Weekly Trade Alert: 9 - 15 July 2020
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: 9 - 15 July, 2020 are given under. Please click on a notification for the details.
COVID -19
Notification Authority: Central Drugs Standard Control Organization
Date: 13 July 2020
Product Coverage: COVID-19 testing kits
HS Code: 30, 38
Notification Authority: Central Drugs Standard Control Organization
Date: 13 July 2020
Product Coverage: COVID-19 testing kits
HS Code: 30, 38
Notification Authority: Department of Customs
Product Coverage: Surgical masks, hand sanitizers, and thermometers
HS Code: 630790, 380894, 902519
TAXES, POLICY & EXPORT BENEFITS
4. 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. 57/2020-CUSTOMS (N.T.))
Date: 15 July 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
Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Central Tax Notification 59/2020-Central Tax)
Date: 13 July 2020
Export Policy
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Foreign Trade (Notification No. 18 /2015-2020)
Date: 13 July 2020
Product Coverage: Non-woven fabrics
HS Code: 560312, 560392, 560311, 569313, 560314 560391, 560393, 560394
Import Policy
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Foreign Trade (Notification no 19/2015-20)
Product Coverage: Rotary tiller and other
HS Code: 84328020, 84329090
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Foreign Trade (Public notice no 15/2015-20)
Product Coverage: Rotary tiller and other
HS Code: 84328020, 84329090
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) (Notification no 17/2015-20)
Date: 9 July 2020
Product Coverage: Cut flowers
HS Code: 0603
Duty Drawback
10. India - Duty Drawback rates raised on leather boots, sandals with cap value effective from 15 July 2020
Notification Authority: Department of Revenue (Circular No 33/2020-Customs)
Date: 15 July 2020
Product Coverage: Leather boots, Sandals with Cap value
11. India - Duty Drawback rates raised on leather boots, sandals with cap value. Please visit www.indiantradeportal.in or use our mobile app – Niryat Mitra, for updated Duty Drawback rates
Notification Authority: Department of Revenue (Notification No. 56/2020- CUSTOMS (N.T.))
Date: 14 July 2020
Product Coverage: Leather boots, Sandals with Cap value
MEIS
12. India - MEIS Codes revised for eight-digit updations in HS Codes. Please refer www.indiantradeportal.in or Niryat Mitra mobile app for the updated rates
Directorate General of Foreign Trade (Public Notice no 12/2020)
Date: 10 July 2020
ANTIDUMPING & SAFEGUARD DUTIES
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 10 July 2020
Product Coverage: Clear float glass
HS Code: 700510
Notification Authority: Department of Revenue (Notification No. 31/2020-Customs)
Date: 13 July 2020
Product Coverage: Polybutadiene Rubber
HS Code: 400220
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 10 July 2020
Product Coverage: Flexible Slabstock Polyol
HS Code: 390720
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 10 July 2020
Product Coverage: Plain Medium Density Fibre Board
HS Code: 441112, 441113
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 10 July 2020
Product Coverage: Textured Tempered Glass Whether Coated or Uncoated
HS Code: 70031990, 70051010, 70051090, 70052190, 70052990, 70053090, 70071900
18. India - Oral hearing in anti-Dumping Duty against imports of Faced Glasswool in Rolls from China PR
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 10 July 2020
Product Coverage: Faced Glasswool in Rolls
HS Code: 70199010, 70199090, 70191900, 70193900, 70195900
19. India - Second oral hearing on anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of “Choline Chloride in all forms”
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 10 July 2020
Product Coverage: Choline Chloride in all forms
HS Code: 23099010, 23099020, 23099090, 29231000
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 9 July 2020
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 9 July 2020
Product Coverage: Natural Mica Pearl Industries Pigments excluding cosmetic grade
HS Code: 320611
Notification Authority: Department of Revenue (Notification No. 18/2020 -Customs (ADD))
Date: 9 July 2020
Product Coverage: Phenol
HS Code: 290711
AGRICULTURE
Animal Originated Products
Notification Authority: European Commission
Date: 15 July 2020
Product Coverage: Cereals, foodstuffs of animal origin
HS Codes: 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 0201, 0202, 0203, 0204, 0205, 0206, 0207, 0208, 0209, 0210
24. Australia - Health certificate will need to state that exporting country is approved by the Director of Biosecurity as free from foot and mouth disease and/or lumpy skin disease and/or sheep pox and goat pox
Notification Authority: Ministry of Agriculture, Forest and Water Resources
Notification Authority: Ministry of Agriculture, Forest and Water Resources
Date: 13 July 2020
Product Coverage: Animal Products
HS Code: 02
25. Australia - List of specimens taken to be suitable for live import
Notification Authority: Ministry of Agriculture, Forest and Water Resources
Date: 13 July 2020
Product Coverage: Live Animals & Animal Products
HS Code: 01, 02, 03, 0401, 0406, 16
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Instruction No. 11/2020-Customs)
Date: 10 July 2020
Product Coverage: milk and milk products
HS Code: 0401, 0402, 0403, 0405, 0406
Notification Authority: Department of Livestock Development (DLD)
Date: 10 July 2020
Products covered: Live poultry and poultry carcasses
HS Code(s): 0105, 0207, 0407, 0408, 0505
Notification Authority: European Commission (Regulation (EU) 2020/1004)
Date: 10 July 2020
Product Coverage: cow milk substance used in plant protection products
HS Code: 3102, 3103, 3104, 3808
Notification Authority: Ministry of Commerce (Notice No. 50/2020)
Date: 10 July 2020
30. Myanmar - Sanitary measures relating to the importation of animal, animal products and animal feed published
Notification Authority: Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation
Date: 9 July 2020
Product Coverage: Animals, Animal products and Animal Feed
HS Codes: 0101, 0102, 0103, 0104, 0105, 0106, 0201, 0202, 0203, 0204, 0204, 0205, 0206, 0207, 0208, 0209, 0210, 0401, 0402, 0403, 0404, 0405, 0406, 0407, 0408, 0502, 0504, 0505, 0506, 0507, 0508, 0510, 0511,1006,1501, 1502, 1503, 1505, 1506, 1516,1603, 1902,2102, 2301, 2309, 4101, 4102, 4103, 4104, 4105, 4106, 4107, 4112, 4114,4115, 4206, 4306, 4301, 5101, 5102, 5103, 5104, 5105, 5110, 5113
Plants & Plant Products
Notification Authority: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA)
Date: 15 July 2020
Product Coverage: Foods
HS Code: 02, 03, 04, 0504, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Notification Authority: European Commission
Date: 15 July 2020
Product Coverage: Novel Food
HS Code: 210690
33. Philippines - Food safety measures for imported rice from India notified
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture
Date: 14 July 2020
Product Coverage: Rice
HS Code: 1006
34. Australia - Import conditions for raw seed for human consumption published
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment
Date: 15 July 2020
Product Coverage: raw seed for human
HS Code: 121221
35. Australia - List of permitted seed for sowing amended
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment
Date: 15 July 2020
Product Coverage: Seeds
HS Code: 12
Notification Authority: Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine
Date: 15 July 2020
Product Coverage: Plant regulated articles
Food
37. India - Order regarding methods of analysis of fortificants and formulated supplements for Children published
Notification Authority: Food Safety and Standard Authority of India
Product Coverage: Fortificants and formulated supplements for Children
HS Code: 210690
Notification Authority: Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
Date: 15 July 2020
Product Coverage: Foods
HS Code: 02, 03, 04, 0504, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
39. United Kingdom - The Official Feed and Food Controls (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 published
Notification Authority: Government of United Kingdom (Statutory Instruments (2020 No. 738))
Date: 15 July 2020
Product Coverage: Foods
HS Code: 02, 03, 04, 0504, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
40. Australia - Competition and Consumer Act 2010 published
Notification Authority: Government of Australia
Date: 15 July 2020
41. Hong Kong - Import and Export (General) Regulations updated
Notification Authority: Government of Hong-Kong
Date: 15 July 2020
42. South Korea - Proposed amendment is to replace the "sell-by date" in food labelling with "use-by date"
Notification Authority: Ministry of Food and Drug Safety
Date: 13 July 2020
Product Coverage: Foods
HS Code: 02, 03, 04, 0504, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Notification Authority: Health and Food Safety Directorate-General
Date: 13 July 2020
Product Coverage: Novel Foods
HS Code: 210690
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Instruction No. 12/2020-Customs)
Date: 10 July 2020
Product Coverage: Blended Edible Vegetable Oils
HS Code: 151790
45. South Korea - Announcement of partial revision of food standards and standards for food additives
Notification Authority: Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (Notification No. 2020-59)
Date: 10 July 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
Date: 10 July 2020
Notification Authority: Australian Department of Health
Date: 10 July 2020
Product Coverage: Sports supplements
HS Code: 210610
47. Australia - Maximum residue limits for Tetraniliprole, Trifludimoxazin, Chlorantraniliprole, Chlorantraniliprole etc for use in Agriculture commodities
Notification Authority: Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority
Date: 9 July 2020
Product Coverage: Foods
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: Department of Customs
Date: 9 July 2020
Product Coverage: Phorate
HS Code: 293090
Notification Authority: European Commission
Date: 9 July 2020
Product Coverage: Foods
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: Kenya Bureau of Standards
Product Coverage: Animal feeding stuffs
Date: 9 July 2020
HS Code: 2309
Notification Authority: Food and Drug Administration
Date: 9 July 2020
Product Coverage: Alkyl Polyglycosides
HS Code: 340213
Notification Authority: Food and Drug Administration
Date: 9 July 2020
Product Coverage: Chlorinated Trisodium Phosphate
HS Code: 283523
Notification Authority: Food and Drug Administration
Date: 9 July 2020
Product Coverage: Sodium Hypochlorite
HS Code: 2828
CHEMICALS
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare
Date: 10 July 2020
Product Coverage: Glyphosate
HS Code: 380890
Date: 10 July 2020
55. Philippines - National list of permitted substances for organic agriculture published
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture (Circular No. 09)
Date: 10 July 2020
Product Coverage: organic agriculture substance
HS Code: 3102, 3103, 3104, 3808
56. Australia - Poisons Standard July 2020 published
Notification Authority: Department of Health
Date: 9 July 2020
Product Coverage: Chemicals
HS Code: 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38
Notification Authority: Department of Health
Date: 9 July 2020
Product Coverage: Drugs
HS Code: 28, 29, 30
Notification Authority: Department of Health
Date: 9 July 2020
Product Coverage: Drugs
HS Code: 28, 29, 30
National Medical Products Administration
Date: 9 July 2020
Product Coverage: Medicaments
HS Code: 300499
Notification Authority: Department of Health
Date: 9 July 2020
Product Coverage: Medicaments
Pharmaceuticals
62. Australia - Narcotic Drugs Amendment (Fees) Regulations 2020 published
Notification Authority: Department of Health
Date: 10 July 2020
Product Coverage: Narcotic Drugs
HS Code: 29
63. Australia - A standard permit has been developed for ARTG registered Medical Devices included Class III
Notification Authority: Department of Health
Date: 10 July 2020
Product Coverage: Medical device
HS Code: 9018, 9020
64. Brazil - Establishes procedure for changes in the process of post-market authorization of sanitizing products
Notification Authority: National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology
Date: 10 July 2020
Product Coverage: Sanitizing products
HS Code(s): 3402, 340119, 340120, 330290
HS Code: 300499
Medical Supplies
65. Brazil - Ordinance on Certificates of Approval for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) published
Notification Authority: National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology (INMETRO)
Date: 13 July 2020
Product Coverage: Personal Protective Equipment
HS Code: 392690, 621790, 630790, 901890
Date: 13 July 2020
Product Coverage: Advanced Biological Products
HS Code: 3004909900
67. Japan – List of new approved medical device published
Notification Authority: Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency
Date: 9 July 2020
Product Coverage: Medical Device
HS Code: 9018, 9020
Notification Authority: Ministry of Food and Drug Safety
Date: 9 July 2020
Product Coverage: Medical Devices
HS Code: 9018
ENGNEERING & ELECTRONICS
Electronics
Notification Authority: Ministry of Information and Communications (Circular 15/2020 / TT-BTTTT)
Date: 13 July 2020
Product Coverage: lithium batteries
HS Code: 850760
Motor Vehicle
Notification Authority: European Commission
Date: 14 July 2020
Product Coverage: Vehicles and their trailers (M-, N- and O-category vehicles), and systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles.
HS Code: 8716
Notification Authority: European Commission
Date: 14 July 2020
Product Coverage: Vehicles and their trailers (M-, N- and O-category vehicles), and systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles.
HS Code: 8716
Aeronautical Radio Equipment
Notification Authority: National Radio Research Agency (RRA)
Date: 13 July 2020
Product Coverage: Aeronautical Radio Equipment
HS Code: 903180
Radio Communication
Notification Authority: Secretaría de Economía
Date: 14 July 2020
Product Coverage: Transmitting equipment intended for the specialized mobile radiocommunication fleet service
HS Code: 852560
Diamonds
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Notification No. 30/2020- Customs)
Date: 10 July 2020
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