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06 April, 2021

6th May, 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: 30th April – 6th May, 2021 are given under. Please click on a notification for the details.
COVID -19 Updates
 
1.      India - Govt of Gujarat implements strict restrictions in gujarat
Notification Authority: Government of Gujarat
Date: 4 May 2021
 
2.      India - Punjab announces additional restriction regarding COVID-19 applicable w.e.f 02 May 2021 to 15 May 2021
Notification Authority: Government of Punjab
Date: 4 May 2021
 
3.      India – Publishes clarification regarding additional restriction regarding COVID-19
Notification Authority: Government of Punjab
Date: 4 May 2021
 
4.      India – Government of Haryana issues passes to resume operations of industrial / commercial establishment during lockdown/curfew
Notification Authority: Government of Haryana
Date: 4 May 2021
 
5.      India - AP Government imposes more restrictions with effect form 5th to 18th May - Section 144 of Cr PC imposed in AP
Notification Authority: Government of Andhra Pradesh
Date: 4 May 2021
 
6.      India – Jammu & Kashmir extends curfew & imposition of curfew in district
Notification Authority: Government of Jammu & Kashmir
Date: 4 May 2021
 
7.      India – Tamil Nadu government issued guideline and relaxation of covid 19 during lockdown
Notification Authority: Government of Tamil Nadu
Date: 4 May 2021
 
8.      India – Govt of Gujarat issued order regarding night curfew in 36 cities of Gujarat
Notification Authority: Government of Gujrat
Date: 4 May 2021
 
9.      India - Issued a notification to continue the restrictions in force until further orders as measures against COVID disaster.
Notification Authority: Government of West Bengal
Date: 1 May 2021
Logistics
 
10.    Bahrain - Maersk revises of inspection Fee for World to Bahrain
Notification Authority: Maersk
Date: 4 May 2021
 
11.    China - Maersk reinstate Import Service (IMP) for World to China PRN Ports
Notification Authority: Maersk
Date: 4 May 2021
 
12.    India - CMA CGM increases price for India to all US West Coast and Canada ports of discharge
Notification Authority: CMA CGM
Date: 4 May 2021
Policy & Customs
 
13.    India – Includes agency in Appendix 2G of Appendices and Aayat Niryat Forms of Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-20 in terms of Para 2.55 (d) of HBP 2015-20.
Notification Authority: Department of Commerce (Public Notice no 4)
Date: 4 May 2021
 
14.    India – Imposes zero IGST for medical grade oxygen and oxygen equipments, covid medicine remdesivir injection and its raw material cyclodextrin
Notification Authority: Ad hoc Exemption Order No. 04/2021-Cus/03.05.2021
Date: 3 May 2021
Product Coverage: medical grade oxygen and oxygen equipments, covid medicine remdesivir injection and its raw material cyclodextrin
 
15.    India – Publishes ad hoc exemption from IGST on imports of specified COVID-19 relief material donated from abroad
Notification Authority: Instruction No. 09/2021-Customs
Date: 3 May 2021
 
16.    India - Reduces IGST on Oxygen Concentrators when imported for personal use.
Notification Authority: Ministry Of Finance (Notification No. 30/2021-Customs)
Date: 2 May 2021
 
17.    India - Customs duty on inflammatory diagnostic kits and blood gas reagents cut to zero, GST Applicable
Notification Authority: Ministry Of Finance (Notification No. 29/2021-Custom)
Date: 2 May 2021
 
18.    India - Govt announces various relief measures for taxpayers under GST law in view of severe COVID-19 pandemic
Notification Authority: Ministry of Finance Press release
Date:1 May 2021
 
19.    India - Certificate of Origin (non-preferential) fees enhanced from Rs. 100 to Rs. 200
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Foreign Trade (Public Notice No. 3 /2015-2020)
Date: 30 April 2021
 
20.    India - Oxygen concentrators for personal use through post, courier or e-commerce portals import allowed, where customs clearance is sought as “Gifts”, till 31 July 2021.
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Foreign Trade (Notification No. 4 /2015-2020)
Date: 30 April 2021
 
21.    India - Publishes tariff value of edible oils, brass scrap, areca nut, gold and silver
Notification Authority: Ministry Of Finance (Notification No. 45/2021-Custom)
Date: 30 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
GST
 
22.    India - Extended specified compliances falling between 15.04.2021 to 30.05.2021 till 31.05.2021 in exercise of powers under section 168A of CGST Act.
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Notification No. 14/2021-Central Tax)
Date: 01 May 2021
 
23.    India - Issued third amendment (2021) to CGST Rules.
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Notification No. 13/2021-Central Tax)
Date: 01 May 2021
 
24.    India - Extends the due date of furnishing FORM GSTR-1 for April, 2021.
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Notification No. 12/2021-Central Tax)
Date: 01 May 2021
 
25.    India - Extends the due date for furnishing of FORM ITC-04 for the period Jan-March, 2021 till 31st May, 2021.
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Notification No. 11/2021-Central Tax)
Date: 01 May 2021
 
26.    India – Extends the due date for filing FORM GSTR-4 for financial year 2020-21 to 31.05.2021.
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Notification No. 10/2021-Central Tax)
Date: 01 May 2021
 
27.    India - Amended notification no. 76/2018-Central Tax in order to provide waiver of late fees for specified taxpayers and specified tax periods.
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Notification No. 09/2021-Central Tax)
Date: 01 May 2021
 
28.    India - Seeks to provide relief by lowering of interest rate for the month of March and April, 2021.
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Notification No. 08/2021-Central Tax)
Date: 01 May 2021
 
29.    India - Seeks to provide relief by lowering of interest rate for the month of March and April, 2021.
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Notification No. 01/2021-Integrated Tax)
Date: 01 May 2021
 
30.    India - Seeks to provide relief by lowering of interest rate for the month of March and April, 2021.
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Notification No. 01/2021-Union Territory Tax)
Date: 01 May 2021
Trade Remedies
 
31.    India - Extends time to filing questionnaire response in respect of sunset review of AD Duty investigation of “Hot Rolled Flat products of Alloy or Non-Alloy Steel’ imports from China, Japan, Korea RP, Russia, Brazil and Indonesia.
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 3 May 2021
Product Coverage: Hot Rolled Flat products of Alloy or Non-Alloy Steel
HS Code: 7208, 7211, 7225 and 7226
 
32.    India - Extends time to filing questionnaire response in respect of sunset review of AD Duty investigation of “Cold Rolled Flat products of Alloy or Non-Alloy Steel’ imports from China, Japan, Korea RP and Ukraine
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 3 May 2021
Product Coverage: Cold Rolled Flat products of Alloy or Non-Alloy Steel
HS Code: 7209, 7211, 7225 and 7226
 
33.    India – Publishes final PCN methodology adopted in the anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of “Decor Paper” originating in or exported from China PR
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 3 May 2021
Product Coverage: Decor Paper
HS Code: 48059100
 
34.    India – Publishes final Findings on original investigation on anti-dumping duty on imports of ‘Phenol’ originating in or exported from Thailand and United States of America
Notification Authority: Department of Revenue
Date: 3 May 2021
Product Coverage: Phenol
HS code: 290711
Plants & Plant Products
 
35.    Australia - Publishes Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code (MRL Standard) Instrument 2019
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture
Date: 3 May 2021
 
36.    EU – Publishes marketing standards in the fruit and vegetables sector
Notification Authority: European Commission
Date: 3 May 2021
Product Coverage: Apples, pears, sweet peppers, table grapes; Fruits. Vegetables
 
37.    Finland - Tobacco Act amended: Plain packaging, banning characterising flavours on all tobacco products, yearly fee for the manufacturers and importers of tobacco products and e‑cigarettes, etc.
Notification Authority: European Commission (WTO TBT enquiry point)
Date: 3 May 2021
Product Coverage: tobacco
 
38.    Australia – Publishes import of frozen chestnuts for human consumption from all countries
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture
Date: 01 May 2021
 
39.    Australia – Publishes changes in nursery stock hosts requiring emergency measures for Xylella
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture
Date: 01 May 2021
Processed Food
 
40.    Nepal – Publishes precautionary measures for food business operator and consumers during second wave of COVID 19 pandemics
Notification Authority: Department of Food Technology and Quality Control 
Date: 4 May 2021
 
41.    Saudi Arabia – Publishes conditions and requirements that must be met when importing honey and bee products into the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Notification Authority: Saudi Food and Drug Authority
Date: 4 May 2021
 
42.    Turkey – Publishes communique covers product definitions, compositions criteria and labelling requirements of propolis products, royal jelly, royal jelly powder, bee pollen, dried bee pollen and bee bread
Notification Authority: Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Date: 4 May 2021
Product Coverage: Bee products (propolis products, royal jelly, royal jelly powder, bee pollen, dried bee pollen, bee bread)
 
43.    Uganda – Publishes following standards
Notification Authority: Uganda National Bureau of Standards
Date: 4 May 2021
 
44.    Canada – Publishes list of permitted food enzymes to enable the use of chymosin from aspergillus niger DSM 32805 in certain dairy-based foods
Notification Authority: Health Canada
Date: 3 May 2021
Product Coverage: Chymosin from Aspergillus niger DSM 32805 in certain dairy-based foods
 
45.    Canada – Publishes regulations amending the food and drug regulations (nutrition labelling, other labelling provisions and food colours)
Notification Authority: Health Canada
Date: 3 May 2021
Product Coverage: foods
 
46.    Singapore – Proposes to allow the use of new food additives and ingredients
Notification Authority: Singapore Food Agency (SFA)
Date: 3 May 2021
Product Coverage: Food
 
47.    Uganda – Publishes standard for specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for soups and broths intended for human consumption and catering purpose
Notification Authority: Uganda Bureau of Standards
Date: 3 May 2021
Product Coverage: Soups, Broths; Soups and broths
HS Code: 210410
 
48.    Burundi - Publishes standards related to cassava
  • 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
  • Cassava wheat composite flour —Standard specifies the requirements, sampling and test methods for cassava-wheat composite flour for human consumption.
  • Cassava pellets  - Standard specifies the requirements, sampling and test methods for cassava pellets obtained from (Manihot esculenta Cruntz) intended for human consumption.
  • Food grade cassava starch - Standard specifies the requirements, sampling and test methods for food grade cassava starch.
Notification Authority: Burundi Bureau of Standards and Quality Control (BBN)
Date: 30 April 2021
 
49.    Brazil – Publishes regulation of industrial inspection and sanitary of animal products
Notification Authority: Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply
Date: 30 April 2021
Product Coverage: animal products
 
50.    EU - Authorises essential oil from Origanum vulgare L. subsp. hirtum (Link) letsw. Var. Vulkan (DOS 00001) as a feed additive for all animal species
Notification Authority: Health and Food Safety Directorate-General
Date: 30 April 2021
Product Coverage: Preparation of a kind used in animal nutrition
HS Code: 2309
 
51.    Tanzania – Publishes following standards
Notification Authority:  Tanzania Bureau of Standards
Date: 30 April 2021
Chemical & Textiles
 
52.    Australia – Issued updates on rabies neutralising antibody titre test (RNATT) declaration form
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment
Date: 4 May 2021
Product Coverage: Live domestic dogs of the species Canis familiaris and live domestic cats of the species Felis catus
 
53.    Tanzania – Publishes following standards
Notification Authority: Tanzania Bureau of Standards
Date: 4 May 2021
 
54.    Kenya – Publishes following standards
Notification Authority: Kenya Bureau of Standards
Date: 3 May 2021
Product Coverage: Paints and varnishes
 
55.    USA – Publishes significant new use rules on certain chemical substances
Notification Authority: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Date: 3 May 2021
Product Coverage: Products of the chemical industry
 
56.    Australia – Publishes Therapeutic Goods Regulations 1990
Notification Authority: Department of Chemical
Date: 30 April 2021
 
57.    Burundi - Publishes standards related to tissue papers
  • Paper hand towel sheets (multi-fold hand towels) —Standard specifies the requirements, sampling and test methods for paper hand towel sheets used for general hygiene.
  • Kitchen paper towel  - Standard specifies the requirements, sampling and test methods for kitchen paper towels supplied in rolls and sheets used for hygiene and cleaning purposes in the kitchen.
  • Facial tissue paper  - Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for facial tissue paper in sheet form for facial hygiene.
  • Medical tissue paper towel  - Standard specifies the requirements, sampling and test methods for medical tissue paper towel supplied in rolls used in medical establishments.
Notification Authority: Burundi Bureau of Standards and Quality Control (BBN)
Date: 30 April 2021
 
58.    El Salvador - Publishes technical specifications and test methods for medical supplies & medical use masks.
Notification Authority: Department of Health
Date: 30 April 2021
 
59.    Russia – Publishes amendments to the rules for investigation of biological medicinal products of the Eurasian Economic Union
Notification Authority:  Department for Technical Regulation and Accreditation
Date: 30 April 2021
Product Coverage: Medicinal products
 
60.    Russia – Publishes requirements for the stability testing of herbal substances and herbal medicinal products
Notification Authority:  Department for Technical Regulation and Accreditation
Date: 30 April 2021
Product Coverage: Medicinal products
Engineering & Electronics
 
61.    Saudi Arabia – Publishes standard is concerned with safety requirements for cord extension sets 230 V/13
Notification Authority: Saudi Standards and Quality Organization (SASO)
Date: 3 May 2021
Product Coverage: Plugs, socket-outlets, couplers
 
62.    USA – Publishes testing and labeling pertaining to product certification
Notification Authority: Consumer Product Safety Commission
Date: 3 May 2021
 
63.    Brazil – Publishes consolidated metrological technical regulation for in-line gas chromatographs.
Notification Authority: National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology (INMETRO)
Date: 3 May 2021
Product Coverage: Instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis
HS code: 9027
 
64.    Australia – Publishes review of the mandatory safety standard for projectile toys
Notification Authority: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)
Date: 30 April 2021
 
65.    Mexico - Modifies the conformity assessment procedure in matters of telecommunications and broadcasting
Notification Authority:  Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones
Date: 30 April 2021
 
66.    Saudi Arabia – Publishes energy performance requirements and labelling for water heaters
Notification Authority:  Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization
Date: 30 April 2021
Product Coverage: water heaters
 
67.    China – Publishes regulation on medical device business supervision and management measures
Notification Authority:  National Medical Products Administration
Date: 30 April 2021
Product Coverage: Medical Devices;
HS Code: 90
 
68.    China – Publishes regulation on medical device manufacturing
Notification Authority:  National Medical Products Administration
Date: 30 April 2021
Product Coverage: Medical Devices;
HS Code: 90
 
69.    China - Publishes provisions for medical devices registration
Notification Authority:  National Medical Products Administration
Date: 30 April 2021
Product Coverage: Medical Devices;
HS Code: 90
 
70.    China –Publishes provisions for in vitro diagnostics reagents registration
Notification Authority:  National Medical Products Administration
Date: 30 April 2021
Product Coverage: Medical Devices;
HS Code: 90
Regulatory Developments in India
 
71.    India - Issued the conditional exemption to the Government of Telangana for conducting experimental delivery of vaccines using drones within visual Line of Sight (VOLS) range from unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Rules, 2021 for the period of one year.
Notification Authority: Ministry of Civil Aviation
Date: 29 April 2021
 
72.    India - Issued a notification inviting applications under the production linked Incentive scheme (PLI) for promoting domestic manufacturing of medical devices.
Notification Authority: Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers
Date: 30 April 2021
 
73.    India - Issued a notification inviting applications under the production linked Incentive scheme (PLI) for promotion of domestic manufacturing of critical key starting materials (KSM’s), drug intermediaries and active pharmaceuticals key ingredients (API’s) in the country. 
Notification Authority: Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers
Date: 30 April 2021
 
74.    India - Issued the revised guidelines for Home Isolation of mild /asymptomatic COVID-19 cases. 
Notification Authority: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW)
Date: 30 April 2021

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