Weekly Trade Alert: 3 - 8 July
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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: 03 July - 8 July, 2020 are given under. Please click on a notification for the details.
TRADE FACILITATION
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs (Circular No.32/2020-Customs)
Date: 6 July 2020
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Notification No. 55/2020 - Customs (N.T.))
Date: 2 July 2020
ANTIDUMPING & COUNTERVAILING DUTIES
Notification Authority: Department of Revenue (Notification No. 17/2020-Customs (ADD))
Date: 8 July 2020
Product Coverage: Steel and Fibre Glass Measuring tapes and their parts and components
HS Code: 90178010, 90179000
Notification Authority: Director General of Trade Remedies
Date: 8 July 2020
Product Coverage: Single Mode Optical Fibre
HS Code: 90011000
Notification Authority: Director General of Trade Remedies
Date: 8 July 2020
Product Coverage: Polystyrene of all types except expandable Polystyrene
HS Code: 390319
Notification Authority: Director General of Trade Remedies
Date: 7 July 2020
Product Coverage: Stainless Steel width 600 mm to 1250 mm
HS Code: 721931, 721932, 721933, 721934, 721935, 721990
Notification Authority: Director General of Trade Remedies
Date: 7 July 2020
Product Coverage: Soda ash
HS Code: 283620
Notification Authority: Director General of Trade Remedies
Date: 7 July 2020
Product Coverage: Float glass
HS Code: 70051090
Notification Authority: Director General of Trade Remedies
Date: 7 July 2020
Product Coverage: Float glass
HS Code: 70051090
Notification Authority: Director General of Trade Remedies
Date: 7 July 2020
Product Coverage: Phosphoric Acid of all grades excluding Agriculture Fertilizer Grade
HS Code: 280920
Notification Authority: Director General of Trade Remedies
Date: 7 July 2020
Product Coverage: Acrylic Fibre
HS Code: 550130, 550330, 550630
Notification Authority: Director General of Trade Remedies
Date: 7 July 2020
Product Coverage: Glass Wool in Rolls
HS Code: 70199010, 70199090, 70191900, 70193900, 70195900
Notification Authority: Director General of Trade Remedies
Date: 7 July 2020
Product Coverage: Acrylic Fibre
HS Code: 550330
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 6 July 2020
Product Coverage: Polybutadiene Rubber
HS Code: 4002200
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 6 July 2020
Product Coverage: Aniline
HS Code: 29214110
Notification Authority: Department of Revenue (Notification No. 29/2020-Customs)
Date: 6 July 2020
Product Coverage: Phthalic Anhydride
HS Code: 291733 to 291734, 29173500
Notification Authority: Director General of Trade Remedies
Date: 4 July 2020
Product Coverage: Diketopyrrolo Pyrrole Pigment Red
HS Code: 32041111, 32041630, 32041711, 32041719, 32041720, 32041760, 32041973, 32041984, 32049000, 2061110, 32064990
Notification Authority: Director General of Trade Remedies
Date: 3 July 2020
Product Coverage: Soda Ash
HS Code: 283620
Notification Authority: Director General of Trade Remedies
Date: 3 July 2020
Product Coverage: Newsprint in rolls or sheets
HS Code: 48010010, 48010090
Notification Authority: Director General of Trade Remedies
Date: 3 July 2020
Product Coverage: Flax Fabric
HS Code: 5309
Notification Authority: Director General of Trade Remedies
Date: 2 July 2020
Product Coverage: Flat Rolled Products
HS Code: 73269099
Notification Authority: Director General of Trade Remedies
Date: 2 July 2020
Product Coverage: Acrylonitrile Butadiene Rubber
HS Code: 40025900
AGRICULTURE
Animal Originated Products
23. Australia - Export Control (Animals) Order 2004 amended
Notification Authority: Ministry of Agriculture, Water and the Environment
Date: 8 July 2020
Product Coverage: Animal & Animal Products
HS Code: 01, 02, 03, 04, 0504, 16, 2309
Notification Authority: Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation
Date: 3 July 2020
Product Coverage: Live swine, Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen; Edible of offal of swine, Pig fat, free of lean meat, Hams, Shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in, Belies (Streaky) and cuts, Pig fat (including lard) and poultry fat
HS Code: 0103, 0203, 02630, 021011, 021012, 021019, 0502, 1501, 160239
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment
Date: 3 July 2020
Product Coverage: Agriculture Products
HS Code: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
26. Japan - Amendment to the List of Regulated Living Organisms under the Invasive Alien Species Act
Notification Authority: Ministry of Health
Date: 3 July 2020
Notification Authority: Secretariat of Animal and Plant Health and Inspection (SDA) - Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (MAPA)
Date: 2 July 2020
Product Coverage: Meat and meat products, and dairy products
HS Code: 02, 04 (Except 0407, 0408, 0409)
Plants & Plant Products
28. Turkey - Proposes maximum residue levels of pesticides which will come into force from 31 December 2020
Notification Authority: Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Date: 8 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, 24
Notification Authority: Ministry of Agriculture
Date: 7 July 2020
Product Coverage: Pesticides in Agriculture 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: Environmental Protection Agency
Date: 6 July 2020
Product Coverage: oxathiapiprolin
HS Code: 3808
Notification Authority: Environmental Protection Agency
Date: 6 July 2020
Product Coverage: oxathiapiprolin
HS Code: 3808
32. Australia - Export Control (Plants and Plant Products) Order 2011 amended
Notification Authority: Government of Australia
Date: 6 July 2020
Product Coverage: Plants and Plant Products
HS Code: 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11,12, 13, 14, 15, 1701, 1806
Notification Authority: Environmental Protection Agency
Date: 3 July 2020
Product Coverage: Tobacco Products
HS Code: 24
34. Canada - Proposes Maximum Residue Limit for Inpyrfluxam
Notification Authority: Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), Health Canada
Date: 2 July 2020
Product Coverage: Pesticide inpyrfluxam in or on various commodities
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. Brazil - Phytosanitary requirements for the import of bare-root seedlings and grapevine notified
Notification Authority: Secretariat of Animal and Plant Health and Inspection (SDA) - Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (MAPA)
Date: 2 July 2020
Product Coverage: Bare-root seedlings and grapevine
HS Code: 060290
FOODS
European Commission (Regulation (EU) 2020/977)
Date: 7 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, 24
37. South Korea - Establish new "Warning notice for intake" of beta-carotene, vitamin K, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, pantothenic acid, vitamin B12, biotin, potassium, chromium
Notification Authority: Ministry of Food and Drug Safety
Date: 8 July 2020
Product Coverage: Health Functional Food
HS Code: 210690
38. South Korea - Establish new health claim of ’’chromium’’, testing method of appearance and revise the testing methods
Notification Authority: Ministry of Food and Drug Safety
Date: 8 July 2020
Product Coverage: Health Functional Food
HS Code: 210690
Notification Authority: Ministry of Food and Drug Safety
Date: 8 July 2020
Product Coverage: Children food
Notification Authority: Health and Food Safety Directorate‑General
Date: 8 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, 24
41. Brazil - List of Food Additives amended
Notification Authority: National Health Surveillance Agency
Date: 7 July 2020
Product Coverage: Food
HS Code: 02, 03, 04, 0504, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
42. New Zealand - Importation norms for China, United States of America, Mexico, Chile, Republic of Korea amended
Notification Authority: Ministry for Primary Industries (Standard 152.02)
Date: 7 July 2020
Product Coverage: Grapes
HS Code: 08061010
43. Singapore - Updated advisory on ensuring the safety of food exported from Singapore issued on 30 June 2020
Notification Authority: Singapore Food Agency
Date: 7 July 2020
Product Coverage: Food
HS Code: 02, 03, 04, 0504, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
44. Argentina - Proposed labeling regulation for food products
Notification Authority: National Food Commission (CONAL)
Date: 7 July 2020
Product Coverage: Food Products
HS Code: 02, 03, 04, 0504, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
45. EU - Authorising a change of the conditions of use of the novel food ‛protein extract from pig kidneys’
Notification Authority: European Commission (Regulation (EU) 2020/973)
Date: 6 July 2020
Product Coverage: Novel food
HS Code: 2106
46. South Korea - Proposed amendments to the standards and specifications for foods
Notification Authority: Ministry of Food and Drug Safety
Date: 7 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
47. Japan - Food Additives: List of substances that can be used for preservation of alcoholic beverages amended
Notification Authority: National Tax Agency
Date: 6 July 2020
Product Coverage: Alcoholic beverages
HS Code: 2207
48. Mexico - Regulation on Sanitary Control of Products and Services in the matter of advertising published
Notification Authority: Ministry of Health
Date: 6 July 2020
Product Coverage: Prepackaged food and non-alcoholic beverages
HS Code: 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21
Notification Authority: European Commission (Regulation (EU) 2020/959)
Date: 2 July 2020
Product Coverage: cereals
HS Code: 10, 11
50. Brazil - Establishes extraction and processing solvents authorized to be used in production of foodstuffs and ingredients
Notification Authority: Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA)
Date: 2 July
Product Coverage: Food Additives
HS Code: 2106
51. Brazil - Establishes health requirements for dietary formulas destined for inborn errors of metabolism
Notification Authority: Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA)
Date: 2 July 2020
Product Coverage: Food Additives
HS Code: 2106
52. South Korea - Proposed amendments to the standards and specifications for foods
Notification Authority: Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA)
Date: 2 July 2020
Product Coverage: Food Additives
HS Code: 2106
CHEMICALS
53. India - The Methyl Acrylate, Ethyl Acrylate, n-Butyl Acrylate (Quality Control) Order, 2020 published
Notification Authority: Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals
Date: 7 July 2020
Product Coverage: Methyl Acrylate, Ethyl Acrylate, n-Butyl Acrylate
HS Code: 19161290
Notification Authority: Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals
Date: 7 July 2020
Product Coverage: Maleic Anhydride
HS Code: 29171400
Notification Authority: Department of Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals
Date: 7 July 2020
Product Coverage: Acrylonitrile
HS Code: 29261000
Notification Authority: Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals
Date: 6 July 2020
Product Coverage: Styrene (Vinyl Benzene)
HS code: 29025000
Notification Authority: Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals
Date: 6 July 2020
Product Coverage: Vinyl Acetate Monomer
HS Code: 29153200
ELECTRONICS
Notification Authority: European Commission
Date: 7 July 2020
Product Coverage: Electrical and electronic equipment
Notification Authority: European Commission
Date: 7 July 2020
Product Coverage: Electrical and electronic equipment
Notification Authority: Sustainable Energy Authority
Date: 6 July 2020
Product Coverage: LED lamps
HS Code: 940540
61. Saudi Arabia - Imported Cord Extension, Plugs, Socket outlets will require the Saudi Quality Mark
Notification Authority: Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization (SASO)
Date: 2 July 2020
Product Coverage: Cord Extension, Plugs, Socket outlets
HS Code: 8544
Notification Authority: Government of Russia Decree no 929
Date: 2 July 2020
Product Coverage: railway rolling stock
HS Code: 86
Medical Device
Notification Authority: Government of Russia (Decree no 982)
Date: 7 July 2020
Product Coverage: Medical devices
HS Code: 9018, 9020
64. Japan - List of Regenerative Medical Products published
Notification Authority: Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Agency
Date: 6 July 2020
Product Coverage: Regenerative Medical Products
HS Code: 30
Motor Vehicle
Notification Authority: Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications
Date: 6 July 2020
Product Coverage: Motor Vehicle
HS Code: 8703
Mask & Shoes
Notification Authority: Central Committee on the Price of Goods and Services
Date: 6 July 2020
Product Coverage: Mask
HS Code: 630790
67. Russia - Amended Labelling requirements for Shoes
Notification Authority: Government of Russia
Date: 3 July 2020
Product Coverage: Shoes
HS Code: 6404
Constructions Products
68. Uganda - US EAS 415:2020 Hot-rolled steel sheet of high yield stress structural quality standard published
Notification Authority: Uganda National Bureau of Standards
Date: 7 July 2020
Product Coverage: Hot‑rolled steel sheet; Flat-rolled products of alloy steel other than stainless, of a width of >= 600 mm, hot-rolled or cold-rolled "cold-reduced"
HS Code: 7225
Notification Authority: Uganda National Bureau of Standards
Date: 7 July 2020
Product Coverage: Building limes, Quicklime, Hydrated lime, Magnesium lime; Fused magnesia; dead-burned "sintered" magnesia, whether or not containing small quantities of other oxides added before sintering; other magnesium oxide (excl. natural magnesium carbonate "magnesite"), Quicklime, Bases, inorganic, and metal oxides, hydroxides and peroxides, n.e.s, Cement. Gypsum. Lime. Mortar
HS Code: 251990, 252210, 282590
Others
70. Australia - List of Manufacturers Suspended License for the Manufacture of Therapeutic Goods published
Notification Authority: Government of Australia
Date: 6 July 2020
HS Code: 3004
Notification Authority: Government of Australia
Date: 6 July 2020
72. Australia - Export Control Act 2020 published
Notification Authority: Governmat of Austarlia
Date: 2 July 2020
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