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: 30 September - 7 October 2021 are given under. Please click on a notification for the details.

Trade Policy & Customs

• India - Amends export policy of syringes from free to restricted
• India - Publishes tariff value of edible oils, brass scrap, areca nut, gold and silver
• India - Amends Sea Cargo Manifest and Transhipment Regulations 2018
• India – Publishes circular regarding RoDTEP
• India – Publishes circular regarding RoSCTL

GST

• India - Provides clarifications regarding applicable GST rates & exemptions on certain services
• India - Provides clarification regarding GST rates & classification (goods)
• India - Exempts CGST (Central Tax (Rate)) on specified medicines used in COVID-19, up to 31-12-2021
• India - Exempts CGST (Integrated Tax (Rate)) on specified medicines used in COVID-19, up to 31-12-2021
• India - Exempts CGST (Union territory Tax (Rate)) on specified medicines used in COVID-19, up to 31-12-2021
• India - Amends notification No. 1/2017- Compensation Cess(Rate)

Trade Remedies & Banking

• Philippines – Notifies termination of preliminary safeguard measure investigation on GI Sheets, Coils and Strips, Pre-painted Galvanized Iron (PPGI)
  and Pre-painted Galvanized Aluminum Zinc. (PPGL) against Indian Exporters
• India - Extends anti-dumping duty on import of Jute products from Bangladesh and Nepal
• India - Publishes guidelines pertaining to Value Free Transfer of government securities
• India - Publishes revised guidelines for Subsidiary General Ledger Account and Constituents’’ Subsidiary General Ledger Account
• India - Extends anti-dumping duty on ’’ceramic tableware and glassware’’ originating in or exported from Malaysia, to prevent the circumvention of
  anti-dumping duty levied on subject goods from China
• India - Extends levy of anti-dumping duty on “Glazed/Unglazed Porcelain/Vitrified tiles in polished or unpolished finish with less than 3% water
  absorption” from China upto 28-02-2022

Agriculture

• Australia - Publishes update to measures for Cercosporafoeniculi associated with Foeniculum vulgare seed for sowing.
• Australia –Revises import conditions for apiaceous vegetable seeds for sowing
• Chile - Publishes draft resolution governing the importation of fresh bananas (Musa spp.)
• South Africa - Publishes final phytosanitary requirements of fresh mango (Mangifera indica) fruit from India
• Chile -  Establishes sanitary requirements for pork casings
• EU - Publishes notification on Uniform practical arrangements for the performance of official controls on products of animal origin
• South Korea - Proposes amendment to the cheese, fatty acid and drug residue

Processed Foods

• India –Publishes advisory on proper disposal of food products unfit for human consumption
• India - Mandates the mentioning of FSSAI License / Registration number on receipt / invoices / cash memo / bills etc. by food businesses on
  sale of food products
• Egypt - Publishes technical rules for Microbiological criteria for foodstuffs in Food Products of Plant and Animal Origin
• Taiwan - Publishes regulation specifying the labeling requirements for infant and follow-up formula
• Brazil - Anvisa publishes manual on food import

Chemicals & Medical Supplies

• Ecuador - Publishes technical regulations to authorize the import by exception and import by donation
• Vietnam - Included more items in the list of goods import tax exemption for prevention services
• Argentina - Publishes specific technical regulation applicable to accessories for fluid conduction systems
• Myanmar - Publishes approved drug registration certification list
• South Korea - Publishes Rules of the Chemicals Control Act

Electronics & Engineering

• Brazil - Publishes procedures for the import and export of goods and products intended for scientific or technological research
• Chile - Publishes technical report for the establishment of the energy efficiency standard for light motorized vehicles
• Argentina -Establishes technical requirements for steel, carbonand alloy accessories
• Ukraine - Amends technical regulation of simple pressure vessels
• USA - Updates the safety standard for gates and enclosures

Others

• Ecuador - Publishes technical regulation concerning motorcycles amended
• Chile - Proposes regulation on safety of products for children’’s use
• Thailand - Revises the format and characteristic of domestic and imported cigarette packaging
• USA - Extends submission deadline for reporting pursuant to the Toxic Substances Control Act Health and Safety Data Reporting rule

Click here for more details on Weekly Trade Alerts from 30 September - 7 October 2021 from the India Trade Portal.

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