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25 September, 2020

25th 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: 18 – 24 September 2020 are given under. Please click on a notification for the details.
 
EXPORT-IMPORT POLICY, MEIS, TARIFF & GST
Trade Facilitation & MEIS
 
1.  India - Harmonization of Table 2 of Appendix 3B for exports made with effect from 01.01.2020
Notification Authority: Director General of Foreign Trade (Public notice 17/2015-20)
Date: 22 September 2020
Product Coverage: Chemicals
HS Code: 382490
 
2.  India - Implementation of the Track and Trace system for export of Pharmaceuticals and drug consignments alongwith maintaining the Parent-Child relationship in the levels of packaging and their movement in supply chain extended till 01-04-2021
Notification Authority: Director General of Foreign Trade (Public notice 16/2015-20)
Date: 22 September 2020
Product Coverage: Pharmaceuticals
HS Code: 30

Import Policy and Tariff
 
3.  India - Introducing import policy condition for HS Chapter 85 & 94 to enable random Sampling of LED products and control gear for LED products notified under Electronics and information technology good (Requirement of Compulsory Registration Order 2012)
Notification Authority: Director General of Foreign Trade (Notification no 32/2015-20)
Date: 17 Sep 2020
Product Coverage: LED Products
HS Code: 85 & 94
 
4.  India - Seeks to amend notification No. 50/2017 so as to reduce the Basic Customs Duty on Lentils (Mosur) for the period from 18th September, 2020 to 31st October, 2020
Notification Authority: Department of Revenue (Notification No. 34/2020-Customs)
Date: 17 Sep 2020
Product Coverage: Lentils (Mosur)
HS Code: 07134000, 07136000

Goods & Services Tax
 
5.  India - Seeks to grant waiver / reduction in late fee for not furnishing FORM GSTR-10, subject to the condition that the returns are filled between 22.09.2020 to 31.12.2020
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Notification no 68/2020-Central Tax )
Date: 21 Sep 2020
 
6.  India - Seeks to grant waiver / reduction in late fee for not furnishing FORM GSTR-4 for 2017-18 and 2018-19, subject to the condition that the returns are filled between 22.09.2020 to 31.10.2020
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Notification no 67/2020-Central Tax)
Date: 21 Sep 2020
 
7.  India - Seeks to give one time extension for the time limit provided under Section 31(7) of the CGST Act 2017 till 31.10.2020.
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Notification no 66/2020-Central Tax
Date: 21 Sep 2020

Foreign Trade Procedure
 
8.  India – Published revision of ANF 7A Application for Claim of TED Refund/Duty Drawback/ Brand rate fixation
Notification Authority: Director General of Foreign Trade (Public notice 17/2015-20)
Date: 24 September 2020
 
9.  India - Tariff Value of Edible Oils, Brass Scrap, Poppy Seeds, Areca Nut, Gold and Silver notified
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs (Notification no. 91/2020- Customs (NT))
Date: 24 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
 
TRADE REMEDIES
Anti-Dumping Duty
 
10. India - Final extension of time for filling the questionnaire response in antidumping 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: 24 September 2020
Product Coverage: Glass fibre and articles
HS code: 70
 
11. India - Initiation of Anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of Untreated Fumed Silica from China PR & Korea RP
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 23 September 2020
Product Coverage: Untreated Fumed Silica
HS Code: 28112190, 28391900
 
12. India - Initiation of sunset review investigation concerning imports of Melamine from China PR
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 23 September 2020
Product Coverage: Melamine
HS Code: 29336100
 
13. India - Extension of timeline to complete the Anti-Dumping investigation concerning imports of ‘Faced Glasswool in Rolls” originating in or exported from China PR.
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 22 September 2020
Product Coverage: Faced Glasswool in Rolls
HS Code: 7019 9010, 7019 9090, 7019 1900, 7019 3900, 7019 5900
 
14. India - Anti-circumvention investigation concerning alleged circumvention of anti-dumping duty imposed on imports of measuring tapes from China PR
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 22 September 2020
Product Coverage: Measuring Tapes
HS Code: 9017
 
15. India - Anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of “Sodium Hydrosulphite” originating in or exported from China PR and Korea RP
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 17 Sep 2020
Product Coverage: Sodium Hydrosulphite
HS Code: 28311010 & 28321020

Safeguard Duty
 
16. India - 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: 17 Sep 2020
Product Coverage: PVC Suspension Grade Resin
HS Code: 3904
 
AGRICULTURE
Animal Origin Products
 
17. EU - Establishing specific control and inspection programmes for certain fisheries
Notification Authority: European Commission (Decision (EU) 2020/1320)
Date: 22 September 2020
Product Coverage: Fish
HS Code: 03
 
18. Japan - Suspended the import of live pig and pig meat and products thereof from Germany, including those shipped through third countries
Notification Authority : Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF)
Date: 23 September 2020
Product Coverage: Live pigs and pig meat and products thereof
 
19. Brazil - Establishes the identity and quality standards for milk desert
Notification Authority: Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply
Date: 22 September 2020
Product Coverage: milk desert
 
20. Myanmar – Publishes authorization requirement under the `Live Fish Importing under the Aquaculture Law 1989’
Notification Authority: Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation
Date: 18 September 2020
Product Coverage: Botia (Chromobotiamacracanthus) , Other, Koi carp (Cyprinus carpio), Goldfish (Carassius auratus), Siamese fighting fish (Beta splendens), Oscars (Astonotusocellatus), Arowanas (Scleropagesformosus), Arowanas Jardini (ScleropagesJardini), Fry, Banggai cardinal fish (Pterapogonkauderni), Napoleon wrasse (Cheilinusundulatus), Other, Trout, Eels (Anguilla spp.)
HS Code: 0301111100, 0301111900, 0301119100, 0301119200, 0301119300, 0301119400, 0301119500, 0301119600, 0301119900, 0301191000, 0301199100, 0301199200, 0301199900 ,0301910000, 0301920000
 
21. South Korea – Requested government of exporting countries to provide relevant information of the residue program to the Korean government on raw materials for livestock products such as raw milk or finished livestock products.
Notification Authority: Ministry of Food and Drug Safety
Date: 22 September 2020
Product Coverage: Livestock products
HS Code: 01, 02, 03, 04, 16, 2309
 
22. South Korea - Imported seafood distribution work will transferred from the Korea Customs Service to the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries on October 1, 2020
Notification Authority: Department of Customs
Date: 22 September 2020

Food & Feed
 
23. India - Order dated 24th September 2020 regarding prohibition of the production of blended edible vegetable oil of mustard 0il
Notification Authority: Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
Date: 24 September 2020
Product Coverage: Blended Edible Vegetable Oil of mustard Oil
 
24. Israel – Publishes revision of the mandatory standard SI 58 to be replaced with SI 58 part 2, dealing with cucumbers pickles
Notification Authority: Israel WTO-TBT Enquiry Point
Date: 24 September 2020
Product Coverage: Pickled cucumbers;
HS Code: 200110
 
25. Canada – List of permitted enzymes amended
Notification Authority: Health Canada
Date: 24 September 2020
Product Coverage: Food additives
 
26. Chile - Establish sanitary requirements for the internationalization of ruminant pebbles (ovens and caprinos) for the reproduction
Notification Authority: Agricultural and Ganadero Service (SAG)
Date: 24 September 2020
Product Coverage: Ovinos y Caprinos
 
27. Moldova – Propose regulation aims to ensure animal health and welfare, human health and guarantees the right to safe food, by making feed operators responsible
Notification Authority: Ministry of Agriculture, Regional Development and Environment
Date: 24 September 2020
Product Coverage: The animal feed;
HS Code: 2309
 
28. Australia – Publishes maximum residue limits for various pesticides
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture and Water Resources
Date: 23 September 2020
Product Coverage: Food
 
29. India – Publishes regulations are regarding new/revised standards of buffalo milk, fruit and vegetable products, cereal and cereal products, sweets and confectionery, spices and condiments and food additives
Notification Authority : Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)
Date: 23 September 2020
Product Coverage: Food products
 
30. India – Proposes amendment to make mandatory use of Indigo Carmine or Brilliant Blue up to 10ppm in production of non-edible ice, including non-edible ice blocks coming in contact with food products during preservation/storage/transportation of perishable food commodities so as to differentiate it from edible-ice which must remain colourless
Notification Authority : Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)
Date: 23 September 2020
Product Coverage: Food products
 
31. India - Direction regarding operationalisation of draft Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restriction on Sales) Amendment Regulations, 2020 with respect to Prohibition of Blending in Mustard Oil published
Notification Authority: Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
Date: 23 September 2020
Product Coverage: Blending in Mustard Oil
 
32. India – Food Safety and Standards (Organic Foods) Amendment Regulations, 2020 detailing the exemption for Aggregators or Intermediaries who collect organic food from small original producer or producer organization and sell it to the end consumer directly, and provisions for in conversion products
Notification Authority: Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)
Date: 23 September 2020
 
33.   Israel – Publishes third amendment to the mandatory standard SI 58, dealing with canned pickled vegetables
Notification Authority: Israel WTO-TBT Enquiry Point
Date: 23 September 2020
Product Coverage: Canned pickled vegetables
HS Code: 2001
 
34. Saudi Arabia – Proposes technical regulation is concerned with the maximum shelf life permitted for food products likely to perish under appropriate packaging and specific storage condition
Notification Authority: Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization (SASO)
Date: 23 September 2020
Product Coverage: Food products in general (ICS 67.040)
 
35. Taiwan – Proposes regulation for the use restriction and labeling requirement of guayusa leaves (ilex guayusa) as food ingredients
Notification Authority : Ministry of Health and Welfare
Date: 23 September 2020
Product Coverage: Food ingredient to be used in food
 
36. Canada – Publishes list of permitted emulsifying, gelling, stabilizing or thickening agents
Notification Authority: Health Canada
Date: 22 September 2020
Product Coverage: Food
 
37. China – Establishes emergency preventive measures for foreign manufacturers of imported cold-chain foods with novel coronavirus nucleic acid positive results
Notification Authority: General Administration of Customs
Date: 22 September 2020
Product Coverage: Cold-chain food
 
38. Egypt – Publishes technical regulations governing issuance of validity certificates for food exports
Notification Authority: National Food Safety Authority (NFSA)
Date: 22 September 2020
Product Coverage: Food
 
39. Egypt – Publishes rules for certificates of inspection and conformity for imported food consignments
Notification Authority: National Food Safety Authority (NFSA)
Date: 22 September 2020
HS Code: 0401 to 0405, 08, 15, 1704, 1806, 2009, 2201
 
40. Egypt – Due to COVID-19 temporarily reducing the percentage of consignments of imported Food raw materials and final food products subjected to inspection to be 25% provided
Notification Authority: National Food Safety Authority (NFSA)
Date: 22 September 2020
Product Coverage: Food
 
41. India - Publishes Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Seventh Amendment Regulations, 2020
Notification Authority: Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
Date: 18 September 2020
Product Coverage: Food
 
42. India - Letter issued on licensing of infant food other than those specified under sub-regulations 2.1.19 of Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011
Notification Authority: Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
Date: 18 September 2020
Product Coverage: Food
 
43. India - Advisory regarding Section-61 Punishment for False Information of FSS Act, 2006 published
Notification Authority: Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
Date: 18 September 2020
Product Coverage: Food
 
44. Ukraine – Proposes law on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food
Notification Authority: Ministry for Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture
Date: 18 September 2020
Product Coverage: Foodstuff
 
45. Bahrain – Publishes technical regulation "Electronic nicotine products” (cigarettes alternatives)
Notification Authority: Ministry of Industry, Commerce & Tourism
Date: 17 Sep 2020
Product Coverage: Electronic nicotine products, Tobacco Products
HS Code: 24
 
46. Australia - Updated resources to make easy application for import of processed plant and animal-based feed and their ingredients
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture
Date: 17 Sep 2020
Product Coverage: Plant and animal-based feed
HS Code: 2309
 
47. China - Establishes 1673 maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the residues of 187 pesticides, including abamectin, etc. in or on foods
Notification Authority: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affiairs (MARA) of the People's Republic of China
Date: 17 Sep 2020
Product Coverage: Foods
 
48. USA - Establishes tolerances for residues of tiafenacil in multiple commodities.
Notification Authority: Environmental Protection Agency
Date: 17 Sep 2020
Product Coverage: Corn, field, grain; Corn, pop, grain; Cottonseed subgroup 20C; Grape; Soybean, seed; Wheat, grain; Cotton, gin by-products; Corn, field, forage; Corn, field, forage; Corn, pop, stover; Soybean, forage; Soybean, hay; Wheat, forage; Wheat, hay; Wheat, straw
HS Code: 10, 11

Organic Products
 
49. EU - Establishes specific criteria and conditions for the checks of documentary accounts in the framework of official controls in organic production and the official controls of group of operators.
Notification Authority: European Commission
Date: 18 September 2020
Product Coverage: Organic products
 
50. EU - Publishes provisions on groups of operators and amends the model of the certificate provided to operators or group of operators
Notification Authority: European Commission
Date: 18 September 2020
Product Coverage: Organic products
 
CHEMICAL & MEDICAL SUPPLIES
Chemical & Medical Supplies
 
51. EU – Amending Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as regards N,N-dimethylformamide
Notification Authority: European Commission
Date: 24 September 2020
Product Coverage: N,N-dimethylformamide; Products of the chemical industry
 
52. Russia – Mandatory labeling of perfumery products and photographic goods introduced from 1 October 2020
Notification Authority: Russian Government
Date: 24 September 2020
Product Coverage: perfumery products and photographic goods
HS Code: 330330
 
53. USA - Proposes to amend medical product "intended use" regulations
Notification Authority: Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Date: 24 September 2020
Product Coverage: Tobacco products regulated as drugs, devices, or combination products
HS Code: 24
 
54. Uruguay – Publishes Mercosur technical regulation on the vocabulary of legal metrology terms
Notification Authority: SSC MERCOSUR (Decree No. 230/2020)
Date: 24 September 2020
 
55. Brazil – Publishes decision to ban the active ingredient Paraquate in Brazil
Notification Authority: National Health Surveillance Agency
Date: 22 September 2020
Product Coverage: Biocidal products
HS Code: 3808
 
56. Canada - Proposes maximum residue limit for Mandestrobin
Notification Authority : Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), Health Canada
Date: 23 September 2020
Product Coverage: Pesticide mandestrobin in or on various commodities
 
57. South Korea – Proposes regulation on approval of advanced biopharmaceuticals and the safety about advanced biological products
Notification Authority: Ministry of Food and Drug Safety
Date: 23 September 2020
Product Coverage: Advanced Biological Products
HS Code: 300490
 
58. Ukraine – Proposes amendment to Ukrainian legislation in the field of food for infants and young children with the requirements
Notification Authority: Ministry for Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine
Date: 23 September 2020
Product Coverage: Children food
 
59. South Korea – Publishes enforcement decree of the narcotics management act 
Notification Authority: Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (Drug Policy Division )
Date: 22 September 2020
Product Coverage: Chemicals
 
60. Egypt – Publishes Egyptian standard ES 6788-5 for "Intravascular Catheters” which specifies requirements for over-needle peripheral intravascular catheters, intended for accessing the peripheral vascular system, supplied in the sterile condition and intended for single use
Notification Authority: Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality
Date: 22 September 2020
Product Coverage: Syringes, needles and catheters
 
61. Egypt – Proposes standard ES 6134-2 for " Medical Suction Equipment
Notification Authority: Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality
Date: 22 September 2020
Product Coverage: Anaesthetic, respiratory and reanimation equipment
 
62. Russia - Cars for transportation of disabled people have been added to the list of medical goods, the import and sale of which is exempt from value added tax
Notification Authority: Russia Government
Date: 22 September 2020
Product Coverage: Cars for transportation of disabled people
 
63. Australia - Importers and customs brokers to provide manufacturer’s safety data sheet to inspecting officer when lodging consignments of containerised fertiliser
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture
Date: 17 Sep 2020
Product Coverage: Fertiliser
HS Code: 3101          
 
64. Brazil - Publishes new monograph for Pyroxasulfone
Notification Authority: National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA)
Date: 17 Sep 2020
Product Coverage: Pyroxasulfone
HS Code: 3808

Veterinary Drugs
 
65. Taiwan - Veterinary drugs ractopamine MRLs amended
Notification Authority: Food and Drug Administration (TFDA)
Date: 18 September 2020
Product Coverage: Veterinary Drugs
HS Code: 3005

Cosmetics
 
66. Myanmar - Publishes certificates are required when importing the toothpaste into Myanmar
Notification Authority: Department of Food and Drug Administration
Date: 23 September 2020
Product Coverage: Toothpaste
HS Code: 330610
 
67. Myanmar - Publishes labelling instruction for cosmetic products
Notification Authority: Department of Food and Drug Administration,
Date: 23 September 2020
Product Coverage: Creams, emulsions, lotions, gels and oils for skin (hands, face, feet, etc), Face masks (with the exception of chemical peeling products), Tinted bases (liquids, pastes, powders), Make-up powders, after-bath powder, hygienic powders, etc., Toilet soaps, deodorant soaps, etc, Perfumes, toilet waters and eau de cologne, Bath or shower preparations (salts, foams, oils, gels, etc), Depilatories, Deodorants and anti-perspirants, Hair care products, Shaving product (creams, foams, lotions, etc), Product for making-up and removing make-up from the face and the eyes, Products intended for application to the lips, Products for care of the teeth and the mouth, Products for nail care and make-up, Products for external intimate hygiene, Sunbathing products, Products for external intimate hygiene, Anti-wrinkle products
 
68. Myanmar - Importer needs to apply the Acknowledgement of Cosmetic Notification before market distribution at Department of Food and Drug Administration
Notification Authority: Department of Food and Drug Administration,
Date: 23 September 2020
Product Coverage: Creams, emulsions, lotions, gels and oils for skin (hands, face, feet, etc), Face masks (with the exception of chemical peeling products), Tinted bases (liquids, pastes, powders), Make-up powders, after-bath powder, hygienic powders, etc., Toilet soaps, deodorant soaps, etc, Perfumes, toilet waters and eau de cologne, Bath or shower preparations (salts, foams, oils, gels, etc), Depilatories, Deodorants and anti-perspirants, Hair care products, Shaving product (creams, foams, lotions, etc), Product for making-up and removing make-up from the face and the eyes, Products intended for application to the lips, Products for care of the teeth and the mouth, Products for nail care and make-up, Products for external intimate hygiene, Sunbathing products, Products for external intimate hygiene, Anti-wrinkle products

Medical Device
 
69. South Korea – Proposes to amend the "Regulation on medical device group and class by group
Notification Authority: Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy
Date: 22 September 2020
Product Coverage: Medical Devices
HS Code: 9018 – 9025 ( Except 9022 & 9023)
 
70. USA - Proposing to reclassify cytomegalovirus (CMV) deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) quantitative assay devices intended for transplant patient management
Notification Authority: Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Health and Human Services (HHS)
Date: 22 September 2020
Product Coverage: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) quantitative assay devices intended for transplant patient management; Medical equipment (ICS 11.040), Laboratory medicine (ICS 11.100)
 
71. Indonesia – Publishes procedures for imposing import duty tariffs on imported goods based on the ASEAN Goods Trade Agreement
Notification Authority: Minister of Finance
Date: 22 September 2020
 
ENGINERRING & ELECTRONICS
Engineering & Electronics
 
72. Israel – Publishes revision of the mandatory standard SI 13209 part 2 dealing with soft baby carriers
Notification Authority: Israel WTO-TBT Enquiry Point
Date: 24 September 2020
Product Coverage: Soft baby carriers;
HS Code: 630790
 
73. Israel – Publishes amendment to the mandatory standard SI 14889 dealing with spectacle lenses
Notification Authority: Israel WTO-TBT Enquiry Point
Date: 24 September 2020
Product Coverage: Ophthalmic optics - Spectacle lenses
HS Code: 9004
 
74. Israel - Publishes revision of the mandatory standard SI 712 part 8, dealing with transportable gas cylinders for medical gases
Notification Authority: Israel WTO-TBT Enquiry Point
Date: 23 September 2020
Product Coverage: Transportable gas cylinders for medical gases
HS Code: 7311, 7613
 
75. China – Publishes national standard on Motorcycle Tyres which specifies terms and definitions, requirements, test methods and marks for motorcycle tyres
Notification Authority : State Administration for Market Regulation
Date: 23 September 2020
Product Coverage: Motorcycle tyres
HS Code: 401140
 
76. China – Publishes standards for various products
Notification Authority: State Administration for Market Regulation
Date: 23 September 2020
Product Coverage: Insecticides, Printing ink, Fixed and semi -fixed powder extinguishing systems , Prepackaged Foods, Cabinet Gas Fire Extinguishing Equipment
HS Code: 3808, 8413;8419;8421;8422;8434;8435;8438, 3215, 9101, 9102, , 8424100000, 8424, 8424100000, 9603, 8424
 
77. Israel – Publishes revision of the mandatory standard SI 1220 part 1, dealing with smoke detectors
Notification Authority: Israel WTO-TBT Enquiry Point
Date: 23 September 2020
Product Coverage: Smoke detectors
HS Code: 853110
 
78. Israel - Publishes revision of the mandatory standard SI 562 part 14, dealing with trampolines for domestic use
Notification Authority: Israel WTO-TBT Enquiry Point
Date: 23 September 2020
Product Coverage: Trampolines for domestic use
HS Code: 950699
 
79. Philippine – Publishes technical regulation on mandatory product certification of monobloc chairs and stools
Notification Authority: Bureau of Philippine Standards
Date: 23 September 2020
Product Coverage: monobloc chairs and stools, plastics and articles thereof
HS Code: 39
 
80. South Korea - Proposes to amend the public notice on corporate average energy efficiency standards, greenhouse gas emission standards for motor vehicles and application and management of the standards
Notification Authority: Ministry of Environment
Date: 23 September 2020
Product Coverage: Light-duty vehicles
HS Code: 8702, 8703, 8704
 
81. Ukraine – Publishes order on technical regulation on the energy labelling of solid fuel boilers and packages of a solid fuel boiler, supplementary heaters, temperature controls and solar devices
Notification Authority: The State Agency on Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving of Ukraine
Date: 23 September 2020
Product Coverage: Solid fuel boilers with a rated heat output of 70 kW or less and packages of a solid fuel boiler with a rated heat output of 70 kW or less, supplementary heaters, temperature controls and solar devices
 
82. India - Publishes Press Tool- Punches (Quality Control) Order, 2020
Notification Authority: Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT)
Date: 22 September 2020
Product Coverage: Press Tool Punches - Tools for Pressing.
 
83. China – Standard on fuel consumption limits for passenger cars published
Notification Authority: State Administration for Market Regulation
Date: 22 September 2020
Product Coverage: Passenger Cars
HS Code: 8703
 
84. Israel - Mandatory Standard SI 1317 dealing with single tap and combination tap amended
Notification Authority: Israel WTO-TBT Enquiry Point
Date: 22 September 2020
Product Coverage: Single tap and combination tap
HS Code: 8481
 
85. Israel - Mandatory Standard SI 1347 dealing with mechanical mixing tap with a single handle amended
Notification Authority: Israel WTO-TBT Enquiry Point
Date: 22 September 2020
Product Coverage: Mechanical mixing tap with a single handle
HS Code 8481
 
86. South Korea – Publishes regulation on energy efficiency management equipment
Notification Authority: Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy
Date: 22 September 2020
Product Coverage: Refrigerators, Air conditioners, Window-sets, Television sets
HS Code: 841583, 8418, 852872
 
87. South Korea – Publishes partial amendment to the act on the promotion of saving and recycling of resources
Notification Authority: Ministry of Environment
Date: 22 September 2020
Product Coverage: All Products that use packaging
 
88. Taiwan – Proposes legal inspection of cribs and cradles for domestic use
Notification Authority: Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI), Ministry of Economic Affairs
Date: 22 September 2020
Product Coverage: Cribs and cradles for domestic use, Furniture; Bedding, Mattresses, Mattress Supports, Cushions And Similar Stuffed Furnishings; Lamps And Lighting Fittings, Not Elsewhere Specified Or Included; Illuminated Signs, Illuminated Name-Plates And The Like; Prefabricated Buildings
HS Code: 94
 
89. India - Publishes Safety Glass (Quality Control) Second Amendment Order, 2020
Notification Authority: Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade
Date: 18 September 2020
Product Coverage: Safety Glass
HS Code: 7007

Electronics
 
90. Ukraine - Establishes requirements for the energy labelling of, and the provision of supplementary product information on local space heaters with a nominal heat output of 50 kW or less.
Notification Authority: The State Agency on Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving of Ukraine
Date: 23 September 2020
Product Coverage: Local space heaters
 
91. Ukraine – Publishes technical regulation on the energy labelling of residential ventilation units
Notification Authority: The State Agency on Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving of Ukraine
Date: 23 September 2020
Product Coverage: Residential ventilation units
 
92. Ukraine – Publishes technical regulation on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment
Notification Authority: Ministry for Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine
Date: 22 September 2020
Product Coverage: Electrical and electronic equipment
 
93. Uganda – Published Uganda National Bureau of Standards (Use of Distinctive Mark) Regulations, 2020
Notification Authority: Uganda National Bureau of Standards
Date: 22 September 2020
Product Coverage: All commodities that are covered by compulsory Uganda Standard specifications.
 
94. India - Grant of all India first licence for “Ducted and Packaged Air Conditioners” as per IS 8148: 2018  
Notification Authority: Bureau of Indian Standards
Date: 18 September 2020
Product Coverage: Air Conditioners
HS Code: 841583
 
95. Myanmar - Import license fee 30,000 kyats for every import license levied
Notification Authority: Ministry of Commerce (Notification No. 23/2020)
Date: 18 September 2020

Stationery Products
 
96. Uganda - Publishes DUS 820:2020 Paper scholastic stationery standard specifies the requirements of books and sheets of paper intended for scholastic and related uses
Notification Authority: Uganda National Bureau of Standards
Date: 18 September 2020
Product Coverage: Scholastic Stationery
HS Code: 4820
 
97. Uganda - Publishes DUS 2242:2020 Envelope standard specifies the designations, requirements, test methods and sampling of envelopes made of paper
Notification Authority: Uganda National Bureau of Standards
Date: 18 September 2020
Product Coverage: Envelope; Envelopes of paper or paperboard
HS Code: 481710

Packaging Goods
 
98. Uganda - Publishes `Draft Weights and Measures (Pattern Approval) Rules 2020’. These rules shall apply to equipment submitted by any person to an inspector for pattern approval in accordance with the act
Notification Authority: Uganda National Bureau of Standards
Date: 18 September 2020
Product Coverage: Envelope Weighing machinery
HS Code: 8423
 
99. Uganda - Seek amendment to the `Weights and Measures (Sale and Labelling of Goods) Rules
Notification Authority: Uganda National Bureau of Standards
Date: 18 September 2020
Product Coverage: Packaging and Distribution of Goods

Leather & Toys Products
 
100. Ukraine - Proposes regulation for lowering the limit values for certain chemicals (chromium (VI) and aluminum) in the composition of toys and materials used in toys, as well as for restricting of formaldehyde limit values in toys
Notification Authority: Ministry for Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine
Date: 18 September 2020
Product Coverage: Packaging Toys
HS Code: 9503
 
101. Vietnam - Regulating the list of imported goods not allowed to be deposited in bonded warehouses
Notification Authority: Prime Minister Office (Regulation no 27/2020 / QD-TTg)
Date: 21 September 2020
 
102. Saudi Arabia – Publishes technical regulation for leather and manufactured leather
Notification Authority: Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization (SASO)
Date: 17 Sep 2020
Product Coverage: Leather and manufactured leather
HS codes: 4112, 4113, 4107, 4106, 4104, 4101, 4205, 4203, 4202, 4201, 4115, 4114, 4304, 4303, 4302, 4301, 4206

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