Here is a comprehensive update of developments from India’s foreign trade during 8 – 16 August 2019.

India

Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs

Notification: Extending the due date for furnishing FORM GSTR-3B for the month of July, 2019.

Notification number: 37/2019-Central Tax

Date: 21 Aug 2019

Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs

Notification: Extend the date from which the facility of blocking and unblocking of e-way bill facility as per the provision of Rule 138E of CGST Rules, 2017 shall be brought into force to 21.11.2019

Notification number: 36/2019-Central Tax

Date: 20 Aug 19

Authority: Ministry of Textile

Notification: Revised Guidelines of ATUFS i.e. financial and operational parameters and implementation mechanism during its implementation period from 13.01.2016 to 31.03.2022

Notification number: OrderNo.6/5/2015-TUFS

Date: 20 Aug 19

Authority: Ministry of Steel

Notification: Comments from stakeholder sought on draft safety codes For Iron & Steel sector

Notification number: NIL

Date: 19 Aug 19

Authority: Office of the Commissioner of Customs 

Notification: Trade Facilitation Centre is made available to handle customs related queries/grievance at Inland Container Depot, Patparganj, Delhi.

Notification number: Trade Notice No.19/2019

Date: 16 Aug 19

Japan, Lebanon, Pakistan & Tanzania 

Country: Pakistan

Authority: Ministry of Commerce and Textile

Notification: Import Condition and national standards for solar products listed under SRO 604/2019 dated 28 May 2019 will be effective from 1 September 2019  

Notification number: SRO 947(I)/2019

Date: 21 Aug 19

Country: Japan

Authority: Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Agency

Notification: List of Approved Products (New Drugs): FY2019 (April - June 2019) published

Notification number: NIL

Date: 14 Aug 19

Country: Lebanon

Authority: Department Pharmacy and medicines

Notification: Prohibition on registration, importation and circulation of medical preparations of some companies of UAE

Notification number: Resolution 1606

Date: 9 Aug 19

Country: Lebanon

Authority: Pharmacy and medicines

Notification: Decision concerning the prohibition of importation and withdrawal of medical products from the Lebanese markets exported from Costa Rica

Notification number: Resolution 1638

Date: 19-08-2019

Country: Tanzania

Authority: Bureau of Standards

Notification: List Of Banned Cosmetics published

Notification number: NIL

Date: 21-08-2019

North America

Country: USA

Authority: Order for the cancellations and amendments to terminate uses, voluntarily requested by the registrants and accepted by the Agency, of the products listed in Table 1, Table 1A, Table 1B, Table 1C, Table 1D, Table 1E and Table 2, pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).

Notification: Environmental Protection Agency

Notification number: Notice No. 2019-17992

Date: 21 Aug 19

Country: Mexico

Authority: Federal Commission for Protection against Health Risks

Notification: Amended Annex XI: Flavors used in food products

Notification number: NIL

Date: 21 Aug 2019

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