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05 November, 2020

5th November, 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: 30th October - 5th November, 2020 are given under. Please click on a notification for the details.
 
POLICY, TARIFF & INCENTIVES
 
1.      India – Publishes circular on pending claims for rebate of state levies (textiles and garments)
Circular No. 49 /2020-Customs 
Date: 4 November 2020
 
2.      India – Publishes exchange rate of one unit of Turkish Lira equivalent to Indian rupees
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Notification No. 104/2020 - Customs (N.T.))
Date: 3 November 2020
 
3.      India - Extends the benefits of Accredited Economic Operator (AEO) program 
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs
Date 2 November, 2020
 
4.      India - Deletes standard input-output norms (SION) No. A-468 of chemical & allied product group
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Foreign Trade (Public Notice No. 28/(2015- 2020)
Date: 30 October 2020
 
5.      India – Extends exemption to specified medicines under certain Patient Assistance Programmes (PAPs) run by pharmaceutical companies
Notification Authority: Department of Revenue (Notification No. 41/2020)
Date: 29 October 2020
 
6.      India - Publishes tariff value of edible oils, brass scrap, poppy seed, areca nut, gold & silver
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Notification No. 103/2020-Customs (N.T.))
Date: 29 October 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
Policy
 
7.      India – Import Policy: Potato import from Bhutan allowed without license till 31 Jan 2021.
          Visit www.indiantradeportal.in to check import policy of India at item level
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Foreign Trade (Notification No. 44 /2015-2020)
Date: 30 October 2020
Product Coverage: Potato
HS Code: 07019000
 
8.      India - Publishes online procedure for allocation of potato import quota of 10 Lakh MT
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Foreign Trade (Public Notice No. 29/(2015- 2020)
Date: 30 October 2020
Product Coverage: Potato
HS Code: 0710
 
9.      India – Export policy of onion seed changed from `Restricted’ to `Prohibited’.
          Visit www.indiantradeportal.in to check export policy of India at product level
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Foreign Trade (Notification No.43/2015-20)
Date: 30 October 2020
Product Coverage: Onion seed
HS Code: 12099130
 
ANTIDUMPING & SAFEGUARD DUTIES
 
10.   India - Extended time for filing questionnaire responses in anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of “Decor Paper” originating in or exported from China PR
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 4 November 2020
Product Coverage: Decor Paper
HS Code: 48059100, 48022090
 
11.  India - Extended time to complete the investigation in the safeguard (Quantitative Restrictions) concerning imports of “Isopropyl Alcohol” in India
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 3 November 2020
Product Coverage: Isopropyl Alcohol
HS Code: 29051220
 
12.    India - Extended time for filing questionnaire response in anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of Calcined Gypsum Powder originating in or exported from Iran, Oman, Saudi Arabia and UAE
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 3 November 2020
Product Coverage: Calcined Gypsum Powder
HS Code: 25202010
 
13.    India - Extended time for filing questionnaire response in anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of Silicone Sealants originating in or exported from China PR
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 3 November 2020
Product Coverage: Calcined Gypsum Powder
HS Code: 32, 35
 
14.    India - Extended time for filing for questionnaire response in sunset review investigation concerning imports of “Glass Fibre and articles thereof” from China PR
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 3 November 2020
Product Coverage: Glass Fibre and articles thereof
HS Code: 7019
 
15.  India – Publishes final finding on anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of Toluene DiIsocyanate-(TDI) originating in or exported from China PR, Japan and Korea RP
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 2 November, 2020
Product Coverage: Toluene DiIsocyanate-(TDI)
HS Code: 29291020
 
16.   India – Publishes final findings of anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of Poly Vinyl Chloride Paste Resin PVC Paste Resin originating in or exported from China PR, Japan, Korea RP, Malaysia, Russia, Taiwan and Thailand
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 2 November, 2020
Product Coverage: Poly Vinyl Chloride Paste Resin PVC Paste Resin
HS Code: 39042210
 
17.   India – Publishes sunset review of anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of 'Caustic Soda' originating in or exported from China PR and Korea RP
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 2 November, 2020
Product Coverage: Caustic Soda
HS Code: 281511
 
18.    India – Publishes sunset review investigation concerning anti-dumping duty on imports of 'Nylon Tyre Cord Fabric' originating in or exported from China PR
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 2 November, 2020
Product Coverage: Nylon Tyre Cord Fabric
HS Code: 590210
 
19.    India - Extended time for filing questionnaire response in anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of "Hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) Blends" from China PR
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 30 October 2020
Product Coverage: Hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) Blends
HS Code: 38247800
 
20.   India - Extended time for filing questionnaire response in anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of "Hydrofluorocarbons (HFC) component R-32" originated in or exported from China PR
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 30 October 2020
Product Coverage: Hydrofluorocarbons (HFC) component R-32
HS Code: 290339
 
AGRICULTURE
Animal Originated Products
 
21.    Australia – Publishes update of non-salmonid marine finfish risk species lists for human consumption and baitfish
Notification Authority: Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment
Date: 3 November 2020
Product Coverage: Non-viable, non-salmonid marine finfish for human consumption and for use as bait
 
22.   Brazil - Establishes sanitary requirements for the import of giblets and other bovine by-products for animal feed (except brain, bone marrow and tonsils)
Notification Authority: Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (MAPA)
Date: 3 November 2020
Product Coverage: Giblets and other non-edible by-products of cattle (examples: ears, rods, esophagus, tongues, bladders, windpipes, chewable bones - bones or "bones" of skins, ligaments and aponeuroses, pericardium and other membranes), for animal feed.
HS Code: 2309
 
23.  Turkey – Publishes veterinary health certificate for exportation of animal by-products intended for manufacture of petfood in third countries
Notification Authority: Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry / General Directorate of Food and Control
Date: 3 November 2020
Product Coverage: animal by-products
HS Codes: 0504, 0506, 05.07, 051191, 051199, 2301, 4101
 
24.    Australia – Publishes import conditions for feather
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment
Date: 30 October 2020
HS Code: 05051010
 
25.   Kuwait – Imposing ban on import of poultry of all types from Kazakhstan due to outbreak of avian influenza (H5) except those thermally treated at 70 degrees C
Notification Authority: Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Date: 30 October 2020
Product Coverage: Poultry of all types and eggs/egg products (fresh, chilled, frozen and processed) except those thermally treated at 70 degrees C
HS Code: 0407, 0408
 
26.    Kuwait – Imposing ban on import of ruminant meat of all types from following countries due to outbreak of rift valley fever virus.
Notification Authority: Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Date: 30 October 2020
Product Coverage: Meat of Ruminants (fresh, chilled, frozen and processed)
Plants & Plant Products
 
27.    Japan – Proposes maximum residue limits (MRLs) for Pyroxasulfone and Xylazine
Notification Authority: Ministry of Health
Date: 4 November 2020
 
28.    Turkey – Publishes food codex communiqué on olive oil and olive pomace oil
Notification Authority: Ministry of Agriculture
Product Coverage: olive oil and olive pomace oil
Date: 4 November 2020
 
29.    USA - Establishes tolerances for residues of trinexapac-ethyl
Notification Authority: Environmental Protection Agency
Date: 4 November 2020
 
30.    Australia - Establishes irradiation as a phytosanitary measure for all fresh fruit and vegetables
Notification Authority: Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ)
Date: 3 November 2020
Product Coverage: Fresh fruit and vegetables
HS Code: 07, 08
 
31.    Brazil – Publishes list of absent quarantine pests (PQA)
Notification Authority: Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (MAPA)
Date: 3 November 2020
Product Coverage: Absent quarantine pests
 
32.    New Zealand - Establishes irradiation as a phytosanitary measure for all fresh fruit and vegetables
Notification Authority: Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ)
Date: 3 November 2020
Product Coverage: Fresh fruit and vegetables
 
33.    Spain – Proposes to establish the conditions of commercialization, official control and authorization of tests with phytosanitary products
Notification Authority: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Date: 3 November 2020
Product Coverage: Plant products
 
34.    USA - Establishes tolerances for residues of clofentezine in or on hop, dried cones
Notification Authority: Environmental Protection Agency
Date: 3 November 2020
Product Coverage: Hop, dried cones
 
35.   USA - Establishes tolerances for residues of diquat in or on pea and bean, dry and shelled, except soybean
Notification Authority: Environmental Protection Agency
Date: 3 November 2020
Product Coverage: pea and bean, dry and shelled
 
36.    Australia – Publishes amendment to labelling requirements for the following:
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment
Date: 3 November, 2020
Product Coverage: Fresh grapefruit or sweetie, limes, lemons, mandarins and tangerines & oranges
 
37.    Australia – Publishes storage declaration guidelines for manufactured wooden articles in the timber and timber products
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment
Date: 3 November, 2020
Product Coverage: Timber and timber products
HS Code: 44
 
38.    Brazil – Establishes phytosanitary requirements for the import of following products
Notification Authority: Secretariat of Animal and Plant Health and Inspection (SDA)
Date: 30 October 2020
 
39.    GCC – Publishes labelling requirements of fruit juices/nectar/drink
Notification Authority: Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization
Date: 30 October 2020
Product Coverage: fruit juices/nectar/drink
HS Code: 2009
 
40.    Hong Kong – Publishes amendment to Import and Export (General) Regulations
Notification Authority: Government of Hongkong
Date: 30 October 2020
 
41.    South Africa – Publishes regulation on Tea and related products intended for sale in South Africa
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Date: 30 October 2020
Product Coverage: Tea and related products
HS Code: 0902
 
42.   South Africa – Publishes regulation on coffee, chicory and related products intended for sale in South Africa
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Date: 30 October 2020
Product Coverage: Coffee, chicory and related products
HS Code: 0901
Food
 
43.    Canada – Proposes maximum residue limit for Trifludimoxazin
Notification Authority: Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), Health Canada
Date: 3 November 2020
Product Coverage: food
 
44.    Canada – Publishes 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: 3 November 2020
Product Coverage: Cellulase from Trichoderma reesei
 
45.    India - Publishes direction regarding import of speciality foods for IEM and hypoallergenic conditions 
Notification Authority: Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
Date: 3 November 2020
Product Coverage: food
 
46.    Myanmar – Publishes list of goods required to apply for import license
Notification Authority: Ministry of Commerce (Notice No. 22/2019, 689)
Date: 3 November 2020
 
47.    Thailand – Publishes regulation on prescribing the principle, conditions, methods and proportion of food additives
Notification Authority: Ministry of Public Health
Date: 3 November 2020
Product Coverage: food
 
48.    Thailand - Maximum residue limits (MRLs) of chlorpyrifos and paraquat amended
Notification Authority: Ministry of Public Health
Date: 3 November 2020
Product Coverage: food
 
CHEMICAL
 
49.   Australia – Seeks to amend maximum residue limits (MRLs) of Acetamiprid, Carbaryl, 2,4-D, Pyraclostrobin, Uniconazole-p in specified plant commodities and 2,4-D in specified animal commodities
Notification Authority: Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ)
Date: 3 November 2020
Product Coverage: Foods in general
 
50.    Australia - Publishes import conditions for highly refined organic chemicals and substances
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment
Date: 30 October 2020
Product Coverage: highly refined organic chemicals
HS Code: 3808
 
51.   Brazil - Establishes criteria for the concession of market authorization for medicines with synthetic and semisynthetic active principles for human use categorized as new, innovative, generic, and similar.
Notification Authority: Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA)
Date: 30 October 2020
Product Coverage: Medicaments, Medicaments consisting of mixed or unmixed products, Wadding, gauze, bandages and the like, Pharmaceutical preparations and products
HS Code: 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006
 
52.   Brazil - Establishes new codes for the administrative request of market authorization for new and innovative synthetic and semisynthetic medicines
Notification Authority: Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA)
Date: 30 October 2020
Product Coverage: Medicaments, Medicaments consisting of mixed or unmixed products, Wadding, gauze, bandages and the like, Pharmaceutical preparations and products
HS Code: 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006
 
53.    Ecuador – Publishes technical requirements for liquids for hydraulic brakes and similar liquids prepared for hydraulic transmissions
Notification Authority: Servicio Ecuatoriano de Normalización INEN
Date: 30 October 2020
Product Coverage: liquids for hydraulic brakes
HS Code: 3819
 
54.    India - Revises the production Linked Incentive (PLI) Schemes
Notification Authority: Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers 
Date: 29 October 2020
 
55.    India – Publishes Fertiliser (Inorganic, Organic or Mixed) (Control) Fourth Amendment Order, 2020
Notification Authority: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
Date: 3 November 2020
 
56.    Thailand – Publishes criteria, procedures and conditions for the notification, requesting permission, and issuance of the transit license relating to hazardous substances
Notification Authority: Thai Food and Drug Administration
Date: 3 November 2020
 
PLASTICS, TEXTILE & FOOTWEAR
 
58.   Taiwan - Publishes inspection requirements for chair mounted seat
Notification Authority: Ministry of Trade
Date: 3 November 2020
 
58.    Vietnam - Publishes directive on management, recycling and minimization of plastic waste
Notification Authority: Ministry of Industry
Date: 3 November 2020
Product Coverage: plastic waste
HS Code: 3915
 
59.    India – Publishes following quality control order
Notification Authority: Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade
Date: 28 October 2020
Product Coverage: PPE, Footwear, Refrigerating Appliance
 
60.    Uganda – Publishes standards for following products 
DUS 2276:2020, Medical cotton swabs standard - Specifies requirements, sampling and methods of test for medical cotton swabs
DUS 2257:2020, Refined Gold standard - Specifies the requirements and methods of sampling and test for refined gold in cast bar form
Notification Authority: Uganda National Bureau of Standards
Date: 30 October 2020
Product Coverage: Medical cotton swabs, Refined Gold; Gold, incl. gold plated with platinum, unwrought or not further worked than semi-manufactured or in powder form
HS Code: 300590, 7108
 
ENGINEERING & ELECTRONICS
 
61.   Vietnam - Publishes circular on providing the list of telecommunication services that require quality management
Notification Authority: Ministry of Information and Communications
Date: 4 November 2020
 
62.    Chile - Establishes technical, construction and safety requirements for electric vehicles
Notification Authority: Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications (MTT)
Date: 4 November 2020
Product Coverage: Electric vehicles
HS Code: 870390
 
63.    Russia – Proposes amendments to the technical regulations on safety of furniture production
Notification Authority: Eurasian Economic Commission
Date: 4 November 2020
Product Coverage: Furniture
HS Code: 9405
 
64.    Japan – Publishes partial amendment of regulations for radio equipment etc
Notification Authority: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
Date: 4 November 2020
Product Coverage: radio equipment
HS Code: 8528
 
65.    Tanzania - Publishes standards for following products
Notification Authority: Tanzania Bureau of Standards
Date: 4 November 2020
Product Coverage: Kitchen equipment
 
66.    Ecuador - Publishes revision of the technical regulation on aluminium extruded tubes
Notification Authority: Servicio Ecuatoriano de Normalización INEN
Date: 30 October 2020
Product Coverage: Aluminum extruded tubes
HS Code: 7608
 
67.    France – Publishes orders relating to the criteria, sub-criteria and the notation system for the calculation and display for following:
Notification Authority: Ministry of Ecological and Solidarity Transition
Date: 30 October 2020
 
68.    USA - Terminated 10 Consumer Standards: Italian Sprouting Broccoli, fresh carrots, celery stalks, husked corn on the cob, fresh kale, fresh spinach leaves, brussels sprouts, u.s. fresh parsnips, fresh turnips, beet greens.
Notification Authority: Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)
Date: 30 October 2020
Product Coverage: Vegetables, Fruits. Vegetables
HS Code: 07, 08
 
INDIAN STATES
 
69.   India - Uttarakhand government issues a letter regarding payment of contractors or firms registered under MSME Act
Notification Authority: Government of Uttarakhand
Date: 4 November 2020
 
70.    India – Andhra Pradesh revises fee for the grant and renewal of the certificate of manufacturers and for various other purposes
Notification Authority: Andhra Pradesh Agriculture and Cooperation Department
Date: 3 November 2020
 
71.    India - Kashmir issued operational guidelines of Integrated Poultry Development Program
Notification Authority: Department of Animal Husbandry
Date: 3 November 2020
 
72.    India - Commissioner Taxes Department, Maharashtra issued a trade circular for the guidelines for online e-hearing before the advance ruling authority under the Maharashtra State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017
Notification Authority: Commissioner Taxes Department, Maharashtra
Date: 3 November 2020
 
73.    India – Publishes Karnataka Biodiversity (Amendment) Regulations, 2020
Notification Authority: State Government of Karnataka
Date: 3 November 2020
 
74.    India - Commercial Taxes Department of Tamil Nadu issued a notification for the clarification relating to the application of sub-rule (4) of rule 36 of TNGST Rules, 2017
Notification Authority: Commercial Taxes Department
Date: 3 November 2020
 
75.    India - Amended certain provisions of the scheme for extending financial assistance to sugar mills for enhancement and augmentation of ethanol production capacity
Notification Authority: Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Date: 3 November 2020

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