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08 October, 2020

8th October, 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: 2 – 8 October, 2020 are given under. Please click on a notification for the details.

Export-Import Policy & Export Benefits
 
1.  India – Revised SION H-68, H-301 & H-302 of export products- double decorative/single side laminates with or without barrier paper
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Foreign Trade (Public notice no 24/2015-20)
Date: 7 October 2020
Product Coverage: Double Decorative/Single side Laminates with or without Barrier Paper
HS Code: 4011
 
2.  India - Import of tyres under DFIA scheme is not allowed
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Foreign Trade (Notification no 38/2015-20)
Date: 6 October 2020
Product Coverage: Tyre
HS Code: 4011
 
3.  India - Publishes enabling provisions regarding the issue of scrips under Scheme for Rebate of State Levies (RoSL) as notified by the Ministry of Textiles
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Foreign Trade (Notification no 37/2015-20)
Date: 6 October 2020
 
4. India - N95/FFP2 masks or its equivalent are freely exportable. Visit www.indiantradeportal.in to view export policy
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Foreign Trade (Notification no 36/2015-20)
Date: 6 October 2020
Product Coverage: N95/FFP2 masks
HS Code: 9020, 392690, 621790, 630790

Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs (CBIC)
 
5.  India - Seeks to amend notification No.13/2020-Customs dated 14.02.2020 for extending the RoSCTL scheme validity from 31.03.2020 to 31.03.2021 or until such date the RoSCTL scheme is merged with RoDTEP scheme, whichever is earlier
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs (Notification No. 36/2020 – Customs)
Date: 5 October 2020
 
6.  India - Seeks to amend notification no. 41/2020-Central Tax dt. 05.05.2020 to extend due date of return under Section 44 till 31.10.2020
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Notification No. 69/2020-Central Tax)
Date: 30 September 2020
 
7.  India - Seeks to amend notification no. 13/2020-Central Tax dt. 21.03.2020.
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Notification No. 70/2020-Central Tax)
Date: 30 September 2020
 
8. India - Seeks to amend notification 14/2020- Central Tax to extend the date of implementation of the Dynamic QR Code for B2C invoices till 01.12.2020.
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Notification No. 71/2020-Central Tax)
Date: 30 September 2020
 
9.  India - Seeks to make the Eleventh amendment (2020) to the CGST Rules.
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Notification No. 72/2020-Central Tax)
Date: 30 September 2020
 
10.India - Seeks to notify a special procedure for taxpayers for issuance of e-Invoices in the period 01.10.2020 - 31.10.2020.
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Notification No. 73/2020-Central Tax)
Date: 1 October 2020
 
11.India - Extension of CGST exemption on services by way of transportation of goods by air or by sea from customs station of clearance in India to a place outside India, by one year i.e. upto 30.09.2021.
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Notification No. 04/2020-Central Tax (Rate))
Date: 30 September 2020
 
12.India - Extension of IGST exemption on services by way of transportation of goods by air or by sea from customs station of clearance in India to a place outside India, by one year i.e. upto 30.09.2021.
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Notification No. 04/2020-Integrated Tax (Rate))
Date: 30 September 2020
 
13.India - Extension of UTGST exemption on services by way of transportation of goods by air or by sea from customs station of clearance in India to a place outside India, by one year i.e. upto 30.09.2021.
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Notification No. 04/2020-Union Territory tax(rate))
Date: 30 September 2020

Antidumping/Safeguard/Countervailing Duties
 
14.India - Final PCN methodology adopted in the anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of 66 Natural Mica Pearl Industries Pigments excluding cosmetic grade" originating in or export from China PR
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 7 October 2020
Product Coverage: Natural Mica Pearl Industries Pigments
HS Code: 320611
 
15.India - Oral hearing in Sunset Review of anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of Aluminium Foil 80 micron from China PR, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 7 October 2020
Product Coverage: Aluminium Foil 80 micron
HS Code: 760711, 76071110 76071190, 760719, 76071910, 760719 91, 760719 92, 760719 93, 760719 94, 760719 95, 760719 99, 760720, 76072010, 76072010
 
16.India - Oral hearing in Anti-Dumping Original Investigation concerning imports of “Self-adhesive Polyvinyl Chloride Film” originating in or exported from China PR
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 7 October 2020
Product Coverage: Self-adhesive Polyvinyl Chloride Film
HS Code: 39191000, 39199010, 39199020, 39199090, 39209919, 39209959, 39209999, 39219099, 39269099
 
17.India - Oral hearing in Anti-Dumping Duty investigation concerning imports of "Aniline" originating in or exported from China PR (Date of initiation- 24.01.2020)
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 7 October 2020
Product Coverage: Aniline
HS Code: 29214110
 
18.India – Publishes section A general instructions for completing the questionnaire for initiation of countervailing duty investigation concerning imports of Copper Tubes and Pipes from Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 6 October 2020
Product Coverage: Copper Tubes and Pipes
HS Code: 74112100, 74112200 and 74112900.
 
19.India - Extending time for filing responses- 21 October 2020 for Bilateral safeguard investigation concerning imports of “PVC Suspension Grade Resin” into India from Japan
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 6 October 2020
Product Coverage: PVC Suspension Grade Resin
HS Code: 3904
 
20.India – Initiates anti-dumping original investigation concerning imports of “Soda Ash” from Turkey and USA
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 6 October 2020
Product Coverage: Soda Ash
HS Code: 283620
 
21.India – Publishes temporary changes in the Trade Remedy investigation process due to COVID-19 pandemic
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 6 October 2020
 
22.India – Initiates anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of "Decor Paper" originating in or exported from China PR.
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 5 October 2020
Product Coverage: Décor Paper
HS Code: 48059100
 
23.India - Initiates 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: 5 October 2020
Product Coverage: Measuring Tapes
 
24.India - Mid-Term Review to review the product scope of definitive Anti-Dumping duty imposed on Certain Glass Fibre and articles thereof originating in or exported from China PR
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 5 October 2020
Product Coverage: Glass fibre and articles
HS Code: 7019
 
25.India - Initiates anti-circumvention investigation concerning alleged circumvention of anti-dumping duty imposed on imports of "Ceramic Tableware and Kitchenware, excluding knives and toilet items" originating in or exported from China PR, by imports of Ceramic Tableware and Kitchenware, excluding Knives and Toilet items" from Malaysia
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 5 October 2020
Product Coverage: Ceramic Tableware and Kitchenware, excluding knives and toilet items
HS Code: 6912
 
26.India - Initiates sunset review investigation concerning imports of "Melamine" originating in or exported from China PR
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 5 October 2020
Product Coverage: Melamine
HS Code: 29336100
 
27.India - Oral hearing in Anti-Dumping investigation concerning imports of ‘New Pneumatic Radial Tyres of rubber for Buses and Lorries, with or without tubes and/or flap’ originating in or exported from Thailand
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 5 October 2020
Product Coverage: New Pneumatic Radial Tyres of rubber for Buses and Lorries, with or without tubes and/or flap
HS Code: 401120
 
28.India – Initiates sunset review Investigation concerning imports of “Acetone” originating in or exported from the Korea RP, Saudi Arabia and Taiwan.
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 5 October 2020
Product Coverage: Acetone
HS Code: 29141100
 
29.India – Initiation of Sunset Review investigation concerning imports of Cold-Rolled Flat Products of Stainless Steel of width 600 mm to 1250 mm and above 1250mm of non bonafide usage originating in and exported from China PR, Korea, European Union, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand and USA
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 5 October 2020
Product Coverage: Cold-Rolled Flat Products of Stainless Steel of width 600 mm to 1250 mm and above 1250mm of non bonafide
 
30.India - Initiates anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of “Elastomeric Filament Yarn” originating in or exported from Singapore
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 2 October 2020
Product Coverage: Elastomeric Filament Yarn
HS Code: 54024400, 54041100
 
31.India - Initiates anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of "Caprolactam" originating in or exported from European Union, Korea RP, Russia and Thailand
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 2 October 2020
Product Coverage: Caprolactam
HS Code: 29337100
 
32.India - Initiates anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of "Decor Paper" originating in or exported from China PR
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 2 October 2020
Product Coverage: Decor Paper
HS Code: 48059100
 
33.India - Initiates anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of " Hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) Blends " from China PR
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 2 October 2020
Product Coverage: Hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) Blends
HS Code: 38247800
 
34.India - Initiates sunset review investigation concerning imports of "Methyl Acetoacetate" from China PR
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 2 October 2020
Product Coverage: Methyl Acetoacetate
HS Code: 29146990, 29153910, 29153940, 291 53990, 29183090, 29331990, 29410090 and 29189900
 
35.India - Initiates sunset review investigation concerning imports of Cold-Rolled Flat Products of Stainless Steel of width 600 mm to 1250 mm and above 1250mm of non bonafide usage originating in and exported from China PR, Korea, European Union, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand and USA
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 2 October 2020
Product Coverage: Cold-Rolled Flat Products of Stainless Steel
HS Code: 721931, 721932, 721933, 721934, 721935 and 721990

Animal Originated Products
 
36.Kyrgyzstan – Publishes draft on possibility to use veterinary certificates issued in electronic form for mutual and foreign trade by competent authorities
Notification Authority: Eurasian Economic Commission
Date: 6 October 2020
Product Coverage: Goods (products) subject to veterinary control
 
37.Philippines – Publishes guidelines to ensure all cats and dogs being imported into the country have the necessary documentary requirements before entry
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture Bureau of Animal Industry
Date: 6 October 2020
Product Coverage: Cats and dogs
HS Code(s): 010619
 
38.Saudi Arabia – Imposing temporary ban on the importation of fish and crustacean and other products of aquatic animal originating from Vietnam
Notification Authority: Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA)
Date: 6 October 2020
Product Coverage: fish and crustacean
HS Code: 0306

Food & Feed
 
39.EU – Publishes uses of ascorbic acid (E 300) and citric acid (E 330) on white vegetables intended for further processing
Notification Authority: European Commission (Regulation (EU) 2020/1419)
Date: 7 October 2020
Product Coverage: ascorbic acid
 
40.United Kingdom – Publishes Official Controls (Plant Health and Genetically Modified Organisms) (England) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2020
Notification Authority: Government of United Kingdom
Date: 7 October 2020
 
41.Canada – Publishes list of permitted emulsifying, gelling, stabilizing or thickening agents to enable the use of citric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides as an emulsifier in whole protein-based infant formulas for special dietary
Notification Authority: Health Canada
Date: 6 October 2020
Product Coverage: Citric Acid Esters of Mono- and Diglycerides
 
42.Japan – Proposes amendment of the food labelling standards (regarding unpolished rice and polished rice)
Notification Authority: Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA)
Date: 6 October 2020
Product Coverage: Unpolished rice and polished rice
HS Code: 1006
 
43.GCC – Publishes general standard for labelling feedstuff
Notification Authority: Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization (SASO)
Date: 6 October 2020
Product Coverage: Animal feeding stuffs
HS Code: 2309
 
44.EU - Publishes authorisation of ethyl ester of β-apo-8’-carotenoic acid as a feed additive for chickens for fattening, laying hens and minor poultry species for laying and for fattening
Notification Authority: European Commission (Regulation (EU) 2020/1400)
Date: 5 October 2020
Product Coverage: Feed additives
HS Code: 2309
 
45.EU - Publishes authorisation of butylated hydroxyanisole as a feed additive for all animal species except cats
Notification Authority: European Commission (Regulation (EU) 2020/1399)
Date: 5 October 2020
Product Coverage: Feed additives
HS Code: 2309
 
46.EU – Seeks to renew authorisation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae CBS 493.94 as a feed additive for horses
Notification Authority: European Commission (Regulation (EU) 2020/1398)
Date: 5 October 2020
Product Coverage: Feed additives
HS Code: 2309
 
47.EU – Seeks to renew authorisation of L-isoleucine produced by Escherichia coli FERM ABP-10641 as a nutritional additive and L-isoleucine produced by Corynebacterium glutamicum KCCM 80189 as a feed additive for all animal species
Notification Authority: European Commission (Regulation (EU) 2020/1397)
Date: 5 October 2020
Product Coverage: Feed additives
HS Code: 2309
 
48.EU - Publishes authorisation of geraniol, citral, 3,7,11-trimethyldodeca-2,6,10-trien-1-ol, (Z)-nerol, geranyl acetate, geranyl butyrate, geranyl formate, geranyl propionate, neryl propionate, neryl formate, neryl acetate, neryl isobutyrate, geranyl isobutyrate and prenyl acetate as feed additives for all animal species except for marine animals
Notification Authority: European Commission (Regulation (EU) 2020/1396)
Date: 5 October 2020
Product Coverage: Feed additives
HS Code: 2309
 
49.EU – Seeks to renew authorisation of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens CECT 5940 as a feed additive for chickens for fattening
Notification Authority: European Commission (Regulation (EU) 2020/1395)
Date: 5 October 2020
Product Coverage: Feed additives
HS Code: 2309
 
50.South Korea – Publishes notification of change and redesignation of imported food subject to inspection order
Notification Authority: Minister of Food and Drug Safety
Date: 6 October 2020
Product Coverage: Food
 
51.South Korea – Publishes notification of new designation of imported foods subject to inspection order
Notification Authority: Minister of Food and Drug Safety
Date: 6 October 2020
Product Coverage: Food
 
52.Taiwan – Proposes standards for specification, scope, application and limitation of food additives
Notification Authority: Food and Drug Administration
Date: 6 October 2020
Product Coverage: food additives
HS Code: 210610
 
53.India – Proposes revision of label declaration on package of food which is permitted to contain sweetener under Food Safety and Standards (Packaging and Labelling) Amendment Regulations, 2020
Notification Authority: Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)
Date: 2 October 2020
Product Coverage: Food Products
 
54.Argentina - Argentine food code (CAA) on spirits, alcohols, distilled alcoholic beverages and liquors published
Notification Authority: National Food Commission (CONAL)
Date: 2 October 2020
Product Coverage: Whiskey or Whiskey
HS Code: 2208
 
55.EU – Amending regulation on import conditions for live snails, for composite products and for casings placed on the market for human consumption
Notification Authority: Health and Food Safety Directorate-General
Date: 2 October 2020
Product Coverage: All food
 
56.Chile – Seek to modify norms of labelling and advertisement of food
Notification Authority: Ministry of Foreign Relations of Chile
Date: 2 October 2020
Product Coverage: Food

Chemicals
 
57.Vietnam – Publishes national technical regulations on various chemical products
Notification Authority: Ministry of Industry and Trade
Date: 6 October 2020
Product Coverage: Products of the chemical industry
 
58.Brazil - Establishes the market authorization, inclusion and revising of the housecleaning use for the active ingredients A20 – AZAMETIFÓS, C82 – COLECALCIFEROL, D06 – DELAMETRINA, D13 – DICLORVÓS, D55 – DINOTEFURAN, M50 – MONFLUOROTRINA, and T48 – TIAMETOXAM 
Notification Authority: Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA)
Date: 6 October 2020
Product Coverage: Mixtures of odoriferous substances and mixtures
HS Code: 340119

Leather footwear
 
59.Publishes quality control order on Footwear made from leather and other materials, personal protective equipment footwear and footwear made from all rubber & all polymeric material
Notification Authority: Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT)
Date: 2 October 2020
Product Coverage: Footwear made from leather and other materials, personal protective equipment footwear, footwear made from all rubber & all polymeric material and its components
HS Code: 64

Engineering & Electronics
 
60.India – Publishes all India first licence for electric toys- safety requirements as per is 15644: 2006  
Notification Authority: Bureau of Indian Standards
Date: 6 October 2020
Product Coverage: electric toys
HS Code: 9503
 
61.India – Publishes all India first license for “hexagon head bolts, screws and nuts of product grade ‘c’ – hexagon head screws (size range m5 to m64)” as per is 1363 (part 2): 2018
Notification Authority: Bureau of Indian Standards
Date: 6 October 2020
Product Coverage: hexagon head bolts, screws and nuts of product grade
HS Code: 731815
 
62.China – Publishes following draft standards on Medical Electrical Equipment
Notification Authority: State Administration for Market Regulation (Standardization Administration of the P.R.C.)
Date: 6 October 2020
Product Coverage: Medical Electrical Equipment - Peritoneal Dialysis Equipment
HS Code: 9018
 
63. EU - Imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and definitively collecting the provisional duty imposed on imports of certain hot rolled stainless steel sheets and coils originating in Indonesia, the People’s Republic of China and Taiwan
Notification Authority: European Commission (Regulation (EU) 2020/1408)
Date: 6 October 2020
Product Coverage: Hot rolled stainless steel sheets and coils
 
64.EU - Accepting a request for new exporting producer treatment with regard to the definitive anti-dumping measures imposed on imports of ceramic tableware and kitchenware originating in the People’s Republic of China
Notification Authority: European Commission (Regulation (EU) 2020/1407)
Date: 6 October 2020
Product Coverage: ceramic tableware and kitchenware
 
65.EEU - Replacement of the national standard in terms of applying color-graphic marking, installing special sound and light signals on vehicles of operational services notified
Notification Authority: Eurasian Economic Commission (Decision no. 118)
Date: 6 October 2020
 
66.EEU – Publishes changes to the list of medical goods, the sale and import of which are not subject to VAT
Notification Authority: Eurasian Economic Commission (Decree no 1574)
Date: 6 October 2020
Product Coverage: medical goods
HS Code: 9018 to 9025
 
67.Egypt – Publishes following standards
Notification Authority: Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality
Date: 6 October 2020
Product Coverage: Heat pumps, Gas cylinders, Refrigerating systems and heat pumps
 
68.Israel – Seeks revision of the mandatory standard 62552, dealing with household refrigerating appliances, to be replaced with SI 62552
Notification Authority: Israel WTO-TBT Enquiry Point
Date: 6 October 2020
Product Coverage: Household refrigerating appliances
HS Code: 8418
 
69.EU – Takes initiatives to lay down the basic requirements for the online data exchange of motor vehicle and trailer certificates of conformity, for public accessibility, and for the structure of the data
Notification Authority: European Commission
Date: 2 October 2020
Product Coverage: Vehicles and their trailers (M-, N- and O-category vehicles)
 
70.Israel – Publishes following standards
Notification Authority: Ministry of Industry
Date: 2 October 2020
Product Coverage: smoke detectors, soft carriers, sling carrier, framed back carrier
 
71.India - Wireless microphone, Digital Camera, Video Camera, Webcam, Smart Speakers, Dimmers for LED products, Bluetooth speakers included in Electronics and Information Technology Goods (Requirements for Compulsory Registration) Order, 2012
Notification Authority: Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Date: 2 October 2020
Product Coverage: Wireless microphone, Digital Camera, Video Camera, Webcam (Finished Product), Smart Speakers (with and without Display), Dimmers for LED products, Bluetooth speakers
HS Code: 8517
 
72.India – Publishes first license for ‘Induction Stove’ as per IS 302-2-6 : 200 BIS standard
Notification Authority: Registration Department BIS, HQ
Date: 2 October 2020
Product Coverage: Induction Stove
HS Code: 851690
 
73.India – Publishes first license for ‘Rice Cooker’ as per IS 302-2-15 : 2009 BIS standard
Notification Authority: Registration Department BIS, HQ
Date: 2 October 2020
Product Coverage: Rice Cooker
HS Code: 851679
 
74.India – Publishes first license for ‘Standalone LED Modules for General Lighting’ as per IS 16103(Part 1) : 2012 BIS standard
Notification Authority: Registration Department BIS, HQ
Date: 2 October 2020
Product Coverage: Standalone LED Modules for General Lighting
 
75.Vietnam – Publishes regulation on digital cable television service applying DVB-T2 technology
Notification Authority: Ministry of Industry (Circular 28/2020 / TT-BTTTT)
Date: 2 October 2020
Product Coverage: digital cable television

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