Weekly Trade Alert: 28 May – 4 June
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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: 29 May - 4 Jun, 2020 are given under. Please click on a notification for the details.
COVID-19 UPDATES
Notification Authority: Ministry of Textile
Date: 2 June 2020
Notification Authority: Instruction no 8/2020 Customs
Date: 1 June 2020
Notification Authority: Government of West Bengal
Date: 1 June 2020
Notification Authority: Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
Date: 1 June 2020
Notification Authority: Ministry of Home Affairs
Date: 30 May 2020
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Foreign Trade (Office Memorandum)
Date: 29 May 2020
Products covered: Textile material
HS Code: 5603
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Circular no 26/2020-Customs)
Date: 29 May 2020
Notification Authority: CONCOR
Date: 28 May 2020
EXPORT-IMPORT POLICY, EXPORT BENEFITS & TARIFF
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Foreign Trade (Public Notice No. 09)
Date: 2 June 2020
Product Coverage: Garments
HS Code: 63025190, 63049249, 63049289, 63049299, 63049999
Notification Authority: Department of Revenue (Notification no 26/2020 –Customs)
Date: 2 June 2020
Product Coverage: Lenthil
HS Code: 071340
11. India - MEIS scrips validity extended to 30 Sept 2020 (Scrips Issued between 1 March 2018 and 30 June 2018)
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Foreign Trade (Public Notice No. 08/2015-2020)
Date: 1 June 2020
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Foreign Trade (Notification no 8/2015-20)
Date: 1 June 2020
Product Coverage: Alcohol Based Hand Sanitizers in containers with dispenser pumps
HS Code: 3004, 3401, 3402, 380894
13. India - Import of 2 Lakh MT pigeon peas and other pulses from Mozambique under MOU allowed in 2020-21.
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Foreign Trade (Trade Notice No 13/2020-21)
Date: 1 June 2020
Product Coverage: Pigeon peas and other pulses
HS Code: 071360, 071331
14. India - Tariff Value of Edible Oils, Brass Scrap, Poppy Seeds, Areca Nut, Gold and Silver notified
Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Notification No. 48/2020-CUSTOMS (N.T.))
Date: 29 May 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
15. India - Export of Paracetamol API freely exportable. Paracetamol export policy updated on www.indiantradeportal.in
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Foreign Trade (Notification no 7/2015-20)
Date: 28 May 2020
Product Coverage: Paracetamol API
HS Code: 29222933
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Foreign Trade (Public notice no 7/2015-20)
Date: 28 May 2020
Product Coverage: Raw cane sugar
HS Code: 1701
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs (Instruction No. 7/2020- Customs)
Date: 28 May 2020
AGRICULTURE
Animal Originated Products
Notification Authority: Eurasian Economic Commission (Decision no 68)
Date: 1 June 2020
Product Coverage: Meat and meat products
HS Code: 02
19. Singapore - Import condition for importing chilled poultry published
Notification Authority: Singapore Food Agency
Date: 1 June 2020
Products covered: Poultry and poultry products
HS Code: 0106, 0207, 0407
Notification Authority: European Commission (Regulation (EU) 2020/713)
Date: 28 May 2020
Product Coverage: Poultry meat and eggs
HS Code: 0207, 0407
Plant & Plant Products
21. Japan - Proposes to revise following agricultural chemical/pesticides MRLs
Notification Authority: Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
Date: 3 June 2020
Products Coverage: Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers, Edible fruit, nuts and peel of citrus fruit ,Tea and spices ,Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit, offal, fish and molluscs, animal fats and oils
HS Code: 0703, 0706, 0708, 0702, 0704, 0705, 0707, 0709, 0710, 0801, 0802, 0804, 0805, 0806, 0807, 0808, 0809, 0810, 0811, 0814,0902, 0904, 0905, 0906, 0907, 0908, 0909, 0910, 1207, 0208, 0209, 0302, 0303, 0304, 0307, 1501, 1502, 1506
If the above measure is expected to affect your export to Japan, then please click here and submit your representation.
Notification Authority: Australia Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (Gazette No. 11)
Date: 3 June 2020
Product Coverage: Food, Veterinary medicine
HS Code: 02, 03, 04, 0504, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 300230
23. United Kingdom - The Seed and Plant Material (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 published
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture (Scottish Statutory Instruments (2020 No. 165))
Date: 29 May 2020
Product Coverage: Seed and Plant material
HS Code: 06, 12
Notification Authority: Environmental Protection Agency (Document no 2020-10565)
Date: 28 May 2020
Product Coverage: Leafy Vegetables
HS Code: 07099920, 07099990
Notification Authority: Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office
Date: 28 May 2020
Product Coverage: Food products
HS Code: 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24
Notification Authority: Food and Drug Administration (TFDA)
Date: 28 May 2020
Product Coverage: Animal and food products
HS Code: 02, 03, 04, 0504, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Food Products
Notification Authority: European Commission, Health and Food Safety Directorate‑General
Date: 3 June 2020
Products Coverage: Food products
HS Code: 2106
If the above measure is expected to affect your export to EU, then please click here and submit your representation.
Argentina - Proposes to incorporate following changes to Food additives regulation
Notification Authority: National Food Commission
Product Coverage: Kombucha-based drink, Mushrooms and truffles, Dietary supplements, Bitter substances for use in the food industry, Corn flour
HS Code: 2206, 07095, 2106, 110220
If the above measure is expected to affect your export to Argentina, then please click here and submit your representation.
33. Japan - Proposes to revise standards and specifications for food and food additives under the Food Sanitation Act
Notification Authority: Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
Date: 3 June 2020
Products covered: Meat and edible meat offal ,Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates , Dairy produce and birds’’ eggs ,Animal originated products ,Cereals, Animal fats and oils
HS Code: 0201,0202, 0203, 0204, 0205, 0206, 0207, 0208,0209,0302,0303, 0304, 0306, 0307, 0308, 0401, 0407, 0408, 0504, 1006, 1501, 1502, 1506
If the above measure is expected to affect your export to Japan, then please click here and submit your representation.
34. China - Approve new food additive uses
Notification Authority: National Health Commission
Date: 3 June 2020
Product Coverage: Food
HS Code: 02, 03, 04, 0504, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
35. South Korea - Enforcement Rules of the Health Functional Food Act
Notification Authority: Ministry of Food & Drugs (Prime Minister No. 1619)
Date: 4 June 2020
Product Coverage: Health Functional Food
HS Code: 2106
36. South Korea - Enforcement Decree of the Health Functional Food Act
Notification Authority: Ministry of Food & Drugs (Presidential Decree 30754)
Date: 2 June 2020
Product Coverage: Health Functional Food
HS Code: 2106
37. Singapore - Excessive level of bromate in food and drinks are not permitted
Notification Authority: Singapore Food Agency
Date: 2 June 2020
Product Coverage: Soda
HS Code: 2202
38. Argentina - Labelling instruction on pickle published
Notification Authority: Department of Food & Drugs
Date: 2 June 2020
Product Coverage: Pickle
HS Code: 200110
Notification Authority: Eurasian Economic Commission (Decision no 69)
Date: 1 June 2020
Product Coverage: Food Products
HS Code: 02, 03, 04, 0504, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Notification Authority: Singapore Food Agency
Date: 1 June 2020
Product Coverage: Poultry products
HS Code: 0106, 0207, 0407
Notification Authority: Food Safety and Standard Authority of India
Date: 29 May 2020
Product Coverage: Food
HS Code: 02, 03, 04, 0504, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Notification Authority: Food Safety and Standard Authority of India
Date: 29 May 2020
Product Coverage: Food
HS Code: 02, 03, 04, 0504, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
43. India - Order related to modification of license by existing FSSAI licensed manufactures upon launch of FoSCoS
Notification Authority: Food Safety and Standard Authority of India
Date: 29 May 2020
Product Coverage: Food
HS Code: 02, 03, 04, 0504, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
44. United Kingdom - The Food Information (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2020 published
Notification Authority: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Statutory Instruments 2020 No. 541)
Date: 28 May 2020
Product Coverage: Food
HS Code: 02, 03, 04, 0504, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
CHEMICALS & PHARMACEUTICAL
Notification Authority: European Commission
Date: 3 June 2020
Product Coverage: Chlorophene
HS Code: 400249
If the above measure is expected to affect your export to EU then please click here and submit your representation.
Notification Authority: Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
Date: 2 June 2020
Notification Authority: Department of Health
Date: 2 June 2020
Product Coverage: Therapeutic Goods
HS Code: 3004
48. South Korea - Enforcement decree on the Drug Management Act published
Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (Presidential Decree 30755)
Date: 2 June 2020
Product Coverage: Drugs
HS Code: 29, 30
49. United Kingdom - The Official Controls (Plant Protection Products) Regulations 2020 published
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture Statutory Instruments (2020 No. 552)
Date: 1 June 2020
Products covered: Pesticides
HS Code: 3808
50. Saudi Arabia - Data requirement for the renewal of marketing authorizations for veterinary medicinal products
Notification Authority: Saudi Food and Drug Authority
Date: 31 May 2020
Product Coverage: Veterinary medicinal products
HS Code: 3004
51. Vietnam - Amending the list of narcotic substances and precursors
Notification Authority: Prime Minister Office (Decree 60/2020 / ND-CP)
Date: 29 May 2020
Product Coverage: Narcotic substances (Refer Notification)
TEXTILE
52. Indonesia - Implement security precautions on import of yarn products (other than sewing) from synthetic and artificial staple fiber
Notification Authority: Minister of Finance (Regulation no. 56 / PMK.010 / 2020)
Indonesia HS Codes: 55092200, 55093200, 55095100, 55095300, 55101200, 55109000
53. Indonesia - Implement customs security claims on imported fabric products
Notification Authority: Minister of Finance (Regulation no. 55 / PMK.010 / 2020)
Product Coverage: Fabric products
HS Codes: 5208, 5209, 5210, 5211, 5407, 5408, 5512, 5513, 5514, 5515, 5516, 5804, 5810, 6001, 6004, 6005, 6006
54. Indonesia - Impose security measures on import of curtain products (including curtains), curtains, bedding, and other furniture goods
Notification Authority: Minister of Finance (Regulation no. 54 / PMK.010 / 2020)
Product Coverage: Curtain products (including curtains), curtains, bedding
Indonesia HS Codes: 63031200, 63031990, 63039100, 63039200, 63039900
ENGINEERING & ELECTRONICS
Notification Authority: Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality (Ministerial Decree No. 174/2020)
Product Coverage: Pressure Regulators
HS Code: 848110
Notification Authority: Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Date: 2 June 2020
Notification Authority: European Commission
Date: 2 June 2020
Product Coverage: Electronic displays, household washing machines and washer-dryers, refrigerating appliances and household dishwashers
HS Code: 910212, 8450, 8418, 842290
Notification Authority: European Commission (Decision 2020/728)
Date: 2 June 2020
Product Coverage: 12-volt motor-generators
HS Code: 850132
Brazil published technical requirements for following products which will come into force from 10 August 2020
59. Technical - Technical requirements for conformity assessment of transmitters applied to community broadcasting service transmitters
61. Technical - Technical requirements for conformity assessment of analog terrestrial FM broadcasting transmitters
62. Technical - Technical requirements for conformity assessment of transmitters applied to autocine environments
Notification Authority: National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology
Product Coverage: Community Broadcasting Service Transmitter, analog tv transmitters, analog terrestrial FM broadcasting transmitters
HS Code: 852550
If the above proposed technical requirements are expected to affect your export to Brazil then please click here and submit your representation
Notification Authority: Ministry of Steel
Product Coverage: Please refer notification
Date: 1 June 2020
Automobile
Notification Authority: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT)
Date: 3 June 2020
Product Coverage: Motor Vehicle
HS Code: 87
If the above measure is expected to affect your export to South Korea, then please click here and submit your representation.
Medical Devices
65. South Korea - Rules for supporting and managing innovative medical devices
Notification Authority: Medical Device Policy Division (Prime Minister No. 1617)
Date: 29 May 2020
Product Coverage: Medical Devices
HS Code: 901811, 901812, 901813, 901814, 901819, 901820, 901831, 901832, 901839, 901841, 901849, 901850, 901890, 901910, 901920, 902000
Anti-dumping & Safeguard Duty
Notification Authority: Department of Revenue (Notification No. 12/ 2020 – Customs (ADD))
Date: 3 June 2020
Product Coverage: Calculators
HS Code: 8470
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 3 June 2020
Product Coverage: Solar cells
HS Code: 85414011, 85414012
Notification Authority: European Commission (Decision 2020/727)
Date: 1 June 2020
Product Coverage: Glass fibre products
EU HS Code: 70191100, 70191200, 70193100
Notification Authority: Eurasian Economic Commission (Decision no 66)
Date: 1 June 2020
Product Coverage: Herbicide
HS Code: 380893
Department of Revenue (Notification No. 10/2020-Customs (ADD))
Date: 29 May 2020
Product Coverage: Acrylic fibers
HS Code: 550330
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Anti-Dumping & Allied Duties
Date: 28 May 2020
Product Coverage: Rubber Chemical
HS Code: 3812
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