Here is a comprehensive update of developments from India’s foreign trade during 12 – 19 December.

India

Authority: Director General of Foreign Trade

Notification: Laying down of modalities for import of additional Urad (2.5 Lakh MT) for the fiscal year 2019 – 2020

Notification number: Trade Notice No. 43/2019-20

Date: 19 Dec 19

Authority: Director General of Foreign Trade

Notification: Restriction on import of Pulses

Notification number: Trade Notice No. 42/2019-20

Date: 19 Dec 19

Authority: Director General of Foreign Trade

Notification: Import of Peas (Pisum sativum) including Yellow peas, Green peas, Dun Peas and Kaspa Peas is restricted and import subject to MIP of Rs.200/- CIF per kilogram and import is allowed only through Kolkata sea port

Notification number: Notification No. 37/2015-2020

Date: 18 Dec 19

Authority: Director General of Foreign Trade

Notification: Import policy of gold in any form, other than monetary gold and silver in any form, is amended from ’’Free’’ to ’’Restricted’’; import is allowed only through nominated agencies as notified by RBI (in case of banks) and DGFT (for other agencies). However, Import under Advance Authorisation and supply of gold directly by the foreign buyers to exporters under para 4.45 of FTP against export orders are exempted

Notification number: Notification No. 36/2015-2020

Date: 18 Dec 19

Authority: Director General of Foreign Trade

Notification: Para 4.68(a) of Handbook of Procedures 2015-20 stands amended to allow submission of self-attested copy of Exporter’’s copy of Shipping Bill in place of E.P. copy of Shipping Bill

Notification number: Public Notice No. 48/2015-2020

Date: 18 Dec 19

Authority: Director General of Foreign Trade

Notification: Para 2.25 of Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-20 revised prohibiting import of goods, including those purchased from e-commerce portals, through post or courier, where Customs clearance is sought as gifts, except for life saving drugs / medicines and Rakhi (but not gifts related to Rakhi). Rakhi will be exempted as under Section 25(6) of Customs Act, 1962. Further, import of goods as gifts with payment of full applicable duty is permissible

Notification number: Notification No. 35/2015-20

Date: 12 Dec 19

Authority: Director General of Foreign Trade

Notification: Online filling and Issuance of Preferential Certificate of Origin under SAFTA and SAPTA for India’’s Exports to Nepal w.e.f. 18th December 2019

Notification number: Trade Notice No. 41/2019-20

Date: 12 Dec 19

Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs

Notification: Exchange rate of one unit of foreign currency equivalent to Indian rupees

Notification number: Notification No. 91/2019-Cus (NT)

Date: 19 Dec 19

Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs

Notification: Seeks to further amend notification No. 35/2018-Customs(ADD) regarding levy of anti-dumping duty on High Tenacity Polyester Yarn to amend the name of exporter name from " M/s. Oriental Textile (Holding) Ltd.” to “M/s. Oriental Industries (Suzhou) Ltd

Notification number: Notification No. 46/2019-Cus (ADD)

Date: 19 Dec 19

Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs

Notification: Rules of the "CGST Rules, 2017 as amended up to 14.11.2019"

Notification number: NIL

Date: 14 Dec 19

Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs

Notification: Forms for "CGST Rules, 2017 as amended up to 14.11.2019"

Notification number: NIL

Date: 14 Dec 19

Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs

Notification: Tariff Notification in respect of Fixation of Tariff Value of Edible Oils, Brass Scrap, Poppy Seed, Areca nut, Gold & Silver - reg

Notification number: Notification No. 90/2019-Cus (NT)

Date: 13 Dec 19

Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs

Notification: Seeks to notify the class of registered person required to issue invoice having QR Code.

Notification number: Notification No.72/2019-Central Tax

Date: 13 Dec 19

Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs

Notification: Seeks to give effect to the provisions of rule 46 of the CGST Rules, 2017.

Notification number: Notification No.71/2019-Central Tax

Date: 13 Dec 19

Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs

Notification: Seeks to notify the class of registered person required to issue e-invoice.

Notification number: Notification No.70/2019-Central Tax

Date: 13 Dec 19

Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs

Notification: Seeks to notify the common portal for the purpose of e-invoice.

Notification number: Notification No.69/2019-Central Tax

Date: 13 Dec 19

Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs

Notification: Seeks to carry out changes in the CGST Rules, 2017.

Notification number: Notification No.68/2019-Central Tax

Date: 13 Dec 19

Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs

Notification: Seeks to extend the due date for furnishing of return in FORM GSTR-3B for registered persons in Jammu and Kashmir for the month of October, 2019.

Notification number: Notification No.67/2019-Central Tax

Date: 12 Dec 19

Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs

Notification: Seeks to extend the due date for furnishing of return in FORM GSTR-3B for registered persons in Jammu and Kashmir for the months of July, 2019 to September, 2019.

Notification number: Notification No.66/2019-Central Tax

Date: 12 Dec 19

Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs

Notification: Seeks to extend the due date for furnishing of return in FORM GSTR-7 for registered persons in Jammu and Kashmir for the months of July, 2019 to October, 2019.

Notification number: Notification No.65/2019-Central Tax

Date: 12 Dec 19

Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs

Notification: Seeks to extend the due date for furnishing of return in FORM GSTR-1 for registered persons in Jammu and Kashmir having aggregate turnover more than 1.5 crore rupees for the month of October, 2019.

Notification number: Notification No.64/2019-Central Tax

Date: 12 Dec 19

Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs

Notification: Seeks to extend the due date for furnishing of return in FORM GSTR-1 for registered persons in Jammu and Kashmir having aggregate turnover more than 1.5 crore rupees for the months of July, 2019 to September, 2019.

Notification number: Notification No.63/2019-Central Tax

Date: 12 Dec 19

Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs

Notification: Reporting of cases warranting action under PMLA

Notification number: Instruction No. 05/2019-Customs

Date: 12 Dec 19

Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs

Notification: Sabka Vishwas (legacy Dispute Resolution) Scheme 2019- reg.

Notification number: Circular No. 1074/07/2019-CX

Date: 12 Dec 19

Authority: Ministry of Steel

Notification: Inviting stakeholder comments on draft policy on Promotion of Greenfield investments in the steel sector

Notification number: NIL

Date: 18 Dec 19

Authority: Ministry Of Chemicals And Fertilizers

Notification: New Ceiling prices of pharmaceuticals published

Notification number: NIL

Date: 13 Dec 19

Authority: Ministry of Law and Justice

Notification: The Taxation Laws (Amendment) Act, 2019 published.

Notification number: NIL

Date: 12 Dec 19

ASEAN

Country: Indonesia

Authority: National Agency of Drug and Food Control

Notification: Published a new regulation regarding the definitions for food categories effective from November 15, 2019, with an 18 month grace period for registered products

Notification number: Regulation No. 34

Date: 17 Dec 19

Country: Myanmar

Authority: Food and Drug Administration, Myanmar Quality, Safety and Protection

Notification: New Cosmetics Recordings (New) Available on (16-12-2019)

Notification number: NIL

Date: 17 Dec 19

Country: Thailand

Authority: Narcotics Control Board

Notification: Prescribing Drug Labeling and Documentation for Penalty or Warning or Caution on Use at Containers Or packaging of narcotics of category 5 which is manufactured, imported or exported for traditional Thai drugs containing marijuana mixed in 2019

Notification number: NIL

Date: 17 Dec 19

Country: Thailand

Authority: Ministry of Public Health

Notification: Prescribing a formulation of a drug in category 5 which contains marijuana mixed as a drug for treatment or research (No. 3)

Notification number: NIL

Date: 17 Dec 19

Country: Thailand

Authority: Ministry of Public Health

Notification: Regulations on the certification of folk healers (Version 2) B.E. 2562

Notification number: NIL

Date: 17 Dec 19

Country: Thailand

Authority: Ministry of Public Health

Notification: Prescribing practitioners of traditional Thai medicine and folk healers according to the law on Thai traditional medicine profession. To be able to cook Or can prescribe a prescription containing marijuana (Version 2)

Notification number: NIL

Date: 17 Dec 19

Country: Thailand

Authority: Ministry of Public Health

Notification: Prescribing the formulation of a drug in category 5 that contains marijuana mixed as a drug for treatment or research (No. 2) B.E. 2019

Notification number: NIL

Date: 17 Dec 19

Australia

Authority: Department of Agriculture

Notification: Changes to certification of bulbs under the Bloembollenkeuringsdienst (BKD) scheme December 2019

Notification number: NIL

Date: 20 Dec 19

Authority: Department of Agriculture

Notification: Amendments to Fisheries Levy (Torres Strait Prawn Fishery) Regulation 2016

Notification number: NIL

Date: 19 Dec 19

Authority: Department of Agriculture

Notification: Suspension of treatment provider Centro Disinfestazione Livornese srl (AEI: IT4004SB) under the Offshore Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) Treatment Providers Scheme

Notification number: Import Industry Advice Notice No. 222-2019

Date: 20 Dec 19

Authority: Department of Agriculture

Notification: Changes to AIMS directions issued under the Compliance-Based Intervention Scheme

Notification number: Import Industry Advice Notice No. 221-2019

Date: 18 Dec 19

Authority: Department of Agriculture

Notification: Changes to import conditions for plant pathogens for research and diagnostic purposes

Notification number: NIL

Date: 18 Dec 19

Authority: Department of Agriculture

Notification: Changes to import conditions for reserved and fixed animal and human specimens

Notification number: NIL

Date: 18 Dec 19

Authority: Department of Agriculture

Notification: Export Control (Tariff Rate Quotas) Order 2019

Notification number: NIL

Date: 17 Dec 19

Authority: Department of Agriculture

Notification: Finfish (excluding Salmonid) for human consumption

Notification number: NIL

Date: 17 Dec 19

Authority: Department of Agriculture

Notification: Fencing, screening material and blinds derived from plants

Notification number: NIL

Date: 17 Dec 19

Authority: Department of Agriculture

Notification: Permit assessment delay for food commodities

Notification number: NIL

Date: 17 Dec 19

Authority: Department of Agriculture

Notification: Updates to the Master Consolidator declaration and Treatment certificate lodgement forms

Notification number: Import Industry Advice Notice No. 219-2019

Date: 16 Dec 19

Authority: Department of Agriculture

Notification: Customs (Prohibited Imports) (Kava) Approval 2019 published

Notification number: NIL

Date: 16 Dec 19

Authority: Department of Agriculture

Notification: Amended the List of Exempt Native Specimens Instrument 2001

Notification number: NIL

Date: 16 Dec 19

Authority: Department of Agriculture

Notification: Suspension of treatment provider, National Fumigation & Termite Service (AEI: US4039SB), for Offshore Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) under Treatment Providers Scheme

Notification number: Import Industry Advice Notice No. 216-2019

Date: 13 Dec 19

Authority: Department of Agriculture

Notification: Changes to import conditions for plant diagnostic kits

Notification number: NIL

Date: 13 Dec 19

Authority: Department of Agriculture

Notification: Upcoming amendments to testing requirements for strawberry (Fragaria spp.) nursery stock

Notification number: NIL

Date: 13 Dec 19

European Union

Country: United Kingdom

Authority: NIL

Notification: The Plant Health (Official Controls and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 published

Notification number: Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland 2019 No. 230

Date: 14 Dec 19

Country: Denmark

Authority: Ministry of the Environment and Food

Notification: Order on vegetable seeds published

Notification number: BEK No. 1367

Date: 13 Dec 19

MERCOSUR

Country: Brazil

Authority: National Health Surveillance Agency

Notification: Published amendments to the monographs for clethodim, fipronil, spiromesifen, gibberellic acid, trifloxystrobin, tebuconazole, and fluensulfone

Notification number: No. 244

Date: 18 Dec 19

Country: Paraguay

Authority: Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare

Notification: Extending SG Resolution No. 154, dated April 7, 2015, “By which a special regime is established for Microenterprises (MIE) that produce or divide food to obtain a Registration of Establishment and Registration Sanitary of Food Products and Food Additives for human consumption”

Notification number: SG Resolution No. 640/2019

Date: 16 Dec 19

China, Hong Kong, South Korea & Sri Lanka

Country: China

Authority: National Health Commission

Notification: Approved new food additives use level

Notification number: NIL

Date: 13 Dec 19

Country: Hong Kong

Authority: NIL

Notification: Patent Ordinance amended

Notification number: NIL

Date: 19 Dec 19

Country: South Korea

Authority: Ministry of Food and Drug Safety

Notification: Enforcement Decree of the Drug Control Act published

Notification number: Presidential Decree 30442

Date: 12 Dec 19

Country: South Korea

Authority: Ministry of Food and Drug Safety

Notification: Enforcement rules of the cosmetics act

Notification number: Prime Minister Order No. 01577

Date: 12 Dec 19

Country: Sri Lanka

Authority: Department of Imports and Exports Control

Notification: Imports and Exports Control Regulation No.03 of 2019 published

Notification number: Gazette No. 2152/63

Date: 6 Dec 19

USA

Authority: Food and Drug Administration

Notification: Listing of color additives exempt from certification used in soy leghemoglobin

Notification number: Rule No. 2019-27173

Date: 19 Dec 19

Authority: Food and Drug Administration

Notification: Amending premarket regulations that require multiple copies and specify paper copies to be required in electronic format

Notification number: Document No. 2019- 27047

Date: 16 Dec 19

Authority: Food and Drug Administration

Notification: Regulation requiring an approved new drug application for drugs sterilized by irradiation

Notification number: Document No. 2019- 27046

Date: 16 Dec 19

Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia & South Africa

Country: Israel

Authority: Ministry of Health

Notification: Publishes a food additive amendment for sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (E 466) effective from December 27, 2019

Notification number: NIL

Date: 27 Nov 19

Country: Jordan

Authority: NIL

Notification: Electronic Exemptions System

Notification number: Circular No. 1443

Date: 17 Dec 19

Country: Saudi Arabia

Authority: Saudi Food and Drug Authority

Notification: Regulatory Framework for Drugs Approval amended 

Notification number: NIL

Date: 18 Dec 19

Country: South Africa

Authority: Department of Environmental Affairs

Notification: Regulations for phasing-out and management of ozone depleting substances in South Africa published

Notification number: NIL

Date: 13 Dec 19

Country: South Africa

Authority: Pharmacy Council

Notification: Rules relating to good pharmacy practice published

Notification number: NIL

Date: 13 Dec 19

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