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11 February, 2021

11th February, 2021
 
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: 5th – 11th February, 2020 are given under. Please click on a notification for the details.
Policy & Customs
 
1.      India – Publishes notification for food import entry points
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Foreign Trade (Trade Notice 57/2020-21)
Date: 10 February 2021
Product Coverage: Palm oil and fraction
HS Code: 1515
 
2.      India – Publishes instructions/ guidelines regarding procedures to be followed during search operation
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Instruction No. 01/2020-21-IGS-Investigation)
Date: 02 February 2021
 
3.      India – Four more FTAs exempt from Agriculture Infrastructure and Development Cess (AIDC). Notification Nos. 96/2008-Customs, 57/2009-Customs, 101/2007-Customs and 50/2018-Customs amended
Notification Authority: Department of Revenue (Notification No. 16/2021-Customs)
Date: 5 February 2021
 
4.      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. 15/2021-CUSTOMS (N.T.))
Date: 5 February 2021
Product Coverage: Edible Oils, Brass Scrap, Poppy Seeds, Areca Nut, Gold and Silver
HS Code: 15111000, 15119010, 15119090, 1511100, 15119020, 15119090, 15071000, 740400, 12079100
 
5.      India - Introduces online e-tariff rate quota system for imports
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Foreign Trade (Trade Notice 40/2020-21)
Date: 4 February 2021
Trade Remedies
 
6.      India - Initiates sunset review of antidumping duty imposes on import of Glazed Unglazed Porcelain Vitrified tiles in polished or unpolished finish with less than 3-per
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 10 February 2021
 
7.      India - Extends time for filing questionnaire response in anti-dumping investigation concerning Imports of Phenol originating in or exported from EU and Singapore
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 9 February 2021
Product Coverage: Phenol
HS Code: 29071110
 
8.      India - Extends time for filling questionnaire for response to anti-subsidy investigation concerning imports of “Aluminum Primary Foundry Alloy Ingot” originating in or exported from Malaysia
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 9 February 2021
Product Coverage: Phenol
HS Code: 76012010
 
9.      India – Publishes final finding of sunset review of anti-dumping investigation on imports of “Methylene Chloride” originating in or exported from China PR and Russia
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 5 February 2021
Product Coverage: Methylene Chloride
HS Code: 29031200
 
10.    India - Extends anti-subsidy investigation concerning imports of Fiberboards from Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 5 February 2021
Product Coverage: Fiberboards
HS Code: 4411
 
11.    India - Extends anti-dumping original investigation concerning imports of “Self-Adhesive Polyvinyl Chloride Film” originating in or exported from China
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 5 February 2021
Product Coverage: Self-Adhesive Polyvinyl Chloride Film
HS Code: 39191000, 39199010, 39199020, 39199090, 39209919, 39209959, 39209999, 39219099, 39269099
 
12.    South Korea – Imposes antidumping duty on steel products imported from India
Notification Authority: Ministry of Economy & Finance
Date: 9 February 2021
Product Coverage: Round bar, Square bar, Hexagonal car & flat bar
HS Code: 72222000, 722230000, 7222110000, 7222190000
Animal Origin Products
 
13.    Russia - Introduces temporary restriction on import of live poultry and bird eggs from India due to the outbreak of low pathogenic avian influenza in the country.
Notification Authority: The Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor)
Product Coverage: Live poultry; meat and edible offal of fowls, of the species Gallus domesticus, ducks, geese, turkeys; birds' eggs
HS Codes: 0105, 0106, 0207, 0407
 
14.    Thailand - Extends suspension of import into or transit through the Thailand of poultry or poultry carcasses from India
Notification Authority: Department of Livestock Development
Date: 8 February 2021
Product Coverage: poultry or poultry carcasses
 
15.    Canada – Publishes list of permitted colouring agents to enable the use of caramel in flavoured cheddar cheese
Notification Authority: Health Canada
Date: 4 February 2021
Product Coverage: Caramel in flavoured cheddar cheese
 
16.    Canada – Publishes updated Canadian susceptible species of aquatic animals list
Notification Authority: Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
Date: 4 February 2021
Product Coverage: Susceptible species of aquatic animals
 
17.    Canada – Publishes import policy regarding the animal health conditions for import of milk and milk products, including foods and beverages that contain milk as an ingredient
Notification Authority: Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
Date: 4 February 2021
Product Coverage: Milk and milk products, and foods and beverages that contain milk as an ingredient
HS Codes: 180690, 190110, 190190, 210690, 220299
Plants and Plant Products
 
18.    Australia – Publishes import conditions for apiaceous seeds for sowing commencing 30 March 2021
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture
Date: 10 February 2021
 
19.    EU – Publishes MRLs for carbon tetrachloride, chlorothalonil, chlorpropham, dimethoate, ethoprophos, fenamidone, methiocarb, omethoate, propiconazole, and pymetrozine
Notification Authority: European Commission
Date: 10 February 2021
 
20.    Canada – Publishes maximum residual levels of tetraconazole
Notification Authority: Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA)
Date: 8 February 2021
 
21.    Pakistan – Publishes standards for following products
Notification Authority: Pakistan Standards & Quality Control Authority
Date: 8 February 2021
 
22.    USA - Establishes tolerances for residues of following chemicals
Notification Authority: Environmental Protection Agency
Date: 8 February 2021
 
23.    Brazil - Publishes amendments to the monographs for Neoseiulus barkeri, 1-tetradecanol, dodecatriene, (E)-7-dodecenyl acetate, and thiencarbazone-methyl
Notification Authority: Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA)
Date: 8 February 2021
 
24.    Taiwan – Proposes quarantine requirements for host plants or plant products of Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (Tobamovirus) from China, Cyprus, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Mexico, Netherlands, Palestine, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America
Notification Authority: Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine, Council of Agriculture
Date: 8 February 2021
Product Coverage: Plants or plant products
 
25.    Australia – Publishes amendments to the import conditions for sphagnum moss
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture
Date: 4 February 2021
 
26.    Chile - Establishes regulations for the importation of plants, stacks and frames of certain species
Notification Authority: Ministry of Agriculture
Date: 4 February 2021
Product Coverage: plants, stacks and frames of certain species
 
27.    EU – Publishes amendment to Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 on fertilising products
Notification Authority: European Commission
Date: 4 February 2021
Product Coverage: Fertilising products
 
28.    Moldova – Publishes decision No. 115/2013 regarding control of nitrates in vegetable origin food products
Notification Authority: National Food Safety Agency
Date: 5 February 2021
Product Coverage: vegetable origin food products
HS Codes: 0701, 0704, 0705, 0706, 0707, 0807, 070970, 071030, 0709 9310, 190110
 
29.    Japan – Publishes emergency measures to prevent Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) from entering Japan through the importation of host seeds and plants of ToBRFV
Notification Authority: Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Date: 4 February 2021
Product Coverage: Seeds and plants of tomato
Processed Food
 
30.    Argentina – Publishes executive decree related to labeling of packaged foods
Notification Authority: Department of Foods
Date: 10 February 2021
 
31.    Canada – Publishes maximum residue limit for Carfentrazone-ethyl
Notification Authority: Department of Health
Date: 10 February 2021
 
32.    Philippines – Revises guidelines on the unified licensing requirements and procedures of the food and drug Administration Amending Administrative
Notification Authority: Food and Drug Administration
Date: 10 February 2021
 
33.    China – Publishes following standards
Notification Authority: National Medical Products Administration
Date: 8 February 2021
Product Coverage: Toothpaste, Live Microorganisms, Wheat, Live Microorganisms Lactobacillus Plantarum, feed additive-Lactobacillus acidophilus, Feed additive-Enterococcus faecium, Feed additive- L-Valine, Feed additive Cyanocobalamin cobione (Vitamin B12), Soya bean, RMB cash authentication machines
HS Code: 330610, 2309, 320419
 
34.    India - Publishes notice related to integrated assessment for accreditation / recognition / approval of the laboratories 
Notification Authority: Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
Date: 8 February 2021
 
35.    India - Publishes clarification related to requirement of non-GM cum GM free certificate to accompany imported food consignments
Notification Authority: Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
Date: 8 February 2021
 
36.    India - Issued Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Second Amendment Regulations, 2021 to further amend the e Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Regulations, 2011. 
Notification Authority: Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)
Date: 5 February 2021
 
37.    EU - Publishes maximum levels of acrylamide in certain food stuffs for infants and young children
Notification Authority: European Commission
Date: 8 February 2021
 
38.    EU - Publishes specifications for food additive titanium dioxide
Notification Authority: European Commission
Date: 8 February 2021
 
39.    USA – Publishes requirements for providing safe harbor warnings for products sold on the internet, in catalogs, and certain provisions specific to alcoholic beverage warnings
Notification Authority: California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, State of California
Date: 8 February 2021
 
40.    Australia - Proposes maximum residue limits for dietary exposure & microbiology risk assessments
Notification Authority: Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ)
Date: 8 February 2021
 
41.    Canada - Publishes list of permitted colouring agents to extend the use of spirulina extract to certain unstandardized foods
Notification Authority: Department of Health
Date: 8 February 2021
 
42.    EU – Publishes regulation for re-evaluation of approved food additives
Notification Authority: European Commission (Regulation (EU) 2021/148)
Date: 8 February 2021
Product Coverage: food additives
HS Code: 210110
 
43.    Russia - Proposes amendments to the customs union technical regulation on safety of food products
Notification Authority: Eurasian Economic Commission
Date: 8 February 2021
Product Coverage: Food products; the processes of production (manufacturing), storage, transportation, sale and disposal related to the requirements for food products.
 
44.    Thailand - Proposes food standards for microorganisms in foods
Notification Authority: Ministry of Public Health
Date: 5 February 2021
Product Coverage: foods
 
45.    Thailand – Publishes notification on prescribing the principle, conditions, methods and proportion of food additives
Notification Authority: Ministry of Public Health
Date: 5 February 2021
 
46.    Chile - Proposes to update the maximum limits of pesticide residues in food
Notification Authority: Ministry of Agriculture
Date: 4 February 2021
Product Coverage: food
 
47.    Taiwan – Publishes regulation for the use restriction and labeling requirement of guayusa leaves (ilex guayusa) as food ingredients
Notification Authority: Department of Food Safety
Date: 4 February 2021
Product Coverage: food additives
 
48.    Taiwan – Publishes sanitation standard for contaminants and toxins in food
Notification Authority: Food and Drug Administration
Date: 8 February 2021
Product Coverage: food
Chemicals & Cosmetics
 
49.    Chile – Publishes regulation of classification, labeling and notification of chemical substances and mixtures
Notification Authority: Department of Chemicals
Date: 10 February 2021
 
50.    Pakistan – Publishes standards for following Chemicals & Cosmetics
Notification Authority: Pakistan Standards & Quality Control Authority
Date: 8 February 2021
 
51.    Ukraine – Publishes technical regulation on safety of chemical products
Notification Authority: Ministry for Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine
Date: 8 February 2021
Product Coverage: Chemical products
 
52.    Ukraine - Publishes technical regulation on hazard classification, precautionary labeling and packaging of chemical products
Notification Authority: Ministry for Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine
Date: 8 February 2021
Product Coverage: Chemical products
 
53.    Thailand – Publishes following ministerial regulations on synthetic dyestuffs: Sulphur dye, acid dye, vat dye and direct dye
Notification Authority: Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI), Ministry of Industry
Date: 5 February 2021
Product Coverage: Pigments and extenders
HS Code: 3204
 
54.    Ukraine – Proposes technical regulation on cosmetic products
Notification Authority: Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
Date: 5 February 2021
Product Coverage: cosmetic products
HS Code: 33, 3401
Engineering & Electronics
 
55.    China – Publishes following standards
Notification Authority: State Administration for Market Regulation (Standardization Administration of the P.R.C.)
Date: 8 February 2021
 
56.    Kenya – Publishes following standards
Notification Authority: Kenya Bureau of Standards
Date: 8 February 2021
 
57.    Pakistan – Publishes standards for electronic items
Notification Authority: Pakistan Standards & Quality Control Authority
Date: 8 February 2021
 
58.    Pakistan – Publishes standards for plastics & engineering products
Notification Authority: Pakistan Standards & Quality Control Authority
Date: 8 February 2021
 
59.    Brazil – Publishes technical quality regulations and conformity assessment requirements for automotive safety glasses
Notification Authority: National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology (INMETRO)
Date: 5 February 2021
Product Coverage: Safety glass, toughened "tempered", laminated safety glass
HS Code: 7007
 
60.    Spain – Publishes order establishing the information and marketing requirements for hygienic masks
Notification Authority: Ministry of Consumption
Date: 5 February 2021
Product Coverage: Hygienic mask (or community face covers) whose intended use is to minimize the projection of respiratory drops
 
61.    Ukraine – Proposes technical regulation on marine equipment
Notification Authority: Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine
Date: 5 February 2021
Product Coverage: Marine equipment intended for installation on board ship
Regulatory Developments in India
 
62.    India - Issued the draft Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2021 to further amend the Patents Rules, 2003
Notification Authority: Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MCI
Date: 5 February 2021
 
63.    India - Issued an office memorandum of Solar Photovoltaic Modules (requirement for compulsory registration) Order, 2019
Notification Authority: Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE)
Date: 5 February 2021
 
64.    India - Issued guidelines for enlistment under “Approved Models and Manufacturers of Solar Photovoltaic Modules (Requirement for compulsory Registration) Order, 2019. It has been decided that the inspection fee for manufacturing capacity up to 50 MW has been revised from existing Rs, 5 Lakhs to Rs.2.5 Lakhs
Notification Authority: Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE)
Date: 5 February 2021
 
65.    India – Amended the specification of solar photovoltaic water pumping systems and guidelines on testing procedure for solar photovoltaic water pumping systems that are applicable to solar water pumping systems
Notification Authority: Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE)
Date: 5 February 2021
 
66.    India - Includes additional commodities for subsidy being granted for transportation through Kisan Rail trains under Operation Greens
Notification Authority: Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI)
Date: 8 February 2021
 
67.    India - Issued a notification amending the notification no. S.O. 275 (E) dated August 31, 2020 which specifies the Excise policy
Notification Authority: Finance Department of Jammu and Kashmir
Date: 8 February 2021
 
68.    India - Issued the draft New Drugs and Clinical Trials (Amendment) Rules, 2021 to further amend New Drugs and Clinical Trials Rules, 2019
Notification Authority: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW)
Date: 8 February 2021
 
69.    India - Issued the Gujarat Boiler (Amendment) Rules, 2021 to further amend the Gujarat Boiler Rules, 1966
Notification Authority: Labour and Employment Department of Gujarat
Date: 8 February 2021

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