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11 March, 2021

11th March, 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 of 5th – 11th March, 2021 are given under. Please click on a notification for the details.
Policy & Customs
 
1.      India – Publishes instruction on testing of imported food products at FSSAI notified laboratories
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Instruction no 3/2021-Customs)
Date: 10 March 2021
 
2.      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. 28/2021-Customs (N.T.))
Date: 9 March 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
 
3.      India – Publishes notification to implement e-invoicing for the taxpayers having aggregate turnover exceeding Rs. 50 Cr from 01st April 2021.
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Notification No. 05/2021-Central Tax)
Date: 8 March 2021
 
4.      India – Publishes notification in relation to Land Customs Stations and routes "the river route as per the Protocol on Inland Water Transit and Trade between India and Bangladesh connecting Tribeni (Bandel) in India to Bangladesh" by amendment of Principal Notification No. 63/1994-Customs (N.T.) dated 21st November, 1994.
Notification Authority: Department of Revenue Notification no 27/2021 (NT)
Date: 5 March 2021
 
5.      India - Publishes exchange rate of one unit of foreign currency equivalent to Indian rupees
Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Notification No. 26/2021 - Customs (N.T.))
Date: 4 March 2021
 
6.      India – Issued a notification on the quantity of quota of 4 Lakh MT towards import of urad dal (products falling under Chapter 7 of ITC (HS), 2017) up to March 31, 2022
Notification Authority: Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MCI)
Date: 3 March 2021
Product Coverage: Urad dal
HS codes 07133110, 07139010 and 07139090
Trade Remedies
 
7.      India - Imposes definitive countervailing/anti-subsidy duty on imports of “Textured Tempered Glass” originating in or exported from Malaysia
Notification Authority: Department of Revenue (Notification No. 3/2021-Customs (CVD))
Date: 9 March 2021
 
8.      India – Publishes sunset review investigation concerning imports of 2-Ethyl Hexanol originating in or exported from European Union, Indonesia, Korea RP, Malaysia, Taiwan and United States of America
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 9 March 2021
Product Coverage: 2-Ethyl Hexanol
HS Code: 29051620
 
9.      Russia – Establishes 0% import tariff for certain types of equipment for sorting, screening, separation, washing of soil, stone, ores
Notification Authority: Eurasian Economic Commission
Date: 9 March 2021
Product Coverage: equipment for sorting, screening, separation, washing of soil, stone, ores
 
10.    India - Publishes corrigendum to initiation of anti-dumping investigation concerning import of ‘Viscose Staple Fibre excluding Bamboo fibre’ originating in or exported from China and Indonesia
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 8 March 2021
Product Coverage: Viscose Staple Fibre excluding Bamboo fibre
HS Code: 55041000
 
11.    India - Imposes anti-dumping duty on imports of 'Black Toner in powder form' originating in or exported from China PR, Malaysia, and Chinese Taipei for a period of 5 years from the date of imposition of provisional ADD, i.e. from 10th August 2020
Notification Authority: Department of Revenue (Notification No. 12/2021 -Customs (ADD))
Date: 5 March 2021
 
12.    India - Publishes list of interested parties for sunset review of anti-dumping duty imposed on import of "Phenol" originating in or exported from European Union and Singapore
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 4 March 2021
Product Coverage: Phenol
HS Code: 29071110
 
13.    India - Publishes final finding on anti-subsidy investigation concerning imports of Textured Tempered Glass whether coated or uncoated from Malaysia
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 4 March 2021
Product Coverage: Textured Tempered Glass whether Coated or Uncoated
HS Code: 70031990, 70051010, 70051090, 70052190, 70052990, 70053090, 70071900
Animal Origin Products
 
14.    Brazil - Veterinary drug MRL regulation amended
Notification Authority: National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA)
Date: 5 March 2021
 
15.    EU - Authorises a preparation of Enterococcus faecium DSM 7134 as a feed additive for laying hens
Notification Authority: European Commission (Regulation (EU) 2021/422)
Date: 9 March 2021
Product Coverage: Feed additives
HS Code: 2309
 
16.    EU - Authorises tincture derived from Artemisia vulgaris L (mugwort tincture) as a feed additive for all animal species
Notification Authority: European Commission (Regulation (EU) 2021/421)
Date: 9 March 2021
Product Coverage: Feed additives
HS Code: 2309
 
17.    EU - Authorises lutein-rich and lutein/zeaxanthin extracts from Tagetes erecta as feed additives for poultry (except turkeys) for fattening and laying and for minor poultry species for fattening and laying
Notification Authority: European Commission (Regulation (EU) 2021/420)
Date: 9 March 2021
Product Coverage: Feed additives
HS Code: 2309
 
18.    EU - Authorises preparation of fumonisin esterase produced by Komagataella phaffii DSM 32159 as a feed additive for all animal species
Notification Authority: Health and Food Safety Directorate-General
Date: 9 March 2021
Product Coverage: Preparation of a kind use in animal nutrition
HS Code: 2309
 
19.    EU – Publishes regulation to review suspension of the authorisation of ethoxyquin as a feed additive
Notification Authority: European Commission (Regulation (EU) 2021/412)
Date: 8 March 2021
 
20.    Hong Kong - Revises export health certificates for permanent import of horses into Hong Kong, China
Notification Authority: Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department
Date: 9 March 2021
Product Coverage: Equine animals
 
21.    Tanzania – Publishes standards on fish and fishery products
Notification Authority: Tanzania Bureau of Standards
Date: 8 March 2021
 
22.    Tanzania – Publishes following standards on animal feed
Notification Authority: Tanzania Bureau of Standards
Date: 5 March 2021
Product Coverage: Animal feeding stuffs
HS Code: 2309
Plants & Plant Products
 
23.    Brazil – Establishes phytosanitary requirements for the import of seeds (Category 4, Class 3) of chili and pepper (Capsicum annuum)
Notification Authority: Secretariat of Animal and Plant Health and Inspection (SDA) - Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (MAPA)
Date: 9 March 2021
Product Coverage: Seeds of chili and pepper (Capsicum annuum)
 
24.    Canada – Proposes maximum residue limit for Pydiflumetofen & Indaziflam
Notification Authority: Global Affairs Canada
Date: 8 March 2021
 
25.    Chile - Establishes phytosanitary import requirements for Alfalfa Hay (Medicago sativa) in different presentations or conservation and storage systems intended for animal consumption
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture
Date: 9 March 2021
 
26.    EU - Publishes regulation for fixing the import duties applicable to certain types of husked rice from 8 March 2021
Notification Authority: European Commission (Regulation (EU) 2021/401)
Date: 5 March 2021
 
27.    South Africa – Seeks discontinuation use of original paper for phytosanitary certificates from 1 April 2021. Phytosanitary certificates will be printed on normal A4 printing paper
Notification Authority: National Plant Protection Organization of South Africa (NPPOZA)
Date: 9 March 2021
 
28.    USA - Publishes standards for grades of frozen corn on the cob
Notification Authority: Agricultural Marketing Service
Date: 10 March 2021
 
29.    USA - Establishes tolerances for residues of fluindapyr
Notification Authority: Environmental Protection Agency
Date: 9 March 2021
 
30.    USA - Establishes tolerances for residues of quizalofop ethyl
Notification Authority: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Date: 8 March 2021
 
31.    USA - Establishes tolerances for residues of picarbutrazox 
Notification Authority: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Date: 5 March 2021
Processed Food
 
32.    India – Publishes Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Third Amendment Regulations, 2021. These regulations shall come into force from June 08, 2021
Notification Authority: Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)
Date: 8 March 2021
 
33.    Australia - Publishes food standard for special medical purposes
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture
Date: 4 March 2021
 
34.    Australia – Publishes generic names of ingredients and conditions for their use
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture
Date: 8 March 2021
 
35.    Australia – Publishes requirements of warning statements, advisory statements and declarations
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture
Date: 8 March 2021
 
36.    Brazil – Publishes resolution to establishes extraction and processing solvents authorized to be used in production of foodstuffs and ingredients were rectified
Notification Authority: Assessoria de Assuntos Internacionais - AINTE
Date: 9 March 2021
 
37.    China – Publishes following food safety standards
Notification Authority: National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China (NHC)
Date: 8 March 2021
 
38.    China – Publishes followings standards on Food Nutritional Fortifier
  • Reduced Iron - This standard is applicable to the food nutritional fortifier reduced iron produced by coal-based direct reduction or gas-based direct reduction with iron phosphorus or iron concentrate as raw materials.
  • Cyanocobalamin Hydrochloride - This standard is applicable to cyanocobalamin hydrochloride, a food nutritional fortifier, which is prepared by chemical synthesis from cyanocobalamin obtained from the conversion and crystallization of the fermentation broth containing cobalamin produced by microbial fermentation.
  • Manganese Chloride - This standard is applicable to food nutritional fortifier manganese chloride, which is prepared by reaction of electrolytic manganese or manganese carbonate with hydrochloric acid.
  • Calcium Glycerophosphate - This standard is applicable to the food nutritional fortifier calcium glycerophosphate neutralized with glycerophosphate and calcium hydroxide or calcium carbonate
  • Sodium Molybdate - This standard applies to food nutritional fortifier sodium molybdate which is obtained by filtering, concentrating, cooling, centrifuging, and drying from the sodium molybdate solution
  • Copper Carbonate - This standard is applicable to the food nutritional fortifier copper carbonate made from sodium carbonate or sodium bicarbonate, soluble copper salt or cathode copper (electrolytic copper), liquid ammonia, carbon dioxide as raw materials.
  • L-carnitine tartrate - This standard is applicable to food nutritional fortifier L-carnitine tartarate, which is produced by the reaction of L-carnitine and food additive tartaric acid.
  • Ferrous Citrate - This standard is applicable to food nutritional fortifier ferrous citrate, which is reacted by of ferrous carbonate (reacted from ferrous sulfate and sodium carbonate) with citric acid.
Notification Authority: National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China (NHC)
Date: 5 March 2021
Product Coverage: food additives
HS Code: 2106
 
39.    EU - Publishes directive regarding nicotinamide riboside chloride and magnesium citrate malate used in the manufacture of food supplements and as regards the units of measurement used for copper
Notification Authority: European Commission (Regulation (EU) 2021/418)
Date: 9 March 2021
Product Coverage: Feed additives
HS Code: 2309
 
40.    Indonesia – Publishes requirements on the use of flavouring food additives
Notification Authority: Food and Drug Authority 
Date: 9 March 2021
 
41.    South Korea – Publishes food additives amendment
Notification Authority: Korea's Ministry of Food and Drug Safety
Date: 9 March 2021
 
42.    South Korea - Proposes revision of the act on labelling and advertising of foods
Notification Authority: Ministry of Food and Drug Safety
Date: 8 March 2021
Product Coverage: Foods
 
43.    United Kingdom - Publishes Foods for Specific Groups (Infant Formula and Follow on Formula) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture
Date: 8 March 2021
 
44.    Uganda – Publishes following standards
Notification Authority: Uganda National Bureau of Standards
Date: 8 March 2021
 
45.    USA – Publishes general regulations of the food and drug administration to incorporate tobacco products
Notification Authority: Food and Drug Administration
Date: 9 March 2021
Chemicals & Textiles
 
46.    Australia – Publishes Therapeutic Goods (Medical Devices) Regulations 2002
Notification Authority: Department of Chemicals
Date: 11 March 2021
 
47.    Russia – Publishes rules of good pharmacovigilance practice (GVP)
Notification Authority: Eurasian Economic Union
Date: 10 March 2021
 
48.    Brazil - Publishes regulation for the inspection of veterinary products and for the facilities that manufacture or trade them, among other measures
Notification Authority: Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply – MAPA
Date: 9 March 2021
 
49.    Canada – Proposes maximum residue limit for followings;
Sulfentrazone
Chlormequat chloride
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture
Date: 9 March 2021
 
50.    China – Imposes prohibition on import, export and transit of mercury and amalgam in in the Macao Special Administrative Region
Notification Authority: Environmental Protection Bureau
Date: 4 March 2021
Product Coverage: Mercury and Amalgam
HS Code: 280540, 284390, 285390
 
51.    EU – Publishes harmonised standards on electrostatic properties of protective clothing, protective clothing for firefighters and motorcycle riders, protective clothing for use in snowboarding and worn by operators applying pesticides and for re-entry workers, enhanced visibility equipment for medium risk situations, mountaineering equipment and protective clothing against the thermal hazards of an electric arc
Notification Authority: European Commission (Decision (EU) 2021/395)
Date: 4 March 2021
 
52.    Mozambique – Publishes fertilizer management regulation
Notification Authority: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
Date: 8 March 2021
Product Coverage: Animal or vegetable fertilisers
HS Code: 3101
 
53.    Russia – Publishes technical specification on food safety (TR CU 021/2011) in terms of establishing the maximum permissible levels of residues of veterinary drugs (pharmacologically active substances) that can be contained in both unprocessed and processed animal food products origin
Notification Authority: Eurasian Economic Commission
Date: 4 March 2021
Product Coverage: veterinary drugs
 
54.    Rwanda – Publishes following standards on Textiles
  • DRS 462: 2021 Windows and doors made from rolled mild steel sections - Standard lays down the requirements regarding material, fabrication and finish of steel doors, windows, ventilators, and fixed-lights (sidelights, and fanlights) manufactured from rolled steel sections and their fittings.
  • DRS 313: 2021 Seams, stitches and stitching  - Standard covers various names and classes of stitches, seams, and stitchings used in the fabrication of articles by sewing. It also prescribes the standard symbols for their designation.
  • DRS 314: 2021 Textiles  - Standard specifies tolerances for a) cotton hosiery yarn, combed and carded; b) cotton interlock piece goods; c) cotton sewing thread; d) footwear laces; e) hand-knitting yarns (worsted);
  • f) hessian cloth; g) loomstate cotton duck etc
  • DRS 309: 2021 Rwanda National Flag  - Standard covers the material, design and constructional requirements, methods of testing and sampling for all types of the National Flag of the Republic of Rwanda.
Notification Authority: Rwanda Standards Board (RSB)
Date: 8 March 2021
 
55.    Rwanda – Publishes standards on chemical products
Notification Authority: Rwanda Standards Board (RSB)
Date: 8 March 2021
 
56.    Rwanda – Publishes standards on following Cosmetics
Notification Authority: Rwanda Standards Board (RSB)
Date: 8 March 2021
 
57.    Taiwan – Publishes order to ensure the safety of cosmetic ingredient for human health and comply with global cosmetics trends
Notification Authority: Food and Drug Administration
Date: 8 March 2021
Product Coverage: Cosmetics
Engineering & Electronics
 
58.    India – Extends enforcement date for some Indian standards covered under the quality control order namely IS 6526, IS 4454 (Part4), IS 11946, IS11947 and IS 12045
Notification Authority: Ministry of Steel
Date: 8 March 2021
 
59.    Australia – Publishes updated inspection requirements for rural consignments of new horse floats
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture
Date: 9 March 2021
Product Coverage: new horse floats
HS Code: 871639, 871640 and 8716800036
 
60.    Australia – Publishes notice for urgent action regarding offshore treatment requirements for target risk sea containers
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture
Date: 4 March 2021
 
61.    Brazil - Approves the regulation on conditions of use of the radio frequency range from 24.25 GHz to 27.90 GHz.
Notification Authority: National Telecommunications Agency - ANATEL
Date: 8 March 2021
Product Coverage: Transmission apparatus for radio-broadcasting or television
HS Code: 8525
 
62.    Brazil – Publishes technical requirements for conformity assessment of restricted radiation from radiocommunication equipment
Notification Authority: National Telecommunications Agency - ANATEL
Date: 8 March 2021
Product Coverage: radiocommunication equipment
 
63.    China – Imposes prohibition on import and transit of disposable foamed plastic tableware to the Macao Special Administrative Region
Notification Authority: Environmental Protection Bureau
Date: 4 March 2021
Product Coverage: Disposable Foamed Plastic Tableware, including:
HS Code: 392310
 
64.    Japan – Publishes notice on safety regulations for road transport vehicles
Notification Authority: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT)
Date: 5 March 2021
Product Coverage: Vehicle
HS Code: 8701, 8704
 
65.    Japan – Revises energy consumption efficiency standard for electric water heaters
Notification Authority: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
Date: 5 March 2021
Product Coverage: Electric water heaters
HS Code: 851610
 
66.    Japan – Publishes amendment to regulations for radio equipment
Notification Authority: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
Date: 5 March 2021
Product Coverage: radio equipment
HS Code: 8528
 
67.    Mexico – Publishes energy efficiency standard for LED luminaires for street lighting and public outdoor areas
Notification Authority: Department of Energy
Date: 9 March 2021
 
68.    Thailand – Proposes ministerial technical regulation for following products
Notification Authority: Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI), Ministry of Industry
Date: 9 March 2021
 
69.    Tanzania – Publishes following standards
  • GDC 4 (1) DTZS Tableware Ceramic Ware - standard specifies requirements, method of sampling and test for ceramic ware.
  • GDC 4 (169) DTZS Tableware Melamine plastic ware - Standard specifies requirements, method of sampling and test for melamine plastics tableware suitable for use in homes, mess halls, hospitals, and for other similar service.
  • GDC 4 (2) DTZS Stretch Cling Film - Standard specifies requirements, methods of sampling and test for stretch cling film used for wrapping food to keep it fresh, boxes, luggage and palletized products, such as tea, chemicals, machinery and other similar applications for storage and safe transportation.
  • GDC 4 (3) DTZS Glass Tableware - Specifies requirements, method of sampling and test for glass tableware.
Notification Authority: Tanzania Bureau of Standards
Date: 8 March 2021
 
70.    Vietnam – Publishes technical regulation followings
Notification Authority: Ministry of Information and Communications
Date: 9 March 2021
Product Coverage: steel products
 
71.    Vietnam – Publishes guidelines on imports of medicinal herbs, extracts of medicinal herbs and essential oils for medicine and traditional medicines
Notification Authority: Ministry of Health (Circular 03/2021 / TT-BYT)
Date: 4 March 2021
Product Coverage: medicinal herbs, extracts of medicinal herbs and essential oils for medicine; traditional medicine
Regulatory Development in India
 
72.    India - Publishes order for the exemption of the establishment and operation of coastal aquaculture hatcheries within 200 m from the high tide line (HTL)
Notification Authority: Coastal Aquaculture Authority (CAA)
Date: 10 March 2021
 
73.    India - Publishes notification amending the Bihar Trade Articles (License Unification) Order, 1984
Notification Authority: Government of Bihar
Date: 10 March 2021
 
74.    India - Imposes ban on sale and production of bottled thinners or any other chemical composition both for ink erasing purposes as well as for nail polish removers and similar other purposes for retail sale
Notification Authority: Chandigarh Government
Date: 10 March 2021
 
75.    India - Extended the time limit till February 28, 2021 for the payment of motor vehicles tax for the fourth quarter of the financial year 2020-2021
Notification Authority: Transport Department of Puducherry
Date: 9 March 2021
 
76.    India - Issued the Punjab State Development Tax (Amendment) Rules, 2021 to further amend the Punjab State Development Tax Rules, 2018
Notification Authority: Punjab Government
Date: 9 March 2021
 
77.    India - Inserted a new para in pursuance of the implementation of the business reform action plan-ease of doing business to formulate self-certification cum online inspection scheme for shops and other establishments
Notification Authority: Transport Department of Puducherry
Date: 9 March 2021
 
78.    India - Issued a notice regarding online application to streamline the regulatory submission of applications for issuing Form 41 (Registration certificate) and Form 10 (Import License) for veterinary vaccines
Notification Authority: Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO)
Date: 8 March 2021
 
79.    India – Issued the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) First Amendment Regulations, 2021.
Notification Authority: Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)
Date: 8 March 2021
 
80.    India - Issued the Legal Metrology (General) (Amendment) Rules, 2021 to further amend the Legal Metrology (General) Rules, 2011. 
Notification Authority: Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Date: 4 March 2021
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