indonesia - Amending regulations regarding enzymes and processing aids
Notification Authority: National Agency of Drug and Food Control
Date: 11 Sep 2020
Product Coverage: enzymes
 
35.   Russia - New procedure for organizing and conducting state quarantine phytosanitary control published
Notification Authority: Government of Russia
Date: 11 Sep 2020
Product Coverage: Plants & Plant Products
Feed
 
36.   Japan - Amending standards and specifications of Phytase
Notification Authority: Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF)
Date: 16 September 2020
Product Coverage: Phytase as a feed additive
HS Code: 2309
 
37.   Japan - Publishes ministerial ordinance on the specifications and standards of feeds and feed additives
Notification Authority: Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF)
Date: 14 September 2020
Product Coverage: Phytase as a feed additive
HS Code: 2309
 
38.   USA - Establishes tolerances for the inadvertent residues of pydiflumetofen in or on animal feed
Notification Authority: Environmental Protection Agency
Date: 14 September 2020
Product Coverage: Animal feed, non-grass, group 18, hay; Grass, forage, fodder and hay, group 17, except straw; Grass, forage, fodder and hay, group 17, straw
HS Code: 2309
 
CHEMICALS
Drugs
 
39.   Australia – Publishes notice on assessment of application to import live attenuated Salmonella vaccines
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture
Date: 10 September 2020
Product Coverage: Veterinary Drugs
HS Code: 3004
 
40.   Vietnam – Publishes circular on plant protection drugs permitted to use and banned from use
Notification Authority: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
Date: 10 September 2020
Product Coverage: Plant protection drugs
 
41.   USA – Publishes list of safe and suitable ingredients, including food additives, used in the production of meat, poultry, and egg products
Notification Authority: Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)
Date: 10 September 2020
Product Coverage: Plant protection drugs
Cosmetics
 
42.   Malaysia – Publishes directive on amendments to special registration conditions for products containing oral retinoids indicated for the treatment of skin diseases
Notification Authority: Ministry of Health
Date: 15 September 2020
Product Coverage: Cosmetics
HS Code: 33, 3401
 
43.   India – Publishes list of drugs, medical devices and cosmetics declared as not of standard quality/ spurious/ adulterated/ misbranded, for the month of august 2020
Notification Authority: Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation
Date: 15 September 2020
Product Coverage: Drugs
HS Code: 29, 30
Chemicals
 
44.   USA - Establishes an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of 1-octanamine, N,N-dimethyl-, N-oxide (CAS Reg. No. 2605-78-9) when used as an inert ingredient (surfactant) in pesticide
Notification Authority: Environmental Protection Agency
Date: 16 September 2020
Product Coverage: Pesticides
HS Code: 3808
 
45.   Brazil - Publishes instruction establishes the inclusion of a declaration in the label of pesticides informing the existence of a new formula changing its composition
Notification Authority: Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA)
Date: 16 September 2020
Product Coverage: Pesticides
HS Code: 38089910
 
46.   EU - Amending conditions of approval of the active substance Azadirachtin
European Commission (Regulation (EU) 2020/1293)
Date: 16 September 2020
Product Coverage: azadirachtin
 
47.   Hong Kong - Publishes pharmacy and poisons regulations
Notification Authority: Government of Hong Kong
Date: 15 September 2020
 
48.   Denmark - Imposed ban on selling concentrated pesticides and biocides to private individuals
Notification Authority: Ministry of Food and Environment
Date: 14 September 2020
Product Coverage: Pesticides and biocides.
HS Code: 3808
 
49.   EU - Approved active chlorine generated from sodium chloride by electrolysis as an active substance for use in biocidal products of product‑type 1
Notification Authority: European Commission
Date: 14 September 2020
Product Coverage: Biocidal products
HS Code: 3808
 
50.   EU - Approved active chlorine released from hypochlorous acid as an active substance for use in biocidal products
Notification Authority: European Commission
Date: 14 September 2020
Product Coverage: Biocidal products
HS Code: 3808
 
51.   Australia - Ozone protection and synthetic greenhouse gas management regulations 1995 published
Notification Authority: Department of Chemical
Date: 11 Sep 2020
Product Coverage: Chemicals
 
52.   Myanmar - Standard operating procedures for the certified exporters published
Notification Authority: Ministry of Commerce
Date: 11 Sep 2020
 
53.   EU - Approved active substance sodium hydrogen carbonate as a low-risk substance concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market
Notification Authority: European Commission (Regulation (EU) 2020/1263)
Date: 10 Sep 2020
Product Coverage: Food
 
ENGINEERING & ELECTRONICS
 
54.   Japan – Publishes new medical devices approved in FY 2019 (Apr 19 to Mar 20)
Notification Authority: Ministry of Health
Date: 15 September 2020
Product Coverage: Medical Device
HS Code: 9017, 9019, 9020, 9021, 9022, 9025, 9026
 
55.   Sri Lanka – Seek relaxation of import restrictions under Imports and Exports Control Regulation No 07 of 2020
Notification Authority: Department of Import & Exports Control
Date: 15 September 2020
 
56.   USA - Rules to reduce sulfur hexaflouride emissions from gas insulated switchgear amended
Notification Authority: Environmental Protection Agency,
Date: 14 September 2020
Product Coverage: Switchgear and control gear
HS Code: 853521
 
57.   Taiwan - Proposes regulations governing the classification of medical devices
Notification Authority: Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Date: 14 September 2020
Product Coverage: Medical equipment
HS Code: 9018, 9019, 9020, 9021, 9022, 9026
Toys
 
58.   India - Implementation of quality testing (BIS standards) of toys imports extended to 31 Dec 2020. Allows domestic manufacturers four months of extra time to make necessary arrangements for compliance of standards in view of difficulties arising out of COVID-19 pandemic.
Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT)
Date: 16 September 2020
Product Coverage: Toys
HS Code: 9503
 
59.   India – Publishes BIS certification of safety of toys frequently asked questions
Notification Authority: Bureau of Indian Standards
Date: 15 September 2020
Product Coverage: Toys
HS Code: 9503
 
60.   Denmark - Publishes executive order on safety requirements for toys. The executive order lays down requirements for manufacturer, importers and distributors who is placing a toy product on the market or make it available on the market
Notification Authority: Danish Safety Technology Authority
Date: 14 September 2020
Product Coverage: Games and Sports
HS Code: 9503
Automobile
 
61.   Tanzania - Publishes DTZS 1691:2018 Automatic Transmission Fluids (ATF) based on road vehicles specifies the classification as recommended by manufacturers and meeting the modern vehicles use
Notification Authority: Tanzania Bureau of Standards
Date: 16 September 2020
Product Coverage: Hydraulic fluids
 
62.   Vietnam - Extending time limit for special consumption tax payment for domestically manufactured or assembled automobiles
Notification Authority: Government of Vietnam (Decree No. 109/2020 / ND-CP)
Date: 15 September 2020
Product Coverage: Automobiles
 
63.   Tanzania - Publishes DTZS 1691:2018 Automatic Transmission Fluids (ATF) based on road vehicles specifies the classification as recommended by manufacturers and meeting the modern vehicles use
Notification Authority: Tanzania Bureau of Standards
Date: 16 September 2020
Product Coverage: Hydraulic fluids
Telecommunication
 
64.   Switzerland - Specifies the basic technical requirements with regards to telecommunications installations set
Notification Authority: Federal Office of Communications
Date: 16 September 2020
Product Coverage: Telecommunication equipment
HS Code: 8528
 
65.   Chile - Establishes the certification procedure for external power sources for computers, tablet chargers and cell phone chargers (switched sources)
Notification Authority: Superintendency of Electricity and Fuels (SEC)
Date: 14 September 2020
Product Coverage: External power sources for computers, tablet chargers and cell phone chargers (switched sources).
HS Code: 8504
 
66.   Australia - Telecommunications Act 1997 published: Import and labelling requirements amended
Notification Authority: Department of Telecommunications
Date: 11 Sep 2020
Product Coverage: Telecommunications goods
Others
 
67.   Kenya - Publishes standard specifies requirements, test methods and sampling for untreated mosquito nets
Notification Authority: Kenya Bureau of Standards
Date: 16 September 2020
Product Coverage: Products of the textile industry
 
68.   United Kingdom – The Environmental Protection (Plastic Straws, Cotton Buds and Stirrers) (England) Regulations 2020 published
Notification Authority: Government of United Kingdom
Date: 10 September 2020
Product Coverage: Plastic Straws, Cotton Buds and Stirrers
 
69.   United Kingdom - The Customs (Bulk Customs Declaration and Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 published
Notification Authority: Government of United Kingdom
Date: 10 September 2020

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