Alerts from the Indian Trade Portal on Tariff/Preferential Tariff/ SPS and TBT measures/GST/Export incentives/Export-Import Policy Conditions etc. during the period: 22 – 28 January 2021 are given under. Please click on a notification for the details.

 Policy & Tariff

• India – Publishes exchange rate of one unit of foreign currency equivalent to Indian rupees
  

• India – Publishes posting of staff at Customs areas and collection of Cost Recovery Charges
  

• Laos – Announces entrepreneurs can certify the origin of goods themselves under the ASEAN Commodity Trade Agreement
  

• Laos – Publishes import, export and transit of chemicals requires registration of a chemical account and application for a permit before importing and exporting
  

• Philippines – Modifies the rates of import duty on certain agricultural products under Customs Modernization and Tariff Act
  

• Philippines – Publishes tariff rate on the importation of mechanically deboned meat
  

• Philippines – Publishes circular regarding import tariff for 12141000, 39093100A & 84715090, 32100099, 32089090
  

• Philippines – Publishes guidelines for rental of warehouses

Trade Remedies

• India – Publishes sunset review of anti-dumping duty imposed on imports of "Glazed/Unglazed Porcelain/Vitrified tiles in polished or unpolished finish with less than 3% water absorption" originating in or exported from China PR

• India – Publishes postponement of oral hearing in sunset review investigation concerning imports of "Normal Butanol" from European Union, Singapore, South Africa and USA

• India – Publishes mid-term review to review the product scope of definitive anti-dumping duty imposed on "Nylon Filament Yarn" originating in or exported from European Union and Vietnam

• India – Publishes sunset review investigation concerning imports of Cold- Rolled Flat Products of Stainless Steel of width 600mm to 1250mm and above 1250mm of non bonafide usage originating in or exported from China PR, Korea RP, European Union, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand and USA

• India – Publishes re-schedule of oral hearing in sunset review investigation concerning imports of "Normal Butanol" from European Union, Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa and USA

• India – Publishes final findings in the anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of Aniline from China PR

• India – Publishes sunset review anti- dumping investigation concerning imports of "Methylene Chloride" originating in or exported from China PR

Agriculture

• South Korea – Publishes enforcement rule of the livestock products sanitation control act
  

• Japan – Publishes amendment to food additive regulations
  

• Australia – Publishes changes in conditions to import human milk and human milk products
  

• Canada – Publishes MRLs for glufosinate-ammonium, pyrethrins, and triallate.
  

• South Korea  – Publishes enforcement rule of the Pesticide Control Act
  

• South Korea  – Publishes enforcement decree of the Livestock Products Sanitation Control Act

Food & Feed

• India – Publishes guidance document for grant/ retention of registration certificates or licenses for import or manufacture of cosmetics in India
  

• Canada – Publishes proposed list of permitted colouring agents to enable the use of caramel in flavoured cheddar cheese
  

• EU – Publishes updated Annexure - I and Annexure - II of approved feed additives

Chemicals & Textile

• Malaysia - Publishes guidelines on the application to classify new chemical as poison under the Poisons Act 1952
  

• Brazil - Publishes regulation for high visibility safety vests, in the form of the conformity assessment requirements and the specifications for the conformity identification seal
  

• Lebanon – Publishes decision regarding the withdrawal of sterile medical supplies from the Lebanese market and preventing their circulation
  

• Lebanon – Publishes decision regarding withdrawal and banning of use of cooked preparations of ZERBAXA registered medicinal product
  

• Lebanon - Publishes decision related to warning and preventing the import, marketing and circulation of a forged medical preparation in the event of a fake COVID- 19 vaccine found in Vietnam and India  

Engineering 

• India – Publishes order of extension in the enforcement date for some Indian Standards covered under the Quality Control Order namely IS 3748:1990, IS 7291: 1981, and IS 12146: 1987
  

• Brazil – Publishes regulation for disposable plastic cups, in the form of the conformity assessment requirements and the specifications for the conformity identification seal
  

• Brazil – Publishes cybersecurity requirements for telecommunications equipment that connect to the Internet and telecommunications network
  

• Japan - Partial amended Minimum Requirements for Radiopharmaceuticals
  

• Saudi Arabia – Publishes technical regulation for mobile machinery and heavy duty equipment
  

• South Korea – Publishes enforcement regulations of the Defense Business Act
  

• Taiwan – Publishes requirements on minimum energy performance standard and energy efficiency rating labeling and inspection for air cleaners
  

• Taiwan – Publishes requirements on minimum energy performance standard, labeling, and inspection for Double-Capped LED Lamps
  

• Tanzania – Publishes information for importers of motor vehicles

Click here for more details on Weekly Trade Alerts from 22 - 28 January 2021 from the India Trade Portal.

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