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23 October, 2020

23rd 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: 19 – 22 October 2020 are given under. Please click on a notification for the details
 
Policy, Tariff & Incentives
 
1.     India - Export Policy: Nitrile gloves/NBR gloves shifted from Prohibited to Restricted category. Visit www.indiantradeportal.in for updated export policy of India at tariff line
  Notification Authority: Directorate General of Foreign Trade (Notification no 42/2015-20)
  Date: 22 October 2020
  Product Coverage: Nitrile gloves/NBR gloves
  HS Code: 392690, 4015
 
2.      India – Publishes notification regarding exemption of duties of Customs against scrips issued under the RoSL scheme for apparel and made-ups sectors
Notification Authority: Department of Revenue (Notification No. 38/2020-Customs)
Date: 21 October 2020
 
3.      India – Publishes circular regarding contactless delivery of international courier consignments
Notification Authority: Department of Revenue (Circular No. 47/2020-Customs)
Date: 20 October 2020
 
4.      India – Import tariff for Polybutadiene Rubber imported under the India-Korea CEPA amended. Visit www.indiantradeportal.in for updated tariff
Notification Authority: Department of Revenue (Notification No. 37/2020-Customs)
Date: 20 October 2020
Product Coverage: Polybutadiene Rubber
HS Code: 400220
 
5.     India - Submission date of documents for Export Obligation (EO) fulfilment extended : Due to COVID-19, Para 4.444 of Handbook of Procedures 2015-20, on monitoring of export obligation stands amended to allow extension in the date of submission of documents for EO fulfilment up to 31.12.2020 for all advance authorisations, wherever export obligation period is expiring/has expired between 01.02.2020 and 31.10.2020
Directorate General of Foreign Trade (Public Notice No. 26/2015-2020
Date: 16 October 2020
 
6.      India – Publishes notification in relation to the road connecting Jaigaon Bazar in India and Phuentsholing in Bhutan and Asian Highway 48 connecting Torsha tea garden in India and Ahllay in Bhutan by amendment of Principal Notification No. 63/1994-Customs dated 21st November, 1994
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Notification no 101/2015-20 (Customs NT)
Date: 16 October 2020
 
GOODS & SERVICES TAX
 
7.      India - Amending notification No. 12/ 2017- Union Territory Tax (Rate) to exempt satellite launch services provided by ISRO, Antrix Co. Ltd and NSIL as recommended by GST Council in its 42nd meeting held on 05.10.2020.
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (05/2020-Union Territory tax(rate))
Date: 16 October 2020
 
8.      India - Amending notification No. 9/ 2017- Integrated Tax (Rate) to exempt satellite launch services provided by ISRO, Antrix Co. Ltd and NSIL as recommended by GST Council in its 42nd meeting held on 05.10.2020.
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (05/2020-Integrated Tax (Rate))
Date: 16 October 2020
 
9.      India - Seeks to notify the number of HSN digits required on tax invoice.
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (06/2020-Integrated Tax)
Date: 15 October 2020
 
10.    India - Amending notification No. 12/ 2017- Central Tax (Rate) to exempt satellite launch services provided by ISRO, Antrix Co. Ltd and NSIL as recommended by GST Council in its 42nd meeting held on 05.10.2020.
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (05/2020-Central Tax (Rate))
Date: 16 October 2020
 
11.    India - Seeks to make the Twelfth amendment (2020) to the CGST Rules.2017.
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (79/2020-Central Tax)
Date: 15 October 2020
 
12.    India - Seeks to notify the number of HSN digits required on tax invoice.
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (78/2020-Central Tax)
Date: 15 October 2020
 
13.    India - Seeks to make filing of annual return under section 44 (1) of CGST Act for F.Y. 2019-20 optional for small taxpayers whose aggregate turnover is less than Rs 2 crores and who have not filed the said return before the due date.
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (77/2020-Central Tax)
Date: 15 October 2020
 
14.    India - Seeks to prescribe return in FORM GSTR-3B of CGST Rules, 2017 along with due dates of furnishing the said form for October, 2020 to March, 2021.
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (76/2020-Central Tax)
Date: 15 October 2020
 
15.    India - Seeks to prescribe the due date for furnishing FORM GSTR-1 by such class of registered persons having aggregate turnover of more than 1.5 crore rupees in the preceding financial year or the current financial year, for each of the months from October, 2020 to March, 2021.
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (75/2020-Central Tax)
Date: 15 October 2020
 
16.    India - Seeks to prescribe the due date for furnishing FORM GSTR-1 for the quarters October, 2020 to December, 2020 and January, 2021 to March, 2021 for registered persons having aggregate turnover of up to 1.5 crore rupees in the preceding financial year or the current financial year.
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (74/2020-Central Tax)
Date: 15 October 2020
 
TRADE REMEDIES
 
17.   India - Extended time for filing of questionnaire response in countervailing duty investigation concerning imports of “Copper Tubes and Pipes” originating in or exported from Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 20 October 2020
Product Coverage: Copper Tubes and Pipes
HS Code: 74112100, 74112200 and 74112900
 
18.    India - Extending time for filing questionnaire response in anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of Aceto Acetyl Derivatives also known as Arylides from China
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 21 October 2020
HS Code: 29242920, 29242990
 
19.    India - Publishes sunset review investigation concerning anti-dumping duty on imports of 'Fluoroelstomer,(FKM)’ originating in or exported from China
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 20 October 2020
Product Coverage: Fluoroelstomer
HS Code: 3904
 
20.    India – Publishes anti-circumvention investigation concerning alleged circumvention of anti-dumping duty imposed on the imports of 'Axle for Trailers' originating in or exported from China
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 20 October 2020
Product Coverage: Axle for Trailers
HS Code: 87169010
 
21.    India - Seeks to amend notification No. 51/2015-Customs (ADD) dated 21st October, 2015 to extend the levy of anti dumping duty on all fully drawn or fully Oriented Yarn/Spin Draw Yarn/Flat Yarn of Polyester imported from China and Thailand till 30th November, 2020
Notification Authority: Department of Revenue (Notification No. 32/2020-Customs (ADD))
Date: 19 October 2020
 
22.    India - Initiate 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 RP
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 19 October 2020
Product Coverage: Aluminium and Zinc coated flat products
HS Code: 2106100, 72125090, 72259900, 72269990, 72101290, 72103090, 72104900, 72106900, 72107000, 72109090, 72121090, 72122090, 72123090, 72124000, 72169910, 72255010, 72259100, 72259200, 72269930
 
23.    India - Initiate 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: 19 October 2020
Product Coverage: Cold-Rolled Flat Products of Stainless Steel of width 600 mm to 1250 mm and above 1250mm
HS Code: 7219.31, 7219.32, 7219.33, 7219.34, 7219.35 and 7219.90
 
24.    India - Initiate anti-circumvention investigation concerning alleged circumvention of anti-dumping duty imposed on the imports of ‘Axle for Trailers’ originating in or exported from China PR
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 19 October 2020
Product Coverage: Axle for Trailers
HS Code: 87169010
 
25.    India - Extended time for filling the questionnaire response in sunset review investigation concerning imports of normal butanol from European Union, Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa and USA
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 19 October 2020
Product Coverage: Melamine
HS Code: 29051300
 
26.    India - Initiate sunset review investigation concerning imports of Melamine from China PR
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 16 October 2020
Product Coverage: Melamine
HS Code: 29336100
 
AGRICULTURE
Animal Originated Products
 
27.    Kyrgyz Republic – Seeks to determine veterinary requirements and forms of veterinary certificates for non-food raw materials obtained from fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic animals, as well as for fertilizers of animal origin or containing components of animal origin
Notification Authority: Eurasian Economic Commission
Date: 20 October 2020
Product Coverage: Goods (products) subject to veterinary control
 
28.    South Korea – Publishes restriction on import under enforcement rules of the wildlife act
Notification Authority: Ministry of Environment (ME)
Date: 20 October 2020
Product Coverage: Captive or Wild animals that are considered hosts for 9 major wildlife diseases (ASF, hog cholera, SFTS, tuberculosis, rabies, foot and mouth disease, AI, beta coronavirus) including diseases stipulated in Article 44-8 of Enforcement Rules of the Wildlife Act
 
29.    EU – Seek authorisation of L-methionine produced by Corynebacterium glutamicum KCCM 80 184 and Escherichia coli KCCM 80 096 as a feed additive for all animal species
Notification Authority: Health and Food Safety Directorate-General
Date: 19 October 2020
Product Coverage: Preparation of a kind use in animal nutrition
HS Code: 2309
 
30.    Philippines – Imposing temporary ban on the entry of pork meat products from Indonesia, Greece, Myanmar, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Korea, Germany implicated with African Swine Fever
Notification Authority: Department of Health Food and Drug Administration
Date: 19 October 2020
Product Coverage: Meat and meat products of domesticated or wild pig in nature
HS Code: 16010010, 16010090, 16021010, 16021090, 16022000, 16024110, 16024190, 16024210, 16024290, 16024911, 16024919, 16024991, 16024999, 16025000, 16029090, 16030000
 
31.    Saudi Arabia – Imposing temporary ban on the importation of livestock originating from Sudan
Notification Authority: Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture
Date: 16 October 2020
Product Coverage: Livestock (Sheep, Goat, Cattle)
 
32.    Canada - Establish a regulatory framework for the sale of human milk fortifiers
Notification Authority: Department of Health
Date: 16 October 2020
Product Coverage: Human milk fortifiers
Plants & Plant Products
 
33.     Australia – Publishes import conditions of acceptable processing methods found in the International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures No. 32 ‘Categorization of commodities according to their pest risk’ (ISPM 32)
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture
Date: 22 October 2020
Product Coverage: apricot, peach and pear nectars
 
34.      Bhutan – Notifies the conditions for import of Tomato, Onion and Okra from India. Now Tomato, Onion and Okra can be exported from India to Bhutan
Notification Authority: Ministry of Agriculture & Forests, Royal Government of Bhutan (RGoB)
Date: 14 October 2020
Product Coverage: Tomato, Onion and Okra
HS Code: 070310, 070990, 070220
 
35.      Canada – Publishes notice on the list of permitted food enzymes to enable the use of cellulase from trichoderma reesei QM9414 in apricot, peach and pear nectars and unstandardized fruit and vegetable products
Notification Authority: Health Canada
Date: 22 October 2020
 
36.      India – Notifies the conditions for import of Mandarin, Apple, Potato and Ginger from Bhutan. Now Areca nut, Mandarin, Apple, Potato and Ginger can be imported from Bhutan
Notification Authority: Ministry of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers' Welfare
Date: 14 October 2020
Product Coverage: Mandarin, Apple, Potato and Ginger
HS Code: 080520, 080810, 071010, 091011
 
37.      India – Proposes amendments to the import regulations of Food Safety and Standards
Notification Authority: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Date: 22 October 2020
 
38.      India – Publishes Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restriction on Sales) Second Amendment Regulations, 2020.
Notification Authority: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Date: 22 October 2020
 
39.      India - Cabinet approves extension of the Market Intervention Scheme for procurement of apples in Jammu and Kashmir for the year 2020-21
Notification Authority: Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
Date: 21 October 2020
Product Coverage: Apple
 
40.      India - Measures taken by Government to moderate onion prices published
Notification Authority: Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
Date: 21 October 2020
Product Coverage: Onion
 
41.      USA - Establishes tolerances for residues of diquat in or on pea and bean, dry and shelled, except soybean
Notification Authority: Environmental Protection Agency
Date: 22 October 2020
Product Coverage: pea and bean, dry and shelled, except soybean
HS Code: 392690, 4015
 
42.      USA - Establishes tolerances for residues of clofentezine
Notification Authority: Environmental Protection Agency
Date: 22 October 2020
Product Coverage: pea and bean, dry and shelled, except soybean
 
43.    EU - Imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain prepared or preserved citrus fruits (namely mandarins, etc.) originating in the China
Notification Authority: European Commission (Regulation (EU) 2020/1534)
Date: 21 October 2020
Product Coverage: citrus fruits
HS Code: 0805
 
44.    Russia – Proposes for addition of tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV), pepino mosaic virus (PepMV), and tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) to the Common list of plant quarantine objects
Notification Authority: Eurasian Economic Commission
Date: 21 October 2020
Product Coverage: Goods (products) subject to phytosanitary control
 
45.    Chile - Establishes phytosanitary import requirements for Alfalfa Hay (Medicago sativa) intended for animal consumption
Notification Authority: Agricultural and Livestock Service (SAG)
Date: 21 October 2020
Product Coverage: Alfalfa hay (Medicago sativa)
 
46.    Australia - Import permit conditions have been developed to facilitate fumigation to be performed before on-arrival inspection of imported nursery stock bulbs
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture
Date: 20 October 2020
Product Coverage: nursery stock
HS Code: 06
 
47.    Canada - Publishes maximum residual level for following pesticides
Notification Authority: Health Canada
Date: 20 October 2020
Product Coverage: 3808
 
48.    Japan - Proposes maximum residue limits (MRLs) for following pesticides
Notification Authority: Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW)
Date: 19 October 2020
Product Coverage: Meat and edible meat offal, Animal originated products, Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers, Edible fruit, nuts and peel of citrus fruit, Coffee, tea, mate and spices, Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit, Animal fats and oils, Beverages
HS Code: 0201, 0202, 0204, 0205, 0206, 0208, 0504, 0702, 0703, 0704, 0707, 0708, 0709, 0710 and 0713, 0801, 0802, 0804, 0805, 0806, 0807, 0808, 0809, 0810, 0811, 0814, 0901, 0902, 0903, 0904, 0905, 0906, 0907, 0908, 0909, 0910, 1201, 1207, 1502, 1506, 2201
 
49.    Brazil – Proposes active ingredient I29 - ISOFETAMIDA (Isofetamid) for use as a Pesticides
Notification Authority: Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA)
Date: 16 October 2020
Product Coverage: Pesticides
HS Code: 38089910
 
50.    Brazil – Publishes active ingredient I13 - IMIDACLOPRIDO (imidacloprid) for Pesticides
Notification Authority: Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA)
Date: 16 October 2020
Product Coverage: Pesticides
HS Code(s): 1002, 1003, 1004, 1007, 100820
 
51.    Chile - Establishes regulations for the importation of plants, cuttings and twigs of Prunus armeniaca, P. avium, P. cerasifera, P. cerasus, P. domestica, P. dulcis, P. Mahaleb, P. persica, P. persica var, Nucipersica and P. salicina, from USA
Notification Authority: Agricultural and Livestock Service (SAG)
Date: 16 October 2020
Product Coverage: Plants, cuttings and twigs of stone species.
 
52.    Chile - Establishes import requirements for nuts with and without shell of Corylus avellana (hazelnut), from Turkey
Notification Authority: Agricultural and Livestock Service (SAG)
Date: 16 October 2020
Product Coverage: Nuts from Corylus avellana (with and without shell)
 
53.    Mexico – Establishes phytosanitary requirements for importation following plant products
Importation of kale seed
Chili / pepper seed originating from Brazil
Tomato seed from Brazil
Notification Authority: National Service of Health, Safety and Food Quality
Date: 16 October 2020
Product Coverage: Botanical seed of Kale, chili / pepper seed, Botanical seed of tomato
 
54.    USA – Establishes a time-limited tolerance for residues of the fumigant methyl bromide, including its metabolites and degradates in or on imported/domestic agricultural commodities in fruit and citrus
Notification Authority: Environmental Protection Agency
Date: 16 October 2020
 
55.    USA – Proposes standards for following
Notification Authority: Environmental Protection Agency
Date: 16 October 2020
Product Coverage: Lentils; Fresh or chilled leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled (excl. peas "Pisum sativum" and beans "Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp."), Dried, shelled lentils, whether or not skinned or split, ; Fresh or chilled peas, Beans
HS Code: 071340, 070890, 070810, 070820
 
56.    USA – Establishes tolerances for residues of the insecticide Afidopyropen
Notification Authority: Environmental Protection Agency
Date: 16 October 2020
Product Coverage: Alfalfa, seed; Almond, hulls; Animal feed
Food
 
57.    India - FSSAI extends upgraded food safety compliance platform for food businesses to entire country
Notification Authority: Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
Date: 20 October 2020
Product Coverage: Food
 
58.    Canada – Publishes list of permitted food enzymes to enable the use of acid prolyl endopeptidase from aspergillus niger GEP in certain foods
Notification Authority: Health Canada
Date: 20 October 2020
Product Coverage: Acid Prolyl Endopeptidase from Aspergillus niger GEP
 
59.    Japan – Publishes revision of the list of existing food additives
Notification Authority: Ministry of Health
Date: 20 October 2020
Product Coverage: food additives
HS Code: 210610
 
60.    South Korea – Publishes enforcement decree of the special act on imported food safety management
Notification Authority: Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (President Decree No. 31110)
Date: 20 October 2020
Product Coverage: Food
 
61.    South Korea - Publishes enforcement rule of the special act on imported food safety management
Notification Authority: Ministry of Food and Drug Safety [Prime Minister Decree No. 1652)
Date: 20 October 2020
Product Coverage: Food
 
62.    Brazil – Seeks to include declaration in the label of food informing the existence of a new formula changing its composition
Notification Authority: Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA)
Date: 19 October 2020
Product Coverage: Food preparations
HS Code: 2106
 
63.    Brazil – Seeks to include declaration in the label of products subject to public health surveillance informing the existence of a new formula changing its composition
Notification Authority: Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA)
Date: 19 October 2020
Product Coverage:  New formula
 
64.    Brazil – Seeks to include declaration in the label of tobacco-related products informing the existence of a new formula changing its composition
Notification Authority: Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA)
Date: 19 October 2020
Product Coverage: Tobacco and Manufactured Tobacco Substitutes
HS Code: 24
 
65.    Brazil - Establishes the technical requirements for statement of nutrition labelling for packaged food
Notification Authority: Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA)
Date: 16 October 2020
Product Coverage: Food
 
66.    EU – Seeks to authorise following feed additives
Notification Authority: European Commission
Date: 16 October 2020
Product Coverage: Animal nutrition
HS Code 2309
 
CHEMICAL & PHARMACEUTICAL
Chemical & Pharmaceutical
 
67.    EU – Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) regulation amended
Notification Authority: European Commission
Date: 21 October 2020
Product Coverage: Chemical Substances
 
68.    USA - Proposes significant new use rules (SNURs) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for chemical substances which are the subject of premanufacture notices (PMNs)
Notification Authority: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Date: 21 October 2020
Product Coverage: Chemical substances
 
69.    Brazi - Publishes technical requirements for declaration of nutritional labelling in packaged foods
Notification Authority: Ministry of Health
Date: 20 October 2020
Product Coverage: food
 
70.    Brazil - Establishes resolution to control measures for medicines that contain substances mentioned in the resolution due to the international public health emergency of the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2)
Notification Authority: Ministry of Health
Date: 20 October 2020
Product Coverage: Drugs
 
71.    South Korea - Proposing regulation on supplying imported medical products for emergency response
Notification Authority: Ministry of Food and Drug Safety
Date: 21 October 2020
Product Coverage: Pharmaceuticals, Quasi-drug, Medical devices
HS Code: 30
 
72.    South Korea – Publishes special bill on emergency use and development support of public health response imported medical product such as infectious diseases
Notification Authority: Ministry of Food and Drug Safety
Date: 21 October 2020
Product Coverage: Pharmaceuticals, Quasi-drug
HS Code: 30
 
73.    South Korea – Publishes regulation on Bill on public health response medical product and innovative new drug development support
Notification Authority: Ministry of Food and Drug Safety 
Date: 21 October 2020
Product Coverage: Pharmaceuticals
HS Code: 30
 
74.    EU – Proposes to impose ban on Deoxyarbutin for use in cosmetic products
Notification Authority: European Commission
Date: 20 October 2020
Product Coverage: Cosmetics
HS Code: 33, 3401
 
75.    EU - Imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and definitively collecting the provisional duty imposed on imports of certain heavyweight thermal paper originating in the Republic of Korea
Notification Authority: European Commission (Regulation (EU) 2020/1524)
Date: 19 October 2020
Product Coverage: heavyweight thermal paper
HS Code: 4809900020, 4811590020, 4811900020
 
76.    Hong Kong – Publishes Pharmacy and Poisons Regulations
Notification Authority: Government of Hong Kong
Date: 20 October 2020
Product Coverage: Pharma products
HS Code: 30
 
77.    Japan – Publishes partial amendment to the minimum requirements for biological product
Notification Authority: Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
Date: 20 October 2020
Product Coverage: Pharmaceutical Products
HS Code: 30
 
78.    South Korea – Seek revision of provision for imported pharmaceutical under Pharmaceutical Affairs Act
Notification Authority: Ministry of Food and Drug Safety
Date: 20 October 2020
Product Coverage: Pharmaceuticals, Quasi-drug
HS Code: 30
 
79.    Australia – Publishes Narcotic Drugs Amendment (Cannabis‑Related Manufacture Licences and Permits) Regulations 2020
Notification Authority: Minister for Health
Date: 19 October 2020
 
80.    Brazil -  Seeks to include declaration in the label of sanitizing products informing the existence of a new formula changing its composition
Notification Authority: Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA)
Date: 19 October 2020
Product Coverage: Mixtures of odoriferous substances and mixtures, Soap in the form of flakes, granules, powder, paste or in aqueous solution, Organic surface-active agents (excl. soap), surface-active preparations, washing preparations
HS Code: 340120, 330290, 3402
 
81.    Brazil – Seeks to include declaration in the label of personal hygiene products (including disposable products), cosmetics, and perfumes informing the existence of a new formula changing its composition
Notification Authority: Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA)
Date: 19 October 2020
Product Coverage: Mixtures of odoriferous substances and mixtures, Soap in the form of flakes, granules, powder, paste or in aqueous solution, Organic surface-active agents (excl. soap), surface-active preparations, washing preparations
HS Code: 340120, 330290, 3402
 
82.    Brazil – Seeks to include declaration in the label of pesticides informing the existence of a new formula changing its composition
Notification Authority: Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA)
Date: 19 October 2020
Product Coverage: Pesticides
HS Code: 38089910
 
83.    Brazil – Seeks to include declaration in the label of medical devices informing the existence of a new formula changing its composition
Notification Authority: Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA)
Date: 19 October 2020
Product Coverage: Antibiotics, Medicaments consisting of two or more constituents, Medicaments, Wadding, gauze, bandages, Pharmaceutical preparations, True hemp
HS Code: 2941, 3003, 3304, 3005, 3006, 5302
 
84.    Brazil – Seeks to include declaration in the label of low risk notified medicines products, herbal medicinal products, and cannabis-based medicine informing the existence of a new formula changing its composition
Notification Authority: Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA)
Date: 19 October 2020
Product Coverage: Antibiotics, Medicaments consisting of two or more constituents, Medicaments, Wadding, gauze, bandages, Pharmaceutical preparations, True hemp
HS Code: 2941, 3003, 3304, 3005, 3006, 5302
 
85.    EU – Extended approval periods of the active substances amidosulfuron, bifenox, chlorotoluron, clofentezine, clomazone, cypermethrin, daminozide, deltamethrin, dicamba, difenoconazole, diflufenican, fenoxaprop-P, fenpropidin, fludioxonil, flufenacet, fosthiazate, indoxacarb, lenacil, MCPA, MCPB, nicosulfuron, paraffin oils, picloram, prosulfocarb, sulphur, triflusulfuron and tritosulfuron
Notification Authority: European Commission (Regulation (EU) 2020/1511)
Date: 16 October 2020
Product Coverage: Pesticides
HS Code: 3808
 
86.    EU – Extended approval periods of the active substances amidosulfuron, bifenox, chlorotoluron, clofentezine, clomazone, cypermethrin, daminozide, deltamethrin, dicamba, difenoconazole, diflufenican, fenoxaprop-P, fenpropidin, fludioxonil, flufenacet, fosthiazate, indoxacarb, lenacil, MCPA, MCPB, nicosulfuron, paraffin oils, picloram, prosulfocarb, sulphur, triflusulfuron and tritosulfuron
Notification Authority: European Commission (Regulation (EU) 2020/1510)
Date: 16 October 2020
Product Coverage: Pesticides
HS Code: 3808
 
87.    Sri Lanka - Publishes regulation no 08 of 2020 regarding relaxation of import restrictions
Notification Authority: Depratment of Imports & Exports Control
Date: 19 October 2020
 
88.    Australia – Publishes notice of an interim decision to amend the current poisons standard
Notification Authority: Department of Health (Therapeutic Goods Administration)
Date: 19 October 2020
Product Coverage: Nicotine containing products other than specified nicotine replacement therapies and nicotine prepared and packed for smoking.
Textile
 
89.    Uganda – Publishes following standards for textile & textile articles
  • DUS 2150:2020, Textiles Acrylic yarn - Specifies the requirements, test methods and sampling of acrylic yarn to be used for machine weaving, hand weaving, hand knitting and machine knitting.
  • DUS 2260-2:2020, Textiles Cotton yarn - Specifies requirements of spun (single and doubled) grey cotton yarn for use in knitting (hosiery). This standard does not cover yarn produced from blends of cotton with man-made fibres or any other fibre
  • DUS 2260-1:2020, Textiles Cotton yarn Weaving - Specifies requirements of spun (single and doubled) grey cotton yarn for use in weaving. This standard does not cover yarn produced from blends of cotton with man-made fibres or any other fibre.
  • DUS 359:2020, Bed sheets and pillowcases - Specifies requirements for woven and knit flat and fitted bed sheets and pillowcases meant for institutional and household purposes. This standard is not applicable to 100% cotton bed sheets and similar products used in hospitals.
  • DUS 2261:2020, Textiles Polyester blended yarn - Specifies requirements of grey yarn (single and doubled) spun from a blend of polyester with cotton or viscose fibre.
  • DUS 484:2020, Light vehicle towed trailer - Specifies material, constructional and other requirements of trailer operated by a light vehicle This standard covers requirements of balanced and unbalanced trailers up to 3.5 tonnes.
Notification Authority: Uganda National Bureau of Standards
Date: 19 October 2020
Product Coverage: Acrylic yarn; Multiple "folded" or cabled yarn containing >= 85% acrylic or modacrylic staple fibres by weight, Cotton yarn, Bedsheets, Pillowcases; Toilet paper and similar paper, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres, Polyester blended yarn, Light vehicle towed trailer
HS Code: 550932, 5502, 4818. 5509, 871639
 
ENGINEERING AND ELECTRONICS
 
90.    USA – Establishes regulations to modify and clarify existing standards and test procedures for computers and computer monitors to incorporate new technologies and innovations
Date: 19 October 2020
Product Coverage: Computers and computer monitors
 
91.    EU – Publishes notice of initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of steel wind towers originating in China
Notification Authority: European Commission (Regulation (EU) 2020/1524)
Date: 19 October 2020
Product Coverage: heavyweight thermal paper
HS Code:  8502310011, 8502310085
 
92.    Saudi Arabia – Publishes standards on Vehicle & Vehicle parts which will adopt by 7 January 2021
  • School buses Rear crash test using moving barrier  - Specifies the technical requirements for the integrity of school buses fuel system by rear crash test using the moving barrier. This standard applies to school buses with gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) greater than 4500 kg.
  • School buses Roof strength - Specifies the technical requirements and test procedures for the roof strength of school bus.
  • Transmission shift position sequence, starter interlock, and transmission braking effect - Specifies the technical requirements for the transmission shift position sequence, a starter interlock, and for a braking effect of automatic transmissions, to reduce the likelihood of shifting errors, to prevent starter engagement by the driver when the transmission is in any drive position, and to provide supplemental braking at speeds below 40 km/h. This standard applies to passenger cars, multi-purpose passenger vehicles, trucks, and buses.
  • School buses Pedestrian safety devices - Specifies the technical requirements and test procedures for devices that can be installed on school buses to maintain the safety of pedestrians in the vicinity of stopped school buses.
  • Road vehicles Windshield wiping and washing systems - Specifies the technical requirements for windshield wiping and washing systems. This standard applies to passenger cars, multipurpose passenger vehicles, trucks, and buses.
  • Road vehicles Windshield defrosting and defogging systems - Specifies the technical requirements for windshield defrosting and defogging systems. This standard applies to passenger cars, multipurpose passenger vehicles, trucks, and buses.
  • Road vehicles Flammability of interior materials - Specifies the technical requirements and test procedures for the resistance to burning, of materials used in the vehicle occupant compartments.
  • Road vehicles Impact protection for the driver from the steering control system - Specifies technical requirements for steering control systems that will minimize chest, neck, and facial injuries to the driver as a result of impact. This standard applies to passenger cars, multipurpose passenger vehicles, trucks, and buses having a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of 4,500 kg or less. This standard does not apply to walk-in van.
  • School buses Body joint strength - Specifies the technical requirements and test procedures for the strength of the body panel joints in school bus bodies.
  • Road vehicles Accelerator control systems - Specifies technical requirements for the return of a vehicle's throttle to the idle position when the driver removes the actuating force from the accelerator control or in the event of a severance or disconnection in the accelerator control system. This standard applies to passenger cars, multipurpose passenger vehicles, trucks, and buses.
  • Road vehicles Controls, tell-tales and indicators - Specifies the technical requirements for the locations, color, illuminations, and identifications of road vehicle controls, tell-tales and indicators. This standard applies to passenger cars, multipurpose passenger vehicles, trucks, and buses.
Notification Authority: Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization (SASO)
Date: 20 October 2020
Product Coverage: Road vehicles in general, buses, Transmissions, Glazing and wiper systems
 
93.    South Korea – Proposes to amend the enforcement decree of the weather observation standardization act
Notification Authority: Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA)
Date: 20 October 2020
Product Coverage: Meteorological Instruments. Thermometers, Barometers, Hygrometers, Anemoscopes, Anemometers, Sunshine recorders, Pyranometers, Rain gauges, Evaporimeters, Snow-depth sensors
 
94.    South Korea – Seek revision of consumer products (wallpapers) subject to compliance with safety standards
Notification Authority: Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS)
Date: 20 October 2020
Product Coverage: Wallpapers
 
95.    Mexico – Notifies Mexican standard PROY-NOM-234-SCFI-2019 Vehicular natural gas
Notification Authority: Department of Industry
Date: 19 October 2020
Product Coverage: Natural gas
 
96.    USA – Publishes energy conservation standards for residential furnaces and commercial water heaters
Notification Authority: Department of Energy (DOE)
Date: 19 October 2020
Product Coverage: Residential furnaces and commercial water heaters
HS Code: 851610
 
OTHERS
 
97.    India – Publishes Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017 notifying automobile and Automotive Components to promote manufacturing and production of goods and services in India with a view to enhancing income and employment
Notification Authority: Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
Date: 22 October 2020
Product Coverage: Automotive Components
HS Code: 87087, 8708, 8710, 8714,
 
98.    Laos - Announced the opening of some traditional and local checkpoints needed for the transportation of goods
Notification Authority: Ministry of Commerce
Date: 22 October 2020
 
99.    Taiwan – Propose legal inspection of reclined cradles
Notification Authority: Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI)
Date: 21 October 2020
Product Coverage: Seats, Upholstered seats, Seats, with metal frames, Furniture and parts thereof, Metal furniture, Furniture of plastic
HS Code: 9401, 940140, 940171, 9403, 940320, 940370
 
100.  India – Extending timeline for implementation of revised IS 1293 : 2019 superseding IS 1293: 2005 for “plugs and socket-outlets for household and similar purposes of rated voltage upto and including 250 v
Notification Authority: Bureau of Indian Standard
Date: 16 October 2020
Product Coverage: Plugs and socket-outlets for household
 
101.  Colombia – Establishes requirements and the procedure for the registration of laboratories that carry out analysis and / or diagnostic tests in the agricultural sector
Notification Authority: Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario - ICA
Date: 16 October 2020
 
102.  Philippines – Publishes technical regulations concerning the mandatory product certification of ceramic plumbing fixtures
Notification Authority: Bureau of Philippine Standards
Date: 16 October 2020
Product Coverage:
Bidets; Lavatories; Shower bases; Sinks
HS Code: 69

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