POLICY & TARIFF & CUSTOMS OPERATIONS
Policy
1. India –
Circular No. 49 /2020-Customs
Date: 4 November 2020
2.India –
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Notification No. 104/2020 - Customs (N.T.))
Date: 3 November 2020
3. India -
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs
Date 2 November, 2020
4. India -
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Foreign Trade (Public Notice No. 28/(2015- 2020)
Date: 30 October 2020
5. India –
Notification Authority: Department of Revenue (Notification No. 41/2020)
Date: 29 October 2020
6. India -
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Notification No. 103/2020-Customs (N.T.))
Date: 29 October 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
7. India – .
Visit to check import policy of India at item level
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Foreign Trade (Notification No. 44 /2015-2020)
Date: 30 October 2020
Product Coverage: Potato
HS Code: 07019000
8. India -
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Foreign Trade (Public Notice No. 29/(2015- 2020)
Date: 30 October 2020
Product Coverage: Potato
HS Code: 0710
9. India – .
Visit to check export policy of India at product level
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Foreign Trade (Notification No.43/2015-20)
Date: 30 October 2020
Product Coverage: Onion seed
HS Code: 12099130
ANTIDUMPING & SAFEGUARD DUTIES
10. India -
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 4 November 2020
Product Coverage: Decor Paper
HS Code: 48059100, 48022090
11. India -
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 3 November 2020
Product Coverage: Isopropyl Alcohol
HS Code: 29051220
12. India -
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 3 November 2020
Product Coverage: Calcined Gypsum Powder
HS Code: 25202010
13. India -
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 3 November 2020
Product Coverage: Calcined Gypsum Powder
HS Code: 32, 35
14. India -
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 3 November 2020
Product Coverage: Glass Fibre and articles thereof
HS Code: 7019
15. India –
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 2 November, 2020
Product Coverage: Toluene DiIsocyanate-(TDI)
HS Code: 29291020
16. India –
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 2 November, 2020
Product Coverage: Poly Vinyl Chloride Paste Resin PVC Paste Resin
HS Code: 39042210
17. India –
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 2 November, 2020
Product Coverage: Caustic Soda
HS Code: 281511
18. India –
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 2 November, 2020
Product Coverage: Nylon Tyre Cord Fabric
HS Code: 590210
19. India -
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 30 October 2020
Product Coverage: Hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) Blends
HS Code: 38247800
20. India -
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 30 October 2020
Product Coverage: Hydrofluorocarbons (HFC) component R-32
HS Code: 290339
AGRICULTURE
Animal Originated Products
21. Australia –
Notification Authority: Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment
Date: 3 November 2020
Product Coverage: Non-viable, non-salmonid marine finfish for human consumption and for use as bait
22. Brazil -
Notification Authority: Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (MAPA)
Date: 3 November 2020
Product Coverage: Giblets and other non-edible by-products of cattle (examples: ears, rods, esophagus, tongues, bladders, windpipes, chewable bones - bones or "bones" of skins, ligaments and aponeuroses, pericardium and other membranes), for animal feed.
HS Code: 2309
23. Turkey –
Notification Authority: Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry / General Directorate of Food and Control
Date: 3 November 2020
Product Coverage: animal by-products
HS Codes: 0504, 0506, 05.07, 051191, 051199, 2301, 4101
24. Australia –
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment
Date: 30 October 2020
HS Code: 05051010
25. Kuwait –
Notification Authority: Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Date: 30 October 2020
Product Coverage: Poultry of all types and eggs/egg products (fresh, chilled, frozen and processed) except those thermally treated at 70 degrees C
HS Code: 0407, 0408
26. Kuwait – Imposing ban on import of ruminant meat of all types from following countries due to outbreak of rift valley fever virus.
Notification Authority: Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Date: 30 October 2020
Product Coverage: Meat of Ruminants (fresh, chilled, frozen and processed)
27. Japan – Proposes maximum residue limits (MRLs) for and
Notification Authority: Ministry of Health
Date: 4 November 2020
28. Turkey –
Notification Authority: Ministry of Agriculture
Product Coverage: olive oil and olive pomace oil
Date: 4 November 2020
29. USA -
Notification Authority: Environmental Protection Agency
Date: 4 November 2020
30. Australia -
Notification Authority: Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ)
Date: 3 November 2020
Product Coverage: Fresh fruit and vegetables
HS Code: 07, 08
31. Brazil –
Notification Authority: Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (MAPA)
Date: 3 November 2020
Product Coverage: Absent quarantine pests
32. New Zealand -
Notification Authority: Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ)
Date: 3 November 2020
Product Coverage: Fresh fruit and vegetables
33. Spain –
Notification Authority: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Date: 3 November 2020
Product Coverage: Plant products
34. USA -
Notification Authority: Environmental Protection Agency
Date: 3 November 2020
Product Coverage: Hop, dried cones
35. USA -
Notification Authority: Environmental Protection Agency
Date: 3 November 2020
Product Coverage: pea and bean, dry and shelled
36. Australia – Publishes amendment to labelling requirements for the following:
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment
Date: 3 November, 2020
Product Coverage: Fresh grapefruit or sweetie, limes, lemons, mandarins and tangerines & oranges
37. Australia –
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment
Date: 3 November, 2020
Product Coverage: Timber and timber products
HS Code: 44
38. Brazil – Establishes phytosanitary requirements for the import of following products
Notification Authority: Secretariat of Animal and Plant Health and Inspection (SDA)
Date: 30 October 2020
39. GCC –
Notification Authority: Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization
Date: 30 October 2020
Product Coverage: fruit juices/nectar/drink
HS Code: 2009
40. Hong Kong –
Notification Authority: Government of Hongkong
Date: 30 October 2020
41. South Africa –
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Date: 30 October 2020
Product Coverage: Tea and related products
HS Code: 0902
42. South Africa –
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Date: 30 October 2020
Product Coverage: Coffee, chicory and related products
HS Code: 0901
Food
43. Canada –
Notification Authority: Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), Health Canada
Date: 3 November 2020
Product Coverage: food
44. Canada –
Notification Authority: Health Canada
Date: 3 November 2020
Product Coverage: Cellulase from Trichoderma reesei
45. India -
Notification Authority: Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
Date: 3 November 2020
Product Coverage: food
46. Myanmar –
Notification Authority: Ministry of Commerce (Notice No. 22/2019, 689)
Date: 3 November 2020
47. Thailand –
Notification Authority: Ministry of Public Health
Date: 3 November 2020
Product Coverage: food
48. Thailand -
Notification Authority: Ministry of Public Health
Date: 3 November 2020
Product Coverage: food
CHEMICALS
49. Australia –
Notification Authority: Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ)
Date: 3 November 2020
Product Coverage: Foods in general
50. Australia -
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment
Date: 30 October 2020
Product Coverage: highly refined organic chemicals
HS Code: 3808
51. Brazil -
Notification Authority: Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA)
Date: 30 October 2020
Product Coverage: Medicaments, Medicaments consisting of mixed or unmixed products, Wadding, gauze, bandages and the like, Pharmaceutical preparations and products
HS Code: 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006
52. Brazil -
Notification Authority: Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA)
Date: 30 October 2020
Product Coverage: Medicaments, Medicaments consisting of mixed or unmixed products, Wadding, gauze, bandages and the like, Pharmaceutical preparations and products
HS Code: 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006
53. Ecuador –
Notification Authority: Servicio Ecuatoriano de Normalización INEN
Date: 30 October 2020
Product Coverage: liquids for hydraulic brakes
HS Code: 3819
54. India -
Notification Authority: Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers
Date: 29 October 2020
55. India –
Notification Authority: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
Date: 3 November 2020
56. Thailand –
Notification Authority: Thai Food and Drug Administration
Date: 3 November 2020
PLASTICS, TEXTILE & FOOTWEAR
58. Taiwan -
Notification Authority: Ministry of Trade
Date: 3 November 2020
58. Vietnam -
Notification Authority: Ministry of Industry
Date: 3 November 2020
Product Coverage: plastic waste
HS Code: 3915
59. India – Publishes following quality control order
Notification Authority: Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade
Date: 28 October 2020
Product Coverage: PPE, Footwear, Refrigerating Appliance
60. Uganda – Publishes standards for following products
- Specifies requirements, sampling and methods of test for medical cotton swabs
- Specifies the requirements and methods of sampling and test for refined gold in cast bar form
Notification Authority: Uganda National Bureau of Standards
Date: 30 October 2020
Product Coverage: Medical cotton swabs, Refined Gold; Gold, incl. gold plated with platinum, unwrought or not further worked than semi-manufactured or in powder form
HS Code: 300590, 7108
ENGINEERING AND ELECTRONICS
61. Vietnam -
Notification Authority: Ministry of Information and Communications
Date: 4 November 2020
62. Chile -
Notification Authority: Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications (MTT)
Date: 4 November 2020
Product Coverage: Electric vehicles
HS Code: 870390
63. Russia –
Notification Authority: Eurasian Economic Commission
Date: 4 November 2020
Product Coverage: Furniture
HS Code: 9405
64. Japan –
Notification Authority: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
Date: 4 November 2020
Product Coverage: radio equipment
HS Code: 8528
65. Tanzania - Publishes standards for following products
- Standard lays down the requirements for the following types of stainless steel utensils: a) Cooking utensils, b) Serving utensils, c) Table utensils, and d) Storage utensils
- - Standard covers cold-formed wrought aluminium and aluminium alloys utensils for domestic and catering applications excluding the pressure cookers.
- - Standard specifies requirements for wrought aluminium and aluminium alloys sheets, strips and plates for the manufacture of cooking utensils used for catering and domestic purposes.
Notification Authority: Tanzania Bureau of Standards
Date: 4 November 2020
Product Coverage: Kitchen equipment
66. Ecuador -
Notification Authority: Servicio Ecuatoriano de Normalización INEN
Date: 30 October 2020
Product Coverage: Aluminum extruded tubes
HS Code: 7608
67. France – Publishes orders relating to the criteria, sub-criteria and the notation system for the calculation and display for following:
Notification Authority: Ministry of Ecological and Solidarity Transition
Date: 30 October 2020
68. USA -
Notification Authority: Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)
Date: 30 October 2020
Product Coverage: Vegetables, Fruits. Vegetables
HS Code: 07, 08
INDIAN STATES
69. India -
Notification Authority: Government of Uttarakhand
Date: 4 November 2020
70. India –
Notification Authority: Andhra Pradesh Agriculture and Cooperation Department
Date: 3 November 2020
71. India -
Notification Authority: Department of Animal Husbandry
Date: 3 November 2020
72. India -
Notification Authority: Commissioner Taxes Department, Maharashtra
Date: 3 November 2020
73. India –
Notification Authority: State Government of Karnataka
Date: 3 November 2020
74. India -
Notification Authority: Commercial Taxes Department
Date: 3 November 2020
75. India -
Notification Authority: Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Date: 3 November 2020
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