Weekly Trade Alert: 28 August – 3 September
Trade Alerts
Federation of Indian Export Organisations
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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: 28 August – 3 September 2020 are given under. Please click on a notification for the details.
EXPORT POLICY & BENEFITS
Export Benefits
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Foreign Trade (Notification no 30/2015-20)
Date: 1 September 2020
Policy
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Foreign Trade (Trade Notice 26/2015-20)
Date: 31 August 2020
3. India - Three days window from 7 to 9 September 2020 for export of 1 crore masks opened for Aug-Sept period
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Foreign Trade (Trade Notice 25/2015-20)
Date: 31 August 2020
Product Coverage: N95, FFP2 mask
HS Code: 621790, 630790
CUSTOMS & GST
GST
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Notification No. 65/2020 – Central Tax.)
Date: 1 September 2020
Customs
5. India - Tariff value of edible oils, brass scrap, poppy seeds, areca nut, gold and silver notified
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Notification No. 83/2020-Customs (N.T.))
Date: 31 August 2020
Product Coverage: Edible Oils, Brass Scrap, Poppy Seeds, Areca Nut, Gold and Silver
HS Code: 15111000, 15119010, 15119090, 1511100, 15119020, 15119090, 15071000, 740400, 12079100
6. India - Seeks to extend the due date for filing FORM GSTR-4 for financial year 2019-2020 to 31.10.2020.
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Notification No. 64/2020 – Central Tax)
Date: 31 August 2020
ANTIDUMPING/SAFEGUARD/COUNTERVAILING DUTY
Antidumping Duty
Notification Authority: Department of Revenue (Notification No. 29/2020-Customs (ADD))
Date: 2 September 2020
Product Coverage: Float Glass
Notification Authority: Department of Revenue (Notification No. 28/2020-Customs (ADD))
Date: 2 September 2020
Product Coverage: Ciprofloxacin Hydrochloride
HS Code: 29419030
Notification Authority: Directorate General Of Trade Remedies
Date: 2 September 2020
Product Coverage: Flexible Slabstock Polyol
HS Code: 390720
Notification Authority: Directorate General Of Trade Remedies
Date: 1 September 2020
Product Coverage: 2-Ethyl Hexanol
HS Code: 29051620
Notification Authority: Directorate General Of Trade Remedies
Date: 1 September 2020
Product Coverage: Normal Butanol
HS Code: 29051300
Notification Authority: Directorate General Of Trade Remedies
Date: 1 September 2020
Product Coverage: Methylene Chloride
HS Code: 29031200
Notification Authority: Directorate General Of Trade Remedies
Date: 1 September 2020
Product Coverage: Rubber Chemical PX-13
HS Code: 3812
Notification Authority: Directorate General Of Trade Remedies
Date: 1 September 2020
Product Coverage: Acrylic fibre
HS Code: 550330
15. India - Anti-dumping original investigation concerning imports of “Soda Ash” from Turkey and USA
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 28 August 2020
Product Coverage: Soda Ash
HS Code: 283620
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 28 August 2020
Product Coverage: Viscose Rayon Filament Yarn
HS Code: 540120, 540331, 540332, 540341
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 28 August 2020
Product Coverage: Aluminium Wire /Wire Rods
HS Code: 76011040, 76012040, 76041010, 76042920, 76051100, 76052100
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 28 August 2020
Product Coverage: Aluminium Foil 80 micron
HS Code: 760711, 76071110 76071190, 760719, 76071910, 760719 91, 760719 92, 760719 93, 760719 94, 760719 95, 760719 99, 760720, 76072010 and 76072010
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 28 August 2020
Product Coverage: Rubber Chemical PX-13
AGRICULTURE
Animal Origin Products
Notification Authority: Ministry of Agriculture, Forest & Water Resources
Date: 2 September 2020
Product Coverage: Meat and edible meat offal
Date: 2 September 2020
HS Code: 02
Notification Authority: Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Product Coverage: Meat and edible meat offal
Date: 2 September 2020
HS Code: 02
Notification Authority: Health and Food Safety Directorate-General
Date: 1 September 2020
Product Coverage: Aquatic animals
HS Code: 03
Notification Authority: Directorate General Of Trade Remedies
Date: 1 September 2020
Product Coverage: Fishery
HS Code: 03
Health and Food Safety Directorate-General
Date: 1 September 2020
Product Coverage: Hatching eggs.
HS Code: 0407, 0408
Notification Authority: Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF)
Date: 1 September 2020
Product Coverage: Salinomycin sodium as a feed additive
HS Code: 2309
Plants & Plant Products
27. Australia - Pesticides maximum residue limit amended
Notification Authority: Ministry of Agriculture, Forest & Water Resources
Date: 31 August 2020
Notification Authority: Environmental Protection Agency
Date: 2 September 2020
Product Coverage: Apple; Beet, sugar, roots; Corn, field, forage; Corn, field, grain; Corn, field, stover; Corn, pop, grain; Corn, pop, stover; Corn, sweet, kernel plus cob with husks removed; Corn, sweet, forage; Corn, sweet, stover; Peanut; Peanut, hay; Rice, grain; Soybean, seed; Cattle, fat; Cattle, meat; Cattle, meat byproducts; Egg; Goat, fat; Goat, meat; Goat, meat byproducts; Hog, fat; Hog, meat; Hog, meat byproducts; Horse, fat; Horse, meat; Horse, meat byproducts; Milk; Poultry, fat; Poultry, meat; Poultry, meat byproducts; Sheep, fat; Sheep, meat; Sheep, meat byproducts
29. Australia – Establishes import conditions for consignments comprising of combinations of peat and/or coir peat and/or restricted additives
Notification Authority: Ministry of Agriculture, Forest & Water Resources
Date: 31 August 2020
Notification Authority: Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Date: 31 August 2020
31. Australia - Vessel Seasonal Pest Scheme (VSPS) amended for Brown Marmorated Stink Bug pest risk exist in plant products
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment
Date: 27 August 2020
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment
Date: 27 August 2020
Product Coverage: Rice (Oryza sativa), Chickpeas (Cicer arietinum), Cucurbit seed (Cucurbita spp.; Cucumis spp.; Citrullus spp.), Cumin seed (Cuminum cyminum), Safflower seed (Carthamus tinctorius), Bean seed (Phaseolus spp.), Soybean (Glycine max), Mung beans, cowpeas (Vigna spp.) Lentils (Lens culinaris), Wheat (Triticum aestivum), Coriander seed (Coriandrum sativum), Celery seed (Apium graveolens), Peanuts (Arachis hypogaea), Dried chillies/capsicum (Capsicum spp.), Faba bean (Vicia faba), Pigeon Pea (Cajanus cajan), Pea seed (Pisum sativum) and Fennel seed (Foeniculum spp.)
HS Code: 10, 12
33. Canada - Proposes maximum residue limit of Difenoconazole
Notification Authority: Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), Health Canada
Date: 27 August 2020
Product Coverage: Pesticide difenoconazole in or on various commodities
Food
Notification Authority: Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)
Date: 2 September 2020
Product Coverage: Food Products
35. Brazil - Establishes technical requirements for packages and plastic containers in contact with food
Notification Authority: Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA)
Date: 2 September 2020
Product Coverage: Plastic Container
36. Thailand – Seek revision of list of plants and parts of plant used as ingredient for tea infusion
Notification Authority: Food and Drug Administration (Thai FDA)
Product Coverage: Tea infusion
Date: 2 September 2020
HS Code: 0902
Notification Authority: Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
Date: 1 September 2020
38. Canada - List of permitted sweeteners to enable the use of steviol glycosides from saccharomyces cerevisiae amended
Notification Authority: Health Canada
Date: 1 September 2020
Product Coverage: List of permitted sweeteners
Notification Authority: Government of Hong Kong
Date: 1 September 2020
Notification Authority: Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
Date: 31 August 2020
Notification Authority: European Commission
Date: 31 August 2020
Product Coverage: Baby food
HS Code: 210690
Notification Authority: Ministry of Commerce and Industry - Public Authority for Food and Nutrition
Date: 31 August 2020
Product Coverage Poultry of all types and eggs/egg products
HS Code: 0407, 0408
Date: 31 August 2020
Product Coverage: Food ingredient to be used in food
HS Code: 210110
Notification Authority: Food and Drug Administration
Date: 31 August 2020
Product Coverage: Food ingredient to be used in food
HS Code: 210110
Notification Authority: ANVISA (Resolution of the Collegiate Board (RDC) 412/2020)
Date: 27 August 2020
Product Coverage: hydrolyzed animal, milk and vegetable protein
46. Singapore - Food (amendment no 3) regulations 2020 published
Notification Authority: Singapore Food Agency
Date: 27 August 2020
Product Coverage: Food
CHEMICALS & PHARMACEUTICALS
Pharmaceuticals & Cosmetics
Notification Authority: Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation
Date: 1 September 2020
Product Coverage: COVID-19 testing kits
Notification Authority: Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation
Date: 1 September 2020
Product Coverage: COVID-19 testing kits
Notification Authority: Food and Drug Administration
Date: 1 September 2020
Product Coverage: Psychotropic substances
50. South Korea - Clarification issued on registration of pharmaceutical patent list
Notification Authority: Ministry of Food and Drug Safety
Date: 1 September 2020
Product Coverage: Medicines
HS Code: 30
51. South Korea - Publishes regulation on substantiation of claims in labeling or advertising of cosmetic products
Date: 1 September 2020
Product Coverage: Perfumes and toilet waters, Beauty or make-up preparations, Preparations for use on the hair, Shaving preparations
HS Code: 3303, 3304, 3307, 3305
Notification Authority: European Commission
Date: 28 August 2020
Product Coverage: Medicines
HS Code: 30
Chemical
Notification Authority: Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA)
Date: 2 September 2020
Product Coverage: Organic surface-active agents (other than soap)
HS Code: 340119
Notification Authority: Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA)
Date: 2 September 2020
Product Coverage: Organic surface-active agents (other than soap)
HS Code: 340119
55. Canada – Amending regulation for use of sulphur in gasoline
Notification Authority: Environment and Climate Change
Date: 1 September 2020
Product Coverage: Gasoline
HS Code: 271019
Notification Authority: ANVISA (Resolution of the Collegiate Board (RDC) 412/2020)
Date: 27 August 2020
Product Coverage: Biocidal products
HS Code: 3808
57. South Korea - 175 drug products are discontinued from manufacturing and sales due to the use of valsartan containing impurities
Notification Authority: Ministry of Health
Date: 27 August 2020
Product Coverage: Drugs
HS Code: 28, 29, 30
58. Brazil - Seek revision of technical requirements for packages and plastic containers in contact with food
Notification Authority: Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency
Date: 27 August 2020
Product Coverage: Plastic containers in contact with food
HS Code: 2106
Paints
Notification Authority: European Commission
Date: 31 August 2020
Fertilizers & Pesticides
60. Australia - Establishes import conditions for containerised fertilizer and obligations for importer under the Work Health and Safety Regulations 2011 Act
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture
Date: 28 August 2020
Product Coverage: Fertilizers
HS Code: 3101
Notification Authority: Pest Management Regulatory Agency
Date: 28 August 2020
Product Coverage: Citrus fruits
ENGINEERING & ELECTRONICS
Engineering & Electronics
Notification Authority: National Telecommunications Agency
Date: 1 September 2020
Product Coverage: Turntables (record-decks), record-players, cassette-players and other sound reproducing apparatus, not incorporating a sound recording device
HS Code: 8519
Notification Authority: Department of Energy
Date: 1 September 2020
Notification Authority: Kenya Bureau of Standards
Date: 31 August 2020
Product Coverage: Paper Technology
HS Code: 940290
Date: 31 August 2020
Product Coverage: Gas storage water heater
HS Code: 8419
66. South Korea – Amending technical regulation for electromagnetic compatibility
Notification Authority: National Radio Research Agency (RRA)
Date: 27 August 2020
Product Coverage: Household appliances, electric tools and similar apparatus
Notification Authority: European Commission (Decision (EU) 2020/1232)
Date: 27 August 2020
Product Coverage: Passenger cars
HS Code: 870390
Notification Authority: Government of Vietnam (Decree 98/2020 / ND-CP)
Date: 27 August 2020
Automobile
Notification Authority: Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
Date: 2 September 2020
Product Coverage: Protective Headgear (Helmet)
Notification Authority: Department of Transportation (DOT)
Date: 1 September 2020
Notification Authority: Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications (MTT)
Date: 31 August 2020
Product Coverage: Motorcycles
HS Code: 8711
72. Myanmar - Announcing production of imported vehicles for 2021 with the approval of the motor vehicle import supervision committee
Notification Authority: Motor Vehicle Import Supervision Committee
Date: 28 August 2020
Product Coverage: Motor vehicle
HS Code: 87
Medical Equipment
Notification Authority: State Administration for Market Regulation
Date: 31 August 2020
Product Coverage: Dental extra-oral X-ray equipment
HS Code: 9022
Notification Authority: State Administration for Market Regulation
Date: 31 August 2020
Product Coverage: Dental equipment
HS Code: 9018
OTHER PRODUCTS
Textile
75. Kenya - Establishes registration requirements for importers of used/second-hand garments and used shoes
Notification Authority: Government of Kenya
Date: 1 September 2020
Product Coverage: Second Hand Clothes
HS Code: 61, 62
76. Vietnam - Publishes list of duty-free goods
Notification Authority: Department of Customs (Decree No. 100/2020 / ND-CP)
Date: 28 August 2020
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