Weekly Trade Alert: 11 – 17 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: 11 – 17 September 2020 are given under. Please click on a notification for the details.
EXPORTS & CUSTOMS
Export Policy & Trade Facilitation
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Foreign Trade (Notification no 31/2015-20
Date: 14 September 2020
Product Coverage: Onion
HS Code: 07031010, 07122000
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Foreign Trade (Trade Notice 26/2020-21)
Date: 14 September 2020
Tariff Value
3. India - Tariff value of edible oils, brass scrap, poppy seeds, areca nut, gold and silver published
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs) Notification No. 87/2020-CUSTOMS (N.T.)
Date: 15 September 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
Customs
4. India - Notifies list of 27 processed items (plant products) which do not require plant quarantine clearance
Notification Authority: Mumbai Air Cargo (Public Notice 122/2020)
Date: 11 Sep 2020
Product Coverage: Plant products
Notification Authority: Mumbai Air Cargo (Public Notice 118/2020)
Date: 11 Sep 2020
Product Coverage: Pets/live animal
ANTI-DUMPING/ COUNTERVAILING/ SAFEGUARD DUTIES
Notification Authority: Directorate General Trade Remedies
Date: 16 September 2020
Product Coverage: Non-Woven Fabric
HS Code: 56031100, 56039100
Notification Authority: Directorate General Trade Remedies
Date: 16 September 2020
Product Coverage: Aluminium and Zinc coated flat products
HS Code: 72101290, 72103090, 72104900, 72106900, 72107000, 72109090, 72121090, 72122090, 72123090, 72124000, 72169910, 72255010, 72259100, 72259200, 72269930
Notification Authority: Directorate General Trade Remedies
Date: 16 September 2020
Product Coverage: Viscose Rayon Filament Yarn above 60 deniers
HS Code: 54012000, 54033100, 54033200,54034110, 54034120, 54034130, 54034150, 54034170, 54034190, 54034290, 540349
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 14 September 2020
Product Coverage: Aluminium Foil
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: 14 September 2020
Product Coverage: PVC Suspension Grade Resin
HS Code: 3904
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 11 Sep 2020
Product Coverage: flat rolled products of Aluminium
HS Code: 7606, 7607
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 11 Sep 2020
Product Coverage: Textured Tempered Glass whether Coated or Uncoated
HS Code: 70031990, 70051010, 70051090, 70052190, 70052990, 70053090, 70071900
13. India - Rescheduling oral hearing in safeguard investigation concerning imports of “Isopropyl Alcohol” into India
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 11 Sep 2020
Product Coverage: Isopropyl Alcohol
HS Code: 2905 12 20
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 11 Sep 2020
Product Coverage: Glass Fibre and articles thereof
HS Code: 7019
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 11 Sep 2020
Product Coverage: Toluene DiIsocyanate
HS Code: 29291020
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 11 Sep 2020
Product Coverage: All Fully Drawn or Fully Oriented Yarn/Spin Draw Yarn/Flat Yarn of Polyester (FDY)
HS Code: 540247
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 11 Sep 2020
Product Coverage: Phthalic Anhydride
HS Code: 29173500
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 11 Sep 2020
Product Coverage: Polybutadiene Rubber
HS Code: 40022000
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 11 Sep 2020
Product Coverage: Diketopyrrolo Pyrrole Pigment Red 254
HS Code: 32041111, 32041630, 32041711, 32041719, 32041720, 32041760, 32041973, 32041984, 32049000, 32061110, 32064990
ANIMAL ORIGINATED PRODUCTS
20. Philippines – Imposing bans on importation of domestic and wild pigs and their products, including pork meat, pig skin, porcine processed animal proteins and semen
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture
Date: 16 September 2020
Product Coverage: Domestic and wild pigs and their products and by-products
21. South Korea – Publishes import health requirement for captive or wild mammals
Notification Authority: Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA)
Date: 16 September 2020
Product Coverage: Captive or wild mammals
HS Code: 0106
22. Thailand - Temporarily suspend importation of live domestic pigs and wild pigs and their carcasses from following countries to prevent the spread of African Swine Fever
Notification Authority: Department of Livestock Development (DLD)
Product Coverage: Live domestic pigs and their carcasses
HS Code: 0103, 0203, 05021000
Notification Authority: National Parks Board (NParks)
Date: 15 September 2020
Product Coverage: Equids, equine semen, oocytes and embryos
HS Code: 01012900, 01012100, 01061900, 05119990
24. Saudi Arabia - Temporary ban on importation of Equine from following countries
Notification Authority: Ministry of Environment Water and Agriculture
Date: 15 September 2020
Product Coverage: Equine
25. Kazakhstan – Proposes harmonization of veterinary requirements and forms of common veterinary certificates of imported products
Notification Authority: Eurasian Economic Commission
Date: 15 September 2020
Product Coverage: Products subject to veterinary control
Notification Authority: Health Canada
Date: 15 September 2020
Product Coverage: Protease from Trichoderma reesei
27. China – Publishes standards for microbial food, beverages, fermented milk, modified milk and pre-packaged foods
Microbial food standard stipulates the basic requirement and management guideline for the sites, facilities and personnel in the process of raw material purchasing, species use and management, processing, packaging, storage and transportation. Click here for notification
Beverages standard applies to beverages Click here for notification
Fermented milk and flavoured fermented milk standard apply to fermented milk and flavoured fermented milk which define specific requirements of fermented milk, yoghurt, flavoured fermented milk and flavoured yoghurt are specified. Click here for notification
Modified milk standard is applicable to modified milk Click here for notification
Pre-packaged foods standard specifies the description and explanation of food nutrition information and characteristics on the nutrition label of prepackaged food. Click here for notification
Notification Authority: National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China (NHC)
Date: 14 September 2020
Product Coverage: Modified milk, Fermented milk, Beverage, Microbial food cultures
HS Code: 040590, 0403, 22 (Except 2201 & 2202), 210690
FOOD & FEED
Food
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment
Date: 16 September 2020
Product Coverage: Rice (Oryza sativa), Chickpeas (Cicer arietinum) , Cucurbit seed (Cucurbita spp.) Cumin seed (Cuminum cyminum), Safflower seed (Carthamus tinctorius) , Bean seed (Phaseolus) , Soybean (Glycine max) , Mung beans, cowpeas (Vigna) , Lentils (Lens culinaris) , Wheat (Triticum aestivum) , Coriander seed (Coriandrum sativum) , Celery seed (Apium graveolens) , Peanuts (Arachis hypogaea) , Dried peppers (Capsicum spp) , Faba bean (Vicia faba) , Pigeon Pea (Cajanus cajan) , Peas (Pisum sativum) , Fennel seed (Foeniculum spp).
HS Code: 1006, 071311, 1207, 0909, 1207, 1106, 1201, 1106, 0713, 1106, 1001, 1104, 1103, 1101, 0909, 0713, 1202
Notification Authority: Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA)
Date: 16 September 2020
Product Coverage: Food Formula
HS Code: 2106
Notification Authority: Health Canada
Date: 16 September 2020
Product Coverage: Steviol Glycosides from Saccharomyces cerevisiae
HS Code: 210690
Notification Authority: European Commission (Regulation (EU) 2020/1281)
Date: 14 September 2020
Product Coverage: Agri Chemical
HS Code: 3808
Notification Authority: European Commission (Regulation (EU) 2020/1280)
Date: 14 September 2020
Product Coverage: Agri Chemical
HS Code: 3808
Notification Authority: Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
Date: 11 Sep 2020
Product Coverage: Food
34. Indonesia - Amending regulations regarding enzymes and processing aids
Notification Authority: National Agency of Drug and Food Control
Date: 11 Sep 2020
Product Coverage: enzymes
35. Russia - New procedure for organizing and conducting state quarantine phytosanitary control published
Notification Authority: Government of Russia
Date: 11 Sep 2020
Product Coverage: Plants & Plant Products
Feed
36. Japan - Amending standards and specifications of Phytase
Notification Authority: Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF)
Date: 16 September 2020
Product Coverage: Phytase as a feed additive
HS Code: 2309
37. Japan - Publishes ministerial ordinance on the specifications and standards of feeds and feed additives
Notification Authority: Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF)
Date: 14 September 2020
Product Coverage: Phytase as a feed additive
HS Code: 2309
38. USA - Establishes tolerances for the inadvertent residues of pydiflumetofen in or on animal feed
Notification Authority: Environmental Protection Agency
Date: 14 September 2020
Product Coverage: Animal feed, non-grass, group 18, hay; Grass, forage, fodder and hay, group 17, except straw; Grass, forage, fodder and hay, group 17, straw
HS Code: 2309
CHEMICALS & PHARMACEUTICALS
Drugs
39. Australia – Publishes notice on assessment of application to import live attenuated Salmonella vaccines
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture
Date: 10 September 2020
Product Coverage: Veterinary Drugs
HS Code: 3004
Notification Authority: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
Date: 10 September 2020
Product Coverage: Plant protection drugs
Notification Authority: Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)
Date: 10 September 2020
Product Coverage: Plant protection drugs
Cosmetics
Notification Authority: Ministry of Health
Date: 15 September 2020
Product Coverage: Cosmetics
HS Code: 33, 3401
Notification Authority: Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation
Date: 15 September 2020
Product Coverage: Drugs
HS Code: 29, 30
Chemicals
Notification Authority: Environmental Protection Agency
Date: 16 September 2020
Product Coverage: Pesticides
HS Code: 3808
Notification Authority: Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA)
Date: 16 September 2020
Product Coverage: Pesticides
HS Code: 38089910
European Commission (Regulation (EU) 2020/1293)
Date: 16 September 2020
Product Coverage: azadirachtin
47. Hong Kong - Publishes pharmacy and poisons regulations
Notification Authority: Government of Hong Kong
Date: 15 September 2020
Notification Authority: Ministry of Food and Environment
Date: 14 September 2020
Product Coverage: Pesticides and biocides.
HS Code: 3808
Notification Authority: European Commission
Date: 14 September 2020
Product Coverage: Biocidal products
HS Code: 3808
Notification Authority: European Commission
Date: 14 September 2020
Product Coverage: Biocidal products
HS Code: 3808
Notification Authority: Department of Chemical
Date: 11 Sep 2020
Product Coverage: Chemicals
Notification Authority: Ministry of Commerce
Date: 11 Sep 2020
Notification Authority: European Commission (Regulation (EU) 2020/1263)
Date: 10 Sep 2020
Product Coverage: Food
ENGINEERING & ELECTRONICS
Notification Authority: Ministry of Health
Date: 15 September 2020
Product Coverage: Medical Device
HS Code: 9017, 9019, 9020, 9021, 9022, 9025, 9026
55. Sri Lanka – Seek relaxation of import restrictions under Imports and Exports Control Regulation No 07 of 2020
Notification Authority: Department of Import & Exports Control
Date: 15 September 2020
Notification Authority: Environmental Protection Agency,
Date: 14 September 2020
Product Coverage: Switchgear and control gear
HS Code: 853521
Notification Authority: Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Date: 14 September 2020
Product Coverage: Medical equipment
HS Code: 9018, 9019, 9020, 9021, 9022, 9026
TOYS & OTHER PRODUCTS
Toys
Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT)
Date: 16 September 2020
Product Coverage: Toys
HS Code: 9503
Notification Authority: Bureau of Indian Standards
Date: 15 September 2020
Product Coverage: Toys
HS Code: 9503
Notification Authority: Danish Safety Technology Authority
Date: 14 September 2020
Product Coverage: Games and Sports
HS Code: 9503
Automobile
Notification Authority: Tanzania Bureau of Standards
Date: 16 September 2020
Product Coverage: Hydraulic fluids
62. Vietnam - Extending time limit for special consumption tax payment for domestically manufactured or assembled automobiles
Notification Authority: Government of Vietnam (Decree No. 109/2020 / ND-CP)
Date: 15 September 2020
Product Coverage: Automobiles
Notification Authority: Tanzania Bureau of Standards
Date: 16 September 2020
Product Coverage: Hydraulic fluids
Telecommunication
64. Switzerland - Specifies the basic technical requirements with regards to telecommunications installations set
Notification Authority: Federal Office of Communications
Date: 16 September 2020
Product Coverage: Telecommunication equipment
HS Code: 8528
Notification Authority: Superintendency of Electricity and Fuels (SEC)
Date: 14 September 2020
Product Coverage: External power sources for computers, tablet chargers and cell phone chargers (switched sources).
HS Code: 8504
Notification Authority: Department of Telecommunications
Date: 11 Sep 2020
Product Coverage: Telecommunications goods
Others
67. Kenya - Publishes standard specifies requirements, test methods and sampling for untreated mosquito nets
Notification Authority: Kenya Bureau of Standards
Date: 16 September 2020
Product Coverage: Products of the textile industry
68. United Kingdom – The Environmental Protection (Plastic Straws, Cotton Buds and Stirrers) (England) Regulations 2020 published
Notification Authority: Government of United Kingdom
Date: 10 September 2020
Product Coverage: Plastic Straws, Cotton Buds and Stirrers
69. United Kingdom - The Customs (Bulk Customs Declaration and Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 published
Notification Authority: Government of United Kingdom
Date: 10 September 2020
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