Weekly Trade Alert: 4 – 10 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: 4 – 10 September 2020 are given under. Please click on a notification for the details.
TRADE
Export Norms
1. India - Export of finished leather: dyeing and waxing norms tightened for finished leather exports
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Foreign Trade (Notification no 15-PN/2015-20)
Date: 4 September 2020
Customs
Notification Authority: Department of Revenue (Circular no 41/2020)
Date: 7 September 2020
Notification Authority: Department of Revenue (Notification No. 33 /2020 –Customs)
Date: 7 September 2020
Notification Authority: Department of Revenue (Notification No. 32 /2020 –Customs)
Date: 7 September 2020
5. India - Roll-out faceless assessment in all ports at all india level for all imported goods by 31 Oct 2020
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Notification no 40-CBEC/2020- Customs)
Date: 4 September 2020
6. India - Fulbari, Changrabandha and Jaigaon allowed transshipment for exports to Nepal or Bangladesh
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Notification no 39-CBIC/2020-Customs)
Date: 4 September 2020
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Notification no 85-Cus(NT)
Date: 4 September 2020
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs) Notification No. 84/2020 - Customs (N.T.)
Date: 3 September 2020
ANTIDUMPING/ SAFEGUARD/ COUNTERVAILING DUTY
Antidumping Duty
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 4 September 2020
Product Coverage: Vitamin C
HS Code: 29362700
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 3 September 2020
Product Coverage: Polyester Yarn
HS Code: 55092100
Countervailing Duty
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 4 September 2020
Product Coverage: Viscose Rayon Filament Yarn above 60 deniers
HS Code: 540120, 540331, 540332, 540341
AGRICULTURE
Animal Originated Products
12. Taiwan – Amending Regulation on imported beef and beef products from the United States and Canada
Notification Authority: Food and Drug administration, Ministry of Health and Welfare
Date: 9 September 2020
Product Coverage: Beef and beef products
HS Code: 0202
Notification Authority: Ministry of Health and Welfare
Date: 9 September 2020
Product Coverage: Pigs tissues
14. Taiwan – Publishes procedure for the recognition of infectious animal disease-free status of a foreign country
Notification Authority: Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine,
Date: 9 September 2020
Product Coverage: Animals and Animal Products
HS codes: 01, 02, 0401, 0402, 0407, 0408, 0410, 0502, 0504, 0505, 0506, 0507, 0510, 0511, 1214, 1502, 1506, 1601, 1602, 1902, 1904, 1905, 2104, 2301, 2308, 2309, 3001, 3002, 3101, 3105, 3502, 4101, 4102, 4103, 4205, 4301, 4601, 5101, 5102, 5103, 6701
15. Japan - Introduced new standard for organic turkey
Notification Authority: Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Date: 8 September 2020
Product Coverage: Organic turkey
HS Code: 020727
Notification Authority: European Commission (Commission Regulation (EU) 2020/1255)
Date: 8 September 2020
Product Coverage: Meat products and food of plant origin
17. Cambodia – Notification on introduction of measures for Nutrilatt milk powder products published
Notification Authority: Ministry of Trade
Date: 3 September 2020
Product Coverage: Milk Powder
Notification Authority: Department of Livestock Development (DLD)
Date: 3 September 2020
Product Coverage: Live poultry and poultry carcasses
HS Code: 0105, 0207, 0407, 0408, 0505
Notification Authority: Department of Livestock Development (DLD)
Date: 3 September 2020
Product Coverage: Live poultry and poultry carcasses
HS Code : 0105, 0207, 0407, 0408, 0505
Notification Authority: Department of Livestock Development (DLD)
Date: 3 September 2020
Product Coverage: Live poultry and poultry carcasses
HS Code: 0105, 0207, 0407, 0408, 0505
Notification Authority: Department of Livestock Development (DLD)
Date: 3 September 2020
Product Coverage: Live domestic pigs and their carcasses
HS Code: 0103, 0203, 0502.10.00
Notification Authority: Department of Livestock Development (DLD)
Date: 3 September 2020
Product Coverage: Live domestic pigs and their carcasses
HS Code: 0103, 0203, 0502.10.00
Notification Authority: Department of Livestock Development (DLD)
Date: 3 September 2020
Product Coverage: Live poultry and poultry carcasses
HS Code: 0105, 0207, 0407, 0408, 0505
Notification Authority: Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MOCCAE)
Product Coverage: Live poultry
Date: 3 September 2020
HS Code: 0105
25. South Korea - Decree on the safety and support of advanced regenerative medicine and advanced biopharmaceuticals
Notification Authority: Ministry of Health [President Decree No. 30979]
Date: 3 September 2020
Plants & Plant Products
Notification Authority: Ministry of Agriculture
Date: 9 September 2020
Notification Authority: European Commission (Regulation (EU) 2020/1259)
Date: 9 September 2020
Notification Authority: Ministry of Public Health (MOPH)
Product Coverage: Tea infusion
HS Code: 0902
29. Malaysia – Establishes 6 maximum residue limits (MRLs) for 4 new pesticides (metaflumizone, metominostrobin, oxathiapiprolin and saflufenacil)
Notification Authority: Ministry of Health Malaysia
Product Coverage: Peas, Sweet corn, tomato, cucumber, melons, Palm oil and its fraction
HS Code: 0708, 0710, 0702, 0707, 0807, 151790
Notification Authority: Environmental Protection Agency
Date: 7 September 2020
31. New Zealand – Publishes measures for pospiviroids on solanum lycopersicum and petunia seeds for sowing
Notification Authority: Ministry of Agriculture
Date: 8 September 2020
Product Coverage: Petunia seeds
HS Code: 120999
32. Australia - Import conditions published on BICON for the importation of fresh whole pomegranates from India. Import conditions include the requirement for fresh whole pomegranates from India to undergo in-transit cold treatment as a phytosanitary measure to manage fruit flies of economic significance. For more information contact imports@agriculture.gov.au
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment
Date: 4 September 2020
Product Coverage: Pomegranate
HS Code: 08109010
FOOD
Notification Authority: Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)
Date: 9 September 2020
Product Coverage: Food products
Notification Authority: Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)
Date: 9 September 2020
Product Coverage: Food products
Notification Authority: Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)
Date: 9 September 2020
Product Coverage: Food products
36. Canada – Establishes maximum residue limit for bixafen
Notification Authority: Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency
Date: 9 September 2020
Notification Authority: Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Date: 9 September 2020
Product Coverage: Meat and edible meat offal
HS Code: 02
Notification Authority: National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA)
Date: 8 September 2020
Product Coverage: Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Allium sativum, cuprous oxide, fenpropathrin, glyphosate, novaluron, pyriproxyfen, mesotrione, fipronil, lambda-cyhalothrin, fluquinconazole, atrazine, methomyl, tebuthiuron, oxyfluorfen, propiconazole, tebuconazole, teflubenzuron, acetamiprid, fluazinam, cymoxanil, quizalofop, Pethyl, famoxadone, dinotefuran, spinetoram, diafenthiuron, flutriafol, chlorantraniliprole, and flupyradifurone
39. South Korea – Publishes regulations on labeling and advertising of food
Notification Authority: Ministry of Food and Drug Safety
Date: 8 September 2020
Product Coverage: Food
Notification Authority: Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
Date: 7 September 2020
41. Australia – Pesticide MRLs amended: Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code (MRL Standard) Instrument 2019 published
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture
Date: 28 August 2020
Product Coverage: Pesticides
Notification Authority: Environmental Protection Agency
Date: 7 September 2020
Notification Authority: European Commission
Date: 7 September 2020
Product Coverage: Seeds, plants and fruits of Solanum lycopersicum L. and Capsicum spp.
CHEMICALS & PHARMACEUTICALS
Notification Authority: European Commission
Date: 9 September 2020
Product Coverage: Biocidal products
HS Code: 3808
45. EU – Publishes decision on non-approval of following active substance for use in biocidal products
Notification Authority: European Commission
Date: 9 September 2020
Product Coverage: Biocidal products
HS Code: 3808
46. Czech Republic – Publishes decree on the implementation of certain measures related to the prohibition of chemical weapons
Notification Authority: State Office for Nuclear Safety
Date: 9 September 2020
Product Coverage: Handling of toxic chemicals and their precursors,
HS Code: 38
Notification Authority: Ministry of Agriculture
Date: 8 September 2020
48. China – Publishes guidelines for environmental management registration of new chemical substances
Notification Authority: Ministry of Ecology and Environment
Date: 8 September 2020
Product Coverage: New chemical substances
Pharmaceuticals
Notification Authority: Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risks
Date: 9 September 2020
Product Coverage: Cannabis and its pharmacological derivatives
Notification Authority: Ministry of Health (MINSAL)
Date: 8 September 2020
Product Coverage: Pharmaceutical Products
HS Code: 30
Notification Authority: European Commission
Date: 8 September 2020
Product Coverage: Fenpyrazamine
52. Australia – Approved list of drugs for sale in Australia published
Notification Authority: Department of Health
Date: 7 September 2020
Product Coverage: Drugs
HS Code: 30
53. South Korea - Rules on the safety and support of advanced biopharmaceuticals published
Notification Authority: Ministry of Health (Prime Minister Decree No. 1641)
Date: 7 September 2020
Cosmetics
Notification Authority: National Medical Products Administration
Date: 8 September 2020
Product Coverage: Cosmetics
HS Code: 33
Notification Authority: National Medical Products Administration
Date: 8 September 2020
Product Coverage: Cosmetics
HS Code: 33
56. Denmark - Sale of toxic or very toxic pesticides and biocides requires permission from the Danish Environmental Agency
Notification Authority: Ministry of Food and Environment
Date: 7 September 2020
Product Coverage: toxic or very toxic pesticides and biocides
ENGINEERING
Notification Authority: European Commission
Date: 8 September 2020
Product Coverage: Polycyclic-aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in granules or mulches
Notification Authority: State Administration
Date: 8 September 2020
Product Coverage: Gas Cylinder
Notification Authority: Uganda National Bureau of Standards
Date: 8 September 2020
Product Coverage: Retroreflective Sheeting; Articles of plastics, Road equipment and installations
HS Code: 392690
60. Brazil – Establishes resolution provides for the specification and control of the quality of liquefied petroleum gases (GLP)
Notification Authority: National Agency for Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels – ANP
Date: 3 September 2020
Product Coverage: Natural gas
HS Code: 271111
Children Goods
Notification Authority: Consumer Product Safety Commission
Date: 9 September 2020
Notification Authority: European Commission
Date: 8 September 2020
Product Coverage: Children's toys
HS Code: 9503
Automobile
Notification Authority: Ministry of Trade
Date: 7 September 2020
64. Vietnam - Circular issued on national technical regulation on VHF telephone equipment used on life-saving vehicles
Notification Authority: Ministry of Information and Communications
Date: 3 September 2020
65. Australia – Publishes Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956
Notification Authority: Department of Customs
Date: 3 September 2020
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