Here is a comprehensive update of developments from India’s foreign trade during 23 – 30 January.

India

Authority: Directorate General of Foreign Trade

Notification: 2% additional ad hoc incentive for 2 HS Codes/tariff lines 85171211 Mobile phones other than push button type and 85171219 Mobile phones push button types is notified for exports made with let export date from 01.01.2020 to 31.03.2020

Notification number: Notification No. 43/2015-2020

Date: 29 Jan 2020

Authority: Directorate General of Foreign Trade

Notification: Withdrawal of MEIS for items in the apparel and mad-ups sector (Chapter 61, 62 & 63 of ITC HS 2017) from 7 March 2019. amendment in para 4.95 of the handbook of procedure,2015-20 and revision of the ANF 4R for implementation of RoSCTL scheme.

Notification number: Public Notice No. 58/2015-2020

Date: 29 Jan 2020

Authority: Directorate General of Foreign Trade

Notification: Advised to suggest appropriate HS code for goods imported under `Others’ category where the existing HS code are not sufficient. Submit representation at: http://bit.do/dgfttn46.

Notification number: Trade Notice No. 47/2019-20

Date: 29 Jan 2020

Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs

Notification: Revised all industry rates of duty drawback published

Notification number: Notification No. 07/2020 Customs (N.T.)

Date: 28 Jan 2020

Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs

Notification: Implementation of automated clearance on pilot basis with regard to clearance of goods for home consumption

Notification number: Circular No. 05/2020

Date: 27 Jan 2020

Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs

Notification: Seeks to amend notification No. 40/2017-Customs(ADD) dated 25-08-2017, to revise anti-dumping duty on imports of "Sodium Nitrite" originating in or exported from China PR, in pursuance of final findings of sunset review investigations issued by DGTR vide notification No. 15/06/2016-DGTR dated the 8th November 2019

Notification number: Notification No. 01/2020-Customs (ADD)

Date: 24 Jan 2020

Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs

Notification: Procedure to expedite clearance of verification of "suspicious" cases of GST refund claims of exporter - One-month period for export refunds of GST prescribed

Notification number: Circular No. 131/2020

Date: 23 Jan 2020

Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs

Notification: Initiation of Anti-Dumping Investigation concerning imports of Aniline from China PR

Notification number: Case No (OI) 33/2019)

Date: 27 Jan 2020

Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies

Notification: Initiation of Anti-Dumping Original Investigation concerning imports of “Soda Ash” from Turkey and USA.

Notification number: Case No. (OI - 30/2019)

Date: 23 Jan 2020

Authority: Jawaharlal Nehru Custom House

Notification: Guidelines on electronic based e-waste in its premises as the bulk consumer published

Notification number: Public Notice No. 12/2020

Date: 21 Jan 2020

ASEAN

Country: Myanmar

Authority: Food and Drug Administration, Myanmar - Quality, Safety and Protection

Notification: List of documents required for application for certificate of cosmetics / consumer product published

Notification number: NIL

Date: 10 Jan 2020

Country: Myanmar

Authority: Food and Drug Administration, Myanmar - Quality, Safety and Protection

Notification: List of documents required for applying Cosmetic Record/registration published

Notification number: Nil

Date: 10 Jan 2020

Country: Philippines

Authority: Department of Agriculture

Notification: Imposing ban on importation of domestic and wild birds and their products including poultry meat, day-old chicks, eggs and semen originating from Poland.

Notification number: NIL

Date: 24 Jan 2020

Country: Thailand

Authority: Food and Drug Administration

Notification: Safety and vegetables surveillance measures that may have pesticides residues

Notification number: NIL

Date: 29 Jan 2020

Country: Vietnam

Authority: NIL

Notification: Detailed guidance on implementation of livestock law published

Notification number: Decree No. 13/2020 / ND-CP

Date: 21 Jan 2020

Country: Vietnam

Authority: Ministry of Agriculture and rural Development

Notification: Testing laboratory for animal feed notified  

Notification number: Decision No. 11 / QD-CN-TCNCN

Date: 20 Jan 2020

Japan & South Korea

Country: Japan

Authority: Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

Notification: Proposing Food additive amendment – Establishing  specifications for Iso-α-bitter Acids, Higher Fatty Acid (Caprylic Acid), Higher Fatty Acid (Capric Acid), Higher Fatty Acid (Stearic Acid), Higher Fatty Acid (Palmitic Acid), Higher Fatty Acid (Behenic Acid), Higher Fatty Acid (Myristic Acid), Higher Fatty Acid (Lauric Acid) and Quicklime, and revision of the specifications for Ethyl Acetoacetate.

Notification number: NIL

Date: 28 Jan 2020

Country: Japan

Authority: Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

Notification: Pesticide MRLs of numerous active ingredients amended

Notification number: NIL

Date: 28 Jan 2020

Country: Japan

Authority: Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

Notification: Suspending import of live poultry poultry meat and egg products from following countries Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary, Komárom-Esztergom, Hungry, Poland, Ukraine

Notification number: Food Safety Update 0115 No. 1

Date: 28 Jan 2020

Country: South Korea

Authority: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport

Notification: Enforcement decree of the automobile management act published

Notification number: Presidential Decree No. 30379

Date: 29 Jan 2020

European Union

Country: EU

Authority: European Commission

Notification: Authorisation of ponceau 4R as a feed additive for dogs, cats and ornamental fish approved

Notification number: Regulation (EU) 2020/107

Date: 23 Jan 2020

Country: EU

Authority: European Commission

Notification: Authorisation of sodium formate as a feed additive for all animal species approved

Notification number: Regulation (EU) 2020/106

Date: 23 Jan 2020

Country: EU

Authority: European Commission

Notification: Imports of certain hot rolled stainless steel sheets and coils originating in China and Indonesia subject to registration

Notification number: Regulation (EU) 2020/105

Date: 23 Jan 2020

Country: Denmark

Authority: Ministry of the Environment and Food

Notification: Act on plants and plant published – Import conditions of plant and plant products are prescribed

Notification number: Law no 38

Date: 29 Jan 2020

Country: Denmark

Authority: Ministry of the Environment and Food

Notification: Amendment of the Environmental Protection Act and the Packaging Tax published - Prohibition on free delivery of carrier bags and ban on the delivery of thin plastic carrier bags

Notification number: Law no 61

Date: 29 Jan 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Authority: NIL

Notification: The food for specific groups (food for special medical purposes for infants, infant formula and follow-on formula) (information and compositional requirements) (amendment etc.) (england) regulations 2020 published

Notification number: Statutory Instrument 2020 No. 43

Date: 27 Jan 2020

Eurasian Economic Union

Country: EEU

Authority: Eurasian Economic Council

Notification: 0% Custom duty imposed on vanadium oxides and hydroxides classified under HS code 2805300000

Notification number: Decision no 120

Date: 24 Jan 2020

Country: EEU

Authority: Eurasian Economic Council

Notification: Changes to the technical regulation on the safety of milk and dairy products – According to the amendments, in Appendix No. 5 to the technical regulation Permissible levels of microorganisms and somatic cells in raw milk, raw skim milk and raw cream" until January 1, 2025, the deadline for putting these indicators into effect was extended for Kazakhstan.

Notification number: Decision no 118

Date: 24 Jan 2020

Country: EEU

Authority: Eurasian Economic Council

Notification: Lists of standards for compliance with the requirements of the technical regulation on packaging safety published

Notification number: Decision no 12

Date: 23 Jan 2020

Country: Kazakhstan

Authority: Eurasian Economic Council

Notification: From 2 February, 0% Customs duty applicable on diode light-emitting lamps classified under HS  8539500001 & 8539500002

Notification number: Decision no 119

Date: 24 Jan 2020

Australia & Canada

Country: Australia

Authority: Department of Agriculture

Notification: Import conditions for plant material embedded in paper published

Notification number: NIL

Date: 29 Jan 2020

Country: Australia

Authority: Department of Agriculture

Notification: Commenced changes as a result of the import condition review and to better fulfil operational requirements for Coir peat

Notification number: NIL

Date: 24 Jan 2020

Country: Canada

Authority: Pest Management Regulatory Agency

Notification: Proposed maximum residue limit of Tetraniliprole used in leafy vegetables, citrus oil, brassica head and stem vegetable group, lemons/limes, oranges, stone fruits, grapefruits, pome fruits, cottonseeds, meat byproducts of cattle, goats, horses and sheep, dry soybeans, milk, fat of cattle, goats, horses and sheep, meat of cattle, goats, horses and sheep, tuberous and corm vegetables, eggs; fat, meat and meat byproducts of hogs and poultry

Notification number: NIL

Date: 24 Jan 2020

Kenya, Lebanon & South Africa

Country: Kenya

Authority: Kenya Bureau of Standards

Notification: List for confirmations and withdrawals approved standards to Chemicals, food, electronics, agriculture, Engineering, Leather, textile and Services notified

Notification number: NIL

Date: 7 Jan 2020

Country: Kenya

Authority: Kenya Bureau of Standards

Notification: List of standards approved with regard to Chemicals, food, electronics, agriculture, engineering, leather & textile

Notification number: NIL

Date: 7 Jan 2020

Country: Lebanon

Authority: Food and water safety

Notification: A memorandum related to stopping the implementation of Resolution 1/2548 of 11/12/2019 related to setting a tariff for selling milk to the infant.

Notification number: Resolution 119-2020

Date: 21 Jan. 2020

Country: South Africa

Authority: South Africa Revenue Services

Notification: Customs duty reduced on wheat and wheaten flour from 100.86c/kg and 151.29c/kg to 77.62c/kg and 116.44c/kg. Reduced rate applicable on 100191, 100199, 1101.00.10, 11010020, 11010030 & 11010090

Notification number: GG.42959 R.36

Date: 17 Jan 2020

Country: South Africa

Authority: Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

Notification: Grading, packing and marking of rice kernels intended for sale in South Africa published

Notification number: No R 44

Date: 24 Jan 2020

Israel, Saudi Arabia, & UAE

Country: Israel

Authority: Israel WTO-TBT Enquiry Point

Notification: Proposing mandatory standard SI 62040 part 1 dealing with Uninterruptible power systems (UPS)

Notification number: NIL

Date: 28 Jan 2020

Country: Israel

Authority: Israel WTO-TBT Enquiry Point

Notification: Proposing revision of the mandatory standard SI 60601 part 2.4 dealing with cardiac defibrillators.

Notification number: NIL

Date: 28 Jan 2020

Country: Saudi Arabia

Authority: Saudi Standards and Quality Organization

Notification: Proposing standard on Household and similar electrical appliances Safety stating requirements for storage water heaters

Notification number: NIL

Date: 28 Jan 2020

Country: Saudi Arabia

Authority: Livestock Risk Assessment Department

Notification: Imposing ban on the importation of Live Equine originating from Kuwait

Notification number: NIL

Date: 27 Jan 2020

Country: Saudi Arabia

Authority: Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Org

Notification: Buses of a capacity more/less than 22 passengers are subject to SASO/FDS 31699:2019 standard from 1 January 2022

Notification number: NIL

Date: 24 Jan 2020

Country: UAE

Authority: Ministry of Climate Change and Environment

Notification: Imposing a temporary ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds and their untreated by-product, day-old chicks, hatching eggs from Ukraine, and temporary ban on the importation of poultry meat and table eggs from Vinnitsa in Ukraine

Notification number: NIL

Date: 27 Jan 2020

Ukraine, Costa Rica & USA

Country: Ukraine

Authority: Ministry for Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture

Notification: Proposed to amend the law of seeds and planting material

Notification number: NIL

Date: 28 Jan 2020

Country: Ukraine

Authority: Ministry for Development of Economy

Notification: Proposing to amend the procedure for determining and applying periodicity of documentary checks, conformity checks, physical checks, laboratory investigations (tests) of goods imported (shipped) to the customs territory of Ukraine

Notification number: NIL

Date: 27 Jan 2020

Country: Costa Rica

Authority: State Phytosanitary Service

Notification: Phytosanitary measure issued to prevent the introduction of Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (Tobamovirus - ToBRFV), transmissible by fruits and plants for planting (including seeds) of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) and chili (Capsicum spp.).

Notification number: NIL

Date: 27 Jan 2020

Country: USA

Authority: Food and Drug Administration

Notification: Amending the animal drug regulations to reflect application-related actions for new animal drug applications (NADAs) and abbreviated new animal drug applications (ANADAs) during July, August, and September 2019

Notification number: NIL

Date: 24 Jan 2020

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