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22 April, 2021

22nd April, 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: 16th – 22nd April, 2021are given under. Please click on a notification for the details.
COVID -19 Updates
 
1.      India – Letter issued to UTs on prohibiting supply of oxygen to industry
Notification Authority: Ministry of Home Affairs
Date: 18 April 2021
 
2.      India – Letter issued to states on prohibiting supply of oxygen to industry
Notification Authority: Ministry of Home Affairs
Date: 18 April 2021
 
3.      India - Letter issued to states on managing medical oxygen supply
Notification Authority: Ministry of Home Affairs
Date: 16 April 2021
 
4.      India – Publishes order on Break the Chain (Strict Lockdown in Maharashtra)
Notification Authority: Government of Maharashtra
Date: 21 April 2021
 
5.      India – Publishes order on Guidelines to Contain COVID19 Transmission in the State
Notification Authority: Government of Karnataka
Date: 20 April 2021
 
6.      India - Export industries and their vendors treated as Essential Services and allowed to operate without any restrictions
Notification Authority: Revenue & Disaster Management  
Date: 20 April 2021
 
7.      India – Publishes order regarding movement of Exim cargo to and from Tuticorin Port
Notification Authority: Tamil Nadu Government
Date: 20 April 2021
Customs & Policy
 
8.      India - Customs duty on covid medicine remdesivir injection and its raw material cyclodextrin cut to zero
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Notification 27)
Date: 19 April 2021
 
9.      Russia - Establishes a temporary zero rate of import customs duty on the hearth mass for aluminum electrolyzers
Notification Authority: Eurasian Economic Commission
Date: 19 April 2021
Product Coverage: aluminum electrolyzers
 
10.    Russia - Establishes zero rate of import customs duty onfor three years for optical glass rods classified under HS 7002201000
Notification Authority: Eurasian Economic Commission
Date: 19 April 2021
Product Coverage: optical glass rods
 
11.    India - Only colour coded stickers vehicles will be allowed to ply on Mumbai city roads
Notification Authority: Commissioner of Police, Greater Mumbai
Date: 16 April 2021
 
12.    India - Document code for Mauritius CECPA COO Nnotified
Notification Authority: Jawaharlal Nehru Custom House
Date: 16 April 2021
 
13.    India – Publishes Sea Cargo Manifest and Transhipment (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2021.
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Notification No. 44/2021-Customs (N.T.))
Date: 15 April 2021
 
14.    India - Publishes exchange rate of one unit of foreign currency equivalent to Indian rupees
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Notification No.43/2021 - Customs (N.T.))
Date: 15 April 2021
 
15.    India - Publishes tariff value of Edible Oils, Brass Scrap, Areca Nut, Gold and Silver
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Notification No. 42/2021-CUSTOMS (N.T.))
Date: 15 April 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
Trade Remedies
 
16.    India - Imposes anti-dumping duty on imports of nylon filament yarn originated in or exported from Vietnam and European Union , to exclude goods of certain specification from the scope of the anti-dumping duty.
Notification Authority: Department Of Revenue (Notification No. 23/2021-Customs (ADD))
Date: 21 April 2021
 
17.    India – Publishes final finding anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of Plain Medium Density Fibre Board having thickness less than 6 mm originating in or exported from Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia
Notification Authority: Department Of Revenue
Date: 21 April 2021
 
18.    India – Publishes sunset review investigation concerning imports of "Hot-Rolled flat products of alloy or non-alloy steel" originating in or exported from China PR, Japan, Korea RP, Russia, Brazil and Indonesia.
Notification Authority: Department Of Revenue
Date: 21 April 2021
 
19.    India - Extends time for filing questionnaire responses in anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of “PU leather” originating in or exported from China
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 19 April 2021
Product Coverage: PU leather
HS Code: 39211390, 59031010, 59031090, 59032010, 59039010, 59039020, 59039090, 56031100, 56031200, 56031300, 56031400, 56039100, 56039200, 56039300
 
20.    India - Extends the applicability of anti-dumping duty on imports of ‘Barium Carbonate’ up to and inclusive of 20th October, 2021
Notification Authority: Department Of Revenue (Notification No. 22/2021-Customs (ADD))
Date: 15 April 2021
Product Coverage: Barium Carbonate
HS Code: 28366000
Animal Originated Products
 
21.    El Salvador – Publishes requirements for the import and transit of cattle, sheep, goats, pigs and other cloven-hoofed species and their respective products and by-products susceptible to the Foot-and-Mouth Disease virus
Notification Authority: Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería (MAG)
Date: 15 April 2021
Product Coverage: cattle, sheep, goats, pigs
 
22.    Indonesia - Publishes regulation on animal and plant quarantine
Notification Authority: Indonesian Agricultural Quarantine Agency, Ministry of Agriculture
Date: 15 April 2021
Product Coverage: Animal, animal products, plant, plant products
 
23.    North Macedonia – Publishes rules for the prevention and control of animal diseases which are transmissible to animals or to humans.
Notification Authority: Food and Veterinary Agency of the Republic of North Macedonia
Date: 15 April 2021
Product Coverage: Food
 
24.    Russia - Technical regulation on safety of meat and meat products amended
Notification Authority: Eurasian Economic Commission
Date: 19 April 2021
Product Coverage: Slaughter products and meat products.
Plants & Plant Products
 
25.    Australia–Publishes import conditions for the importation of chilled pulps, purees and pastes of fruit and/or vegetables
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture
Date: 19 April 2021
 
26.    Malaysia –Publishes Food (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2020
Notification Authority: Department of Health
Date: 19 April 2021
 
27.    Israel – Publishes following standards
Notification Authority: Israel WTO-TBT Enquiry Point
Date: 19 April 2021
 
28.    EU – Increases the frequency of identity and physical checks laid down in Annex II of groundnuts (peanuts) from India
Notification Authority: European Commission
Date: 16 April 2021
 
29.    USA - Establishes tolerances for residues of the insecticide metaflumizone
Notification Authority: Environmental Protection Agency
Date: 16 April 2021
 
30.    Tanzania – Publishes following standards on food products
Notification Authority: Tanzania Bureau of Standards
Date: 16 April 2021
 
31.    Australia – Proposes to amend maximum residue limits (MRLs) for various agricultural and veterinary chemicals
Notification Authority: Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ)
Date: 15 April 2021
Product Coverage: Foods in general
 
32.    EU – Publishes requirements for record-keeping operators in organic production
Notification Authority: European Commission
Date: 15 April 2021
Product Coverage: Organic products
HS Code: 07, 08
 
33.    Kenya – Publishes following standards
  • DEAS 1041:2021 Dried Cassava Leaves  - Standard specifies the requirements, sampling and test methods for dried cassava leaves, obtained from fresh cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) leaves intended for human consumption
  • DEAS 1040:2021 Cassava pellets  - Standard specifies the requirements, sampling and test methods for cassava pellets obtained from (Manihot esculenta Cruntz) intended for human consumption.
  • DEAS 779:2021 High quality cassava flour - Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for high quality cassava flour, which is obtained from the processing of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz), intended for human consumption, and industrial use
  • DEAS 741:2021 Cassava wheat composite flour - Standard specifies the requirements, sampling and test methods for cassava-wheat composite flour for human consumption
  • DEAS 742:2021 Food grade cassava starch-  Standard specifies the requirements, sampling and test methods for food grade cassava starch
Notification Authority: Kenya Bureau of Standards
Date: 15 April 2021
Product Coverage: flour, starch
HS code: 1105, 1108
 
34.    New Zealand – Propose maximum residue levels (MRLs) for ceratin agricultural compounds
Notification Authority: Ministry for Primary Industries
Date: 15 April 2021
Product Coverage: Vegetables, fruit, animal products, and other food products
Processed Food
 
35.    Brazil - Establishes the lists of microbiological criteria for food
Notification Authority: Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA)
Date: 19 April 2021
Product Coverage: food
 
36.    Tanzania – Publishes following standards
  • AFDC 21 (390) DTZS Potato flour - Standard prescribes requirements, methods of sampling and testing for potato flour obtained from potato (Solanum osum L) of the family Solanaceae intended for human consumption
  • AFDC 21 (428) DTZS Livingstone potato - Standard specifies the requirements, methods of sampling and test for livingstone potato intended for human consumption
  • AFDC 21 (390) DTZS Potato flour - Standard prescribes requirements, methods of sampling and testing for potato flour obtained from potato (Solanum osum L.) of the family Solanaceae, intended for human consumption.
Notification Authority: Tanzania Bureau of Standards
Date: 19 April 2021
 
37.    Malawi – Publishes following standards for processed foods
Notification Authority: Malawi Bureau of Standards
Date: 19 April 2021
 
38.    Australia – Notifies substances that may be used as food additives
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture
Date: 16 April 2021
 
39.    Malawi – Publishes following standards
  • DMS 349:2020 Edible cassava flour - Standard specifies the requirements and methods of sampling and test for edible cassava flour which is obtained from the processing of cassava roots (Manihot esculenta Crantz) intended for human consumption.
  • DMS 798:2020 Instant noodles - standard applies to various kinds of noodles. The instant noodle may be packed with noodle seasonings, or in the form of seasoned noodle and with or without noodle garnish(s) in separate pouches, or sprayed on noodle and ready for consumption after dehydration process. This standard does not apply to pasta.
  • DMS 1604:2020 Fresh sweet potatoes  - Standard specifies the requirements and methods of sampling and test for fresh sweetpotatoes [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.] to be supplied fresh and either packaged or sold loose for human consumption.
  • DMS 1631:2020 Fresh sweet cassava - Standard applies to commercial sweet varieties of cassava roots grown from Manihot esculentaCrantz, of the Euphorbiaceae family, to be supplied fresh to the consumer, after preparation and packaging. Cassava for industrial processing is excluded.
  • DMS 879:2020, Fresh ware potatoes - Standard specifies the requirements and methods of sampling and test for fresh ware potato tuber of varieties (cultivars) grown from (Solanum tuberosum L.) of the family Solanaceae for human consumption. It does not cover the requirements for seed potato tuber.
  • DMS 937:2020, Degermed maize (corn) meal and maize (corn) grits - standard applies to degermed maize (corn) meal and to degermed maize (corn) grits for direct human consumption milled from kernels of common maize, Zea mays L.
  • DMS 1694:2020 Ready to eat extruded snacks - standard prescribes the requirements and methods of sampling and test for 'ready-to-eat' extruded snacks.
Notification Authority: Malawi Bureau of Standards
Date: 16 April 2021
 
40.    Russia - Publishes technical regulation on labeling of food products including the indication of oils and fats used in the composition
Notification Authority: Eurasian Economic Commission
Date: 15 April 2021
Product Coverage: Food products
 
41.    China – Publishes food additive ε-Polylysine Hydrochloride
Notification Authority: Department of Food
Date: 15 April 2021
Product Coverage: food additives
 
42.    EU – Establishes maximum levels of tropane alkaloids in certain foods
Notification Authority: European Commission
Date: 15 April 2021
Product Coverage: Millet, sorghum, buckwheat, maize and milling products thereof, processed cereal based foods and baby foods for infants and young children containing millet, sorghum, buckwheat, maize or their derived products, herbal infusions
 
43.    Malawi – Publishes requirements, sampling and test methods for toffee.
Notification Authority: Malawi Bureau of Standards
Date: 15 April 2021
Product Coverage: toffee
 
44.    Mexico – Publishes food additive regulation
Notification Authority: Mexico's Federal Commission
Date: 15 April 2021
Product Coverage: food additives
 
45.    Tanzania – Publishes following standards
Notification Authority: Tanzania Bureau of Standards
Date: 15 April 2021
Product Coverage: Fruits & Vegetables
HS code: 07,08
Chemicals & Textiles
 
46.    India – Import of Linear Alkyl Benzene subject to compulsory BIS Standards form 15 April 2021
Notification Authority: Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals
Date: 15 April 2021
 
47.    India –Publishes list of approved Rapid / CLIA / ELISA Kits for testing of Covid-19 as on 18.04.2021
Notification Authority: Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation
Date: 19 April 2021
 
48.    Brazil - Establishes technical requirements for the execution of researches on pesticides residues
Notification Authority: Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA)
Date: 19 April 2021
Product Coverage: pesticides
HS Code: 38089910
 
49.    Russia - Publishes technical regulation on safety of perfumes and cosmetic products
Notification Authority: Eurasian Economic Commission
Date: 19 April 2021
Product Coverage: Perfumes and cosmetics
 
50.    Tanzania – Publishes following tissue papers
Notification Authority: Tanzania Bureau of Standards
Date: 19 April 2021
Industrial Goods
 
51.    Brazil – Proposes to amend regulation for high pressure cylinders for vehicular methane gas storage
Notification Authority: National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology
Date: 19 April 2021
Product Coverage: pressure cylinders
 
52.    Brazil – Publishes technical quality regulations and conformity assessment requirements for baby carriage
Notification Authority: National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology
Date: 19 April 2021
Product Coverage: baby carriage
 
53.    Brazil - Publishes technical quality regulation and conformity assessment requirements for safety matches
Notification Authority: National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology
Date: 19 April 2021
Product Coverage: safety matches
 
54.    Brazil – Publishes technical quality regulations and conformity assessment requirements for children's feeding chairs
Notification Authority: National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology
Date: 19 April 2021
Product Coverage: children's feeding chairs
 
55.    Brazil – Publishes technical quality regulation and the conformity assessment requirements for monoblock plastic chairs
Notification Authority: National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology
Date: 19 April 2021
Product Coverage:monoblock plastic chairs
 
56.    Brazil – Publishes conformity assessment requirements for requalification of transportable containers for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)
Notification Authority: National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology
Date: 19 April 2021
Product Coverage: liquefied petroleum gas
 
57.    Brazil – Publishes requirements for conformity assessment of photovoltaic power generation equipment.
Notification Authority: National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology
Date: 19 April 2021
Product Coverage: power generation equipment
 
58.    Indonesia – Publishes regulation concerning food packaging
Notification Authority: Food and Drug Authority (FDA) of Indonesia
Date: 19 April 2021
 
59.    USA – Publishes test procedure for pumps
Notification Authority: Department of Energy
Date: 19 April 2021
 
60.    USA – Publishes test procedures for portable air conditioners
Notification Authority: Department of Energy
Date: 19 April 2021
 
61.    USA - Proposes to amend the test procedure for direct heating equipment (DHE)
Notification Authority: Department of Energy (DOE)
Date: 19 April 2021
 
62.    India – Import of nine key polycarbons subject to compulsory BIS certificate from 15 April 2021: Polyester Continuous Filament Fully Drawn Yarn (FDY), Polyester Industrial Yarn (IDY). POY, Polyester Staple Fibres (PSF), LDPE, LLDPE, HDPE, SBR Latex and Synthetic Micro-Fibres for use in Cement Based Matric
Notification Authority: Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
Date: 15 April 2021
 
63.    India – Import of Ethylene Vinyl Acetate (EVA) Copolymers subject to BIS certificate from 15 Apr 2021
Notification Authority: Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
Date: 15 April 2021
 
64.    India – Publishes 100 Percent Polyester Spun Grey and White Yarn (Quality Control) Order, 2021. 
Notification Authority: Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
Date: 15 April 202
 
65.    India - PLI Scheme for Air Conditioners and LED Lights approved
Notification Authority: Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Date: 15 April 2021
 
66.    El Salvador – Publishes regulation for health registration of cosmetic products
Notification Authority: Department of Health
Date: 16 April 2021
 
67.    Guatemala - Establishes the conditions and requirements under which the registration or registration of cosmetic products. This regulation does not apply to cosmetic products used exclusively in hotels.
Notification Authority: Department of Health
Date: 15 April 2021
 
68.    Nicaragua - Publishes regulation for health registration of cosmetic products
Notification Authority: Ministry of Development, Industry and Commerce
Date: 15 April 2021
 
69.    GCC – Publishes gulf mandatory standard specifies requirements for Flexible urethane foam (industrial sponge) and mattresses and pillows Mad IT.
Notification Authority: Public Authority for Industry (PAI)
Date: 15 April 2021
Product Coverage: KWS GSO Flexible urethane foam (industrial sponge) and mattresses and pillows Mad IT.
HS Code: 630711
 
70.    Trinidad & Tobago – Publishes compulsory requirements for flexible cords, elevator cables, and hoistway cables rated 600 V maximum and electric vehicle cables rated 1000 V maximum and intended for use in accordance with TTS 171
Notification Authority: Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standard
Date: 15 April 2021
Product Coverage: Electrical Engineering
Regulatory Developments in India
 
71.    India – Issued the draft Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) (Gujarat Amendment) Rules, 2021
Notification Authority: Labour and Employment Department of Gujarat
Date: 15 April 2021
 
72.    India – Issued draft Inter-State Migrant Workmen (regulation of employment and conditions of service) (Gujarat Amendment) Rules, 2021
Notification Authority: Labour and Employment Department of Gujarat
Date: 15 April 2021
 
73.    India - Issued the draft Indian Insurance Companies (Foreign Investment) (Amendment) Rules, 2021
Notification Authority: Ministry of Finance
Date: 15 April 2021
 
74.    India - Issued the Income-tax (10th Amendment) Rules, 2021 further amend the Income-tax Rules, 1962. 
Notification Authority: Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)
Date: 15 April 2021
 
75.    India - Issued the Chandigarh Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Rules, 2021
Notification Authority: Transport Department of Chandigarh
Date: 15 April 2021
 
76.    India - Issued the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Information Utilities) (Amendment) Regulations, 2021
Notification Authority: Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI)
Date: 13 April 2021
 
77.    India - Issued an invitation for expression of interest (EOI) for installation of innovative solar pump.
Notification Authority: Ministry of New and renewable Energy (MNRE)
Date: 15 April 2021
 
78.    India – Issued draft Electricity (Rights of consumers) (Amendment) Rules, 2021
Notification Authority: Ministry of Power
Date: 15 April 2021

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