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29 October, 2020

29th 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: 24 – 29 October, 2020 are given under. Please click on a notification for the details.
 
POLICY & TARIFF & CUSTOMS OPERATIONS
Policy
 
1.      India - Submission of data to RoDTEP Committee: Committee ask for Data in Ch 86, 88 and 89
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Foreign Trade (Trade Notice no 32/2020-21)
Date: 28 Oct 2020
 
2.      India – Publishes procedure and criteria for submission and approval of applications for export of Nitrile/NBR Gloves
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Foreign Trade (Trade Notice no 31/2020-21)
Date: 27 Oct 2020
Product Coverage: Nitrile/NBR Gloves
HS Code: 392690, 4015
 
3.      India – Extends validity of licenses for import of tur dal from 15-11-2020 till 31-12-2020
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Foreign Trade (Public notice no 27/2015-20 )
Date: 26 Oct 2020
Product Coverage: Tur dal
HS Code: 071360

Tariff & Customs Operations
 
4.      India - Extended the concessional basic customs duty on Lentils (Mosur) till 31st December 2020.under notification No. 50/2017-Customs dated 30.06.2017
Notification Authority: Department of Revenue (Notification No. 39/2020-Customs)
Date: 28 Oct 2020
 
5.      India –  Imposes 10% Basic customs duty on 10,00,000 MT potato imports under TRQ till the 31st January, 2021.
Notification Authority: Department of Revenue (Notification No. 40/2020-Customs)
Date: 28 Oct 2020
Product Coverage: Potato
HS Code: 0701
 
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 31.12.2020.
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (80/2020-Central Tax)
Date: 28 October 2020
 
7.      India – Issued circular regarding manufacturing and other operations undertaken in bonded warehouses under Section 65 of the Customs Act, 1962
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Circular no 48)
Date: 27 October 2020
 
8.      India – Publishes frequently asked questions on manufacture and other operations in customs warehouse.
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs
Date: 27 October 2020
 
9.      India - Publishes Special Economic Zones (Amendment) Rules, 2020: Duty drawback or any other similar benefit scheme shall be admissible for supplies from Domestic Tariff Area (DTA) to Free Trade and Warehousing Zone (FTWZ) if payment is made in foreign currency by the foreign supplier to DTA
Notification Authority: Department of Commerce
Date: 27 October 2020
 
TRADE REMEDIES
 
10.    India - Extended time for filing questionnaire to response in sunset review of anti-dumping investigations concerning imports of Front Axle Beam and Steering Knuckle meant for heavy and medium commercial vehicles originating in or exported from China
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 28 October 2020
Product Coverage: Front Axle Beam and Steering Knuckle
HS Code: 73269099, 73261910, 73261990, 87085000, 87089900
 
11.    India – Publishes list of registered interested parties in anti-subsidy investigation concerning imports of Flat Products of Stainless Steel from Indonesia
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 28 October 2020
Product Coverage: Flat Products of Stainless Steel
HS Code: 73269099
 
12.    India - Amended notification no 6/2019-Customs (ADD) dated 28th January, 2019 to extend the levy of anti-dumping duty on Fluoroelastomers (FKM) originating in or exported from China PR up to and inclusive of 27th November, 2020
Notification Authority: Department of Revenue (Notification No. 33/2020 -Customs (ADD))
Date: 27 October 2020
Product Coverage: Fluoroelstomer
HS Code: 3904
 
13.    India - Publishes corrigendum to final findings issued in 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: 27 October 2020
Product Coverage: Fluoroelstomer
HS Code: 3904
 
14.    India - Initiates anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of “Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE)" from Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Thailand, UAE and USA
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 26 October 2020
Product Coverage: Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE)
HS Code: 39
 
15.    India - Extends time upto 28 January 2021 to complete anti-subsidy investigation concerning imports of “Styrene Butadiene Rubber” from Korea RP
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 26 October 2020
Product Coverage: Styrene Butadiene Rubber
HS Code: 400219
 
16.    India - Extended time to file questionnaire responses on anti-subsidy investigation concerning imports of “Fiberboards” from Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and Sri Lanka
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 26 October 2020
Product Coverage: Fiberboards
HS Code: 4411
 
17.    India - Extended time for filing response in 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 and Malaysia
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 26 October 2020
Product Coverage: Ceramic Tableware and Kitchenware, excluding knives and toilet items
HS Code: 6911, 6912
 
18.    India – Publishes final findings of bilateral safeguard investigation concerning imports of "Polybutadiene Rubber" from Korea RP under India-Korea Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (Bilateral Safeguard measures) Rules, 2017
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 23 October 2020
Product Coverage: Polybutadiene Rubber
HS Code: 40022000
 
AGRICULTURE
Animal Originated Products
 
19.    USA – Publishes directive on lists safe and suitable ingredients, including food additives, used in the production of meat, poultry and egg products
Notification Authority: Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)
Date: 28 October 2020
Product Coverage: Food additives used in the production of meat, poultry, and egg products
 
20.    EU – Publishes methods of analysis for the determination of constituents of animal origin for the official control of feed
Notification Authority: European Commission (Regulation (EU) 2020/1560)
Date: 27 October 2020
Product Coverage: feed
 
21.    Philippines – Publishes guidelines related to pet importation, including a step-by-step procedure on how importers can apply for SPSIC
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture
Date: 27 October 2020
Product Coverage: Pets
HS Code: 0106
 
22.    Vietnam – Publishes standard specifying the technical requirements on chilled poultry meat (including cool chicken and duck meat only) for food, including both boneless and meat with bones
Notification Authority: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
Date: 27 October 2020
Product Coverage: Chilled meat
HS Code: 0204
 
23.    EU - Clarify recent provisions concerning sprouted seeds and chicory heads to increase legal certainty with respect to their organic cultivation requirements to amend organic production rules on feed to allow the use of organic cholesterol for shrimps and prawns
Notification Authority: European Commission
Date: 23 October 2020
Product Coverage: Organic products

Plants & Plant Products
 
24.    EU - Publishes maximum residue levels for 1,4‐diaminobutane, 1-methylcyclopropene, ammonium acetate, bifenazate, chlorantraniliprole, chlormequat, cyprodinil, limestone, mandipropamid, pepper, pyridaben, repellants: blood meal, seaweed extracts and trimethylamine hydrochloride in or on certain products
Notification Authority: European Commission (Regulation (EU) 2020/1565)
Date: 28 October 2020
 
25.    EU – Publishes maximum residue levels for bupirimate, carfentrazone-ethyl, ethirimol, and pyriofenone in or on certain products
Notification Authority: European Commission (Regulation (EU) 2020/1566)
Date: 28 October 2020
 
26.    Kenya - Import conditions for tomato and Capsicum imports to include tomato brown rugose fruit VIRUS (ToBRFV) amended
Notification Authority: Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS)
Date: 27 October 2020
Product Coverage: Seed for sowing
 
27.    Russia - Establishes 0% import duty on HS 0801110000 dried coconut nuts for the period until December 31, 2023
Notification Authority: Eurasian Economic Union (Decision no 131)
Date: 26 October 2020
Product Coverage: Coconut nuts
 
28.    Australia – Publishes import condition for permitted seeds for sowing
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture
Date: 26 October 2020
Product Coverage: Seed
 
29.    Indonesia – Publishes second amendment to Export Duty on palm oil, crude palm oil (CPO), and derivatived products
Notification Authority: Minister of Finance Regulation
Date: 23 October 2020
Product Coverage: Palm oil, crude palm oil (CPO)

Food & Feed
 
30.    USA – Publishes standards for grades of frozen corn on the cob
Notification Authority: Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)
Date: 28 October 2020
Product Coverage: Corn on the cob, frozen; Sweetcorn
HS Code: 071040
 
31.    EU - Publishes feed additives Annex I and Annex II List of additives pursuant to regulation (EC) no 1831/2003
Notification Authority: Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety
Date: 27 October 2020
Product Coverage: feed additives
HS Code: 2309
 
32.    Canada – Publishes MRLs for halauxifen-methyl and MCPA
Notification Authority: Pest Management Regulatory Agency
Date: 26 October 2020
Product Coverage: food
 
33.    India - FSSAI launches a PAN India surveillance of khoa
Notification Authority: Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
Date: 26 October 2020
Product Coverage: Khoa
 
34.    South Africa – Seeks health messages on container labels of alcoholic beverages
Notification Authority: Department of Health
Date: 26 October 2020
Product Coverage: Food
 
35.    Australia – Publishes Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code (MRL Standard) Instrument 2019
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture
Date: 27 Oct 2020
 
36.    Brazil – Publishes lists of nutrients, bioactive substances, enzymes and probiotics, limits of use, claims and supplementary labelling of food supplements
Notification Authority: Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency
Date: 27 October 2020
Product Coverage: food supplements 
HS Code: 210610
 
37.    EU – Publishes union list of novel foods
Notification Authority: European Commission (Regulation (EU) 2020/1559)
Date: 27 October 2020
Product Coverage: Novel food
HS Code: 210690
 
38.    Canada – Proposes maximum residue limit for following pesticides
Notification Authority: Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), Health Canada
Date: 23 October 2020
Product Coverage: Plants & Plant products
Canada's Notification Authority and Enquiry Point
 
39.    India – Publishes Food Safety and Standards (Amendment) Bill, 2020. Stakeholders may submit their comments/suggestions via email at neeraz.s@nic.in within 30 days
Notification Authority: Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
Date: 23 October 2020
Product Coverage: Food
 
40.    Kenya – Publishes following draft standards
Notification Authority: Kenya Bureau of Standards
Date: 23 October 2020
Product Coverage: Meat products, food products
 
41.    Japan – Standards of feed and feed additives amended
Notification Authority: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Date: 23 October 2020
Product Coverage: feed and feed additives
HS Code: 2309
 
42.    Taiwan – Proposes to set maximum levels (ML) for glycidyl fatty acid esters in infant and young child foods
Notification Authority: Ministry of Health
Date: 23 October 2020
Product Coverage: Food for infant and young child
 
43.    South Korea – Publishes notification of exception standards for repackaging of packaged products
Notification Authority: Ministry of Environment
Date: 23 October 2020
Product Coverage: processed food, beverage, alcoholic beverages, confectionery, health functional food, cosmetics, detergents, toy-dolls, stationery, miscellaneous goods, quasi-drugs, clothing
 
44.    South Korea – Proposes establishment of recommended specification for acrylamide in food
Notification Authority: Ministry of Food and Drug Safety
Date: 23 October 2020
Product Coverage: Foods
 
45.    Uganda – Publishes following standards on food products
Notification Authority: Uganda National Bureau of Standards
Date: 23 October 2020
Product Coverage: Motorcycles Brake shoes and lining assembly, Mopeds Brake shoes and lining assembly, Fresh pumpkin, Fresh squash; Fresh or chilled pumpkins, squash and gourds "Cucurbita spp."
HS Code: 871410, 070993
 
CHEMICAL
Chemical
 
46.    Brazil – Imposes ban on the active ingredient Paraquat in pesticides in the country and for transitional risk mitigation measures
Notification Authority: Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency
Date: 27 October 2020
Product Coverage: Pesticides
HS Code: 3808
 
47.    Russia - Authorised Rospotrebnadzor (Chief State Sanitary Physician of the Russian Federation) to monitor compliance with the EAEU technical regulations "On the safety of chemical products"
Notification Authority: Russian Federation
Date: 27 October 2020
Product Coverage: Chemical products

Pharmaceuticals & Cosmetics
 
48.    South Korea – Seek revision of regulations on functional cosmetics
Notification Authority: Ministry of Food and Drug Safety
Date: 23 October 2020
Product Coverage: Perfumes and toilet waters, Beauty or make-up preparations and preparations for the care of the skin, Preparations for use on the hair, prepared room deodorizers
HS Code: 3304, 3304, 3305, 3307
 
49.    Russia – Procedure for the import / export of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and their precursors amended
Notification Authority: Russian Government (Decree no 1721)
Date: 26 October 2020
Product Coverage: narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances
 
50.    Canada – Publishes regulations amending certain regulations made under the food and drugs act (sale of a new drug for emergency treatment)
Notification Authority: Health Canada
Date: 23 October 2020
Product Coverage: foods & drugs
 
51.    Ecuador – Publishes technique sanitary substitution of sanitary register of natural products processed from medicinal use, and good practice of manufacturing for pharmaceutical laboratories of natural products processed from medicinal use
Notification Authority: Agencia Nacional de Regulación, Control y Vigilancia Sanitaria- ARCSA
Date: 23 October 2020
Product Coverage: Laboratory medicine
 
ENGINEERING, ELECTRONICS & OTHER
 
52.    Botswana - Publishes standards for various products
Notification Authority: Ministry of Investment Trade and Industry
Date: 28 October 2020
Product Coverage: deep fat fryers, warming plates, Pasteurized milk, Hand sanitizer
 
53.    Brazil – Publishes mercosur technical regulation (RTM) of seat belts
Notification Authority: National Traffic Department (DENATRAN)
Date: 28 October 2020
Product Coverage: Safety seat belts for motor vehicles
HS Code: 870821
 
54.    Uganda – Publishes standards for various products
DUS 2228:2020 Cobweb duster standard specifies the requirements, methods of sampling and test for cobweb dusters used for removing cobwebs on ceilings and part of the walls that are not easily reached by human hands.
DUS 2257:2020 Plastic Bucket standard prescribes the requirements, methods of sampling and test for plastic buckets.
Notification Authority: Uganda National Bureau of Standards
Date: 28 October 2020
Product Coverage: Plastic Bucket, Cobweb duster
HS Code: 9603, 392690
 
55.    USA - Publishes safety standard for crib mattresses
Notification Authority: Consumer Product Safety Commission
Date: 28 October 2020
Product Coverage: Crib mattresses
HS Code: 9404
 
56.    USA - Publishes vessel incidental discharge national standards of performance
Notification Authority: Environmental Protection Agency
Date: 28 October 2020
Product Coverage: Marine pollution control devices
 
57.    EU - Publishes harmonised standards for certain radio equipment concerning advanced surface movement guidance and control systems, primary surveillance radars, broadcast sound receivers, international mobile telecommunications equipment and fixed radio systems
Notification Authority: European Commission 
Date: 27 October 2020
Product Coverage: telecommunications equipment
 
58.    EU - Initiates an expiry review of the anti-dumping measures applicable to imports of certain tube and pipe fittings of iron or steel originating in the China
Notification Authority: European Commission 
Date: 27 October 2020
Product Coverage: Tube and pipe fittings of iron or steel
HS Code: 7307931191, 7307931193, 7307931194, 7307931195, 7307931199, 7307931991, 7307931993, 7307931994, 7307931995, 7307931999, 7307998092, 7307998093, 7307998094, 7307998095, 7307998098
 
59.    India - Extended enforcement dates of certain Indian standards for ferro silicon, ferro nickel, tool and die steels, high speed tool steels, C mn steel forgings for pressure vessels
Notification Authority: Ministry of Steel
Date: 23 October 2020
Product Coverage: Ferro Silicon, Ferro Nickel, Tool and Die steels, High speed tool steels, C Mn Steel Forgings for Pressure Vessels
 
60.    Kenya – Publishes following draft standards
Notification Authority: Kenya Bureau of Standards
Date: 23 October 2020
Product Coverage: Automobile, Meat products, food products

61.    China - Prohibits import and trans-shipment of certain goods (waste paper) to the Macao Special Administrative Region
Notification Authority: Environmental Protection Bureau
Date: 27 October 2020
Product Coverage: Waste Paper
HS Code: 47071000, 47072000, 47073000, 47079000
 
62.    South Korea – Publishes standard and specification of wood products
Notification Authority: Department of Forest
Date: 23 October 2020
Product Coverage: Wood

Indian States
 
63.    India – Invited inputs, suggestions, comments regarding draft guidelines for carcass disposal.
Notification Authority: Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)
Date: 27 October 2020
Product Coverage: carcass disposal
 
64.    India - Issued guidelines for Gold Assaying and Hallmarking centres to bring these centres under regulatory framework of environment laws
Notification Authority: Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)
Date: 28 October 2020
Product Coverage: Gold
 
65.    India - Publishes notification on approving the auto-renewal licenses under the Punjab Factory Rules, 1962 subject to certain conditions
Notification Authority: Labour Department of Haryana
Date: 28 October 2020
 
66.    India - Modular Hydraulic Trailers specification inserted under Central Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Rules 2020
Notification Authority: Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MORTH)
Date: 28 October 2020
 
67.    India – Publishes Bihar Agri Investment Promotion Policy, 2020: Extending financial assistance to seven sectors i.e Makhana, Fruits and Vegetables, Honey, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Maize, Tea and Seeds
Notification Authority: Government of Bihar
Date: 28 October 2020
 
68.    India - Notifies the tracts in the States of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand where poppy may be cultivated on account of the Central government
Department of Revenue (G.S.R. 671(E))
Date: 26 October 2020
 
69.    India - Rajasthan Government issues directions regarding renewal of licensing procedure for factories
Notification Authority: Rajasthan Factories and Boilers Inspection Department
Date: 24 October 2020
 
70.    India – Publishes Karnataka Industries (Facilitation) (Amendment) Act, 2020
Notification Authority: State Government of Karnataka
Date: 19 October 2020
 
71.    India - Publishes SOP for enlisting vehicle manufacturer approved VLT manufacturers
Notification Authority: Meghalaya Transport Department
Date: 25 October 2020

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