Weekly Trade Alert: 27 February – 5 March

Weekly Trade Alert: 27 February – 5 March

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Federation of Indian Export Organisations

Federation of Indian Export Organisations

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Here is a comprehensive update of developments from India’s foreign trade during 27 February – 5 March.

India

Authority: Directorate General of Foreign Trade

Notification: Export of specified APIs (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients) and formulations made from these APIs under the ITC HS Codes mentioned against each is hereby ’’restricted’’, with immediate effect and till further orders

Notification number: Notification No. 50/2015-2020

Date: 3 Mar 2020

Authority: Directorate General of Foreign Trade

Notification: Import of additional quota of Urad (2.5 Lakh MT) for the fiscal year 2019-20.

Notification number: Trade Notice No. 53/2019-2020

Date: 3 Mar 2020

Authority: Directorate General of Foreign Trade

Notification: Export of all varieties of Onions will be Free from 15th March, 2020.

Notification number: Notification No. 49/2015-2020

Date: 2 Mar 2020

Authority: Directorate General of Foreign Trade

Notification: Exporter can apply Online for issuance of Preferential Certificate of Origin under India Korea Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IKCEPA) from  06th March 2020

Notification number: Trade Notice No. 53/2019-2020

Date: 2 Mar 2020

Authority: Directorate General of Foreign Trade

Notification: Steps taken by CBIC to facilitate clearances in view of situation arising due to Corona Virus

Notification number: Trade Notice No. 52/2019-2020

Date: 2 Mar 2020

Authority: Directorate General of Foreign Trade

Notification: Relief in Average Export Obligation in terms of Para 5.19 of Hand Book of Procedures of Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-20

Notification number: Circular No. 31/2015-2020

Date: 26 Feb 2020

Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs

Notification: Exchange rate of one unit of foreign currency equivalent to Indian rupees notified

Notification number: Notification No.19/2020 - Customs (N.T.)

Date: 4 Mar 2020

Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs

Notification: Seeks to "Amend the CGST Rules, 2017 to prescribe the value of Lottery"

Notification number: Notification No. 08/2020-Central Tax

Date: 2 Mar 2020

Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs

Notification: Tariff Value of Edible Oils, Brass Scrap, Poppy Seeds, Areca Nut, Gold and Silver published

Notification number: Notification No. 18/2020-CUSTOMS (N.T.)

Date: 28 Feb 2020

Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs

Notification: Implementation of automated clearance on all India basis

Notification number: Circular No. 15/2020

Date: 28 Feb 2020

Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies

Notification: Initiation of Countervailing Duty/Anti-Subsidy Investigation concerning imports of Soda Ash originating in or exported from Turkey

Notification number: Case No. OI (CVD) - 10/2019

Date: 2 Mar 2020

Authority: Food Safety and Standard Authority of India

Notification: Letter related to Adulteration in Vegetable Oils : Advised to carry sample of mustard oil of various brands to check presence of Oryzanol.

Notification number: NIL

Date: 4 Mar 2020

Authority: Food Safety and Standard Authority of India

Notification: Direction under Section 16 (5) of Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 regarding re-operationalisation of Food Safety and Standards (Licensing and Registration of Food Businesses) Amendment Regulations, 2020 

Notification number: NIL

Date: 2 Mar 2020

Authority: Food Safety and Standard Authority of India

Notification: Standard Operating Procedure and Checklist published for issuance of RUCO sticker to Food Business operators whose edible oil consumption for frying is more than 50 ltr/day

Notification number: NIL

Date: 27 Feb 2020

Authority: Department of Agriculture, Co-operation and Farmers Welfare

Notification: Inclusion of Fenpropimorph new insecticide in the Schedule to the Insecticides Act, 1968

Notification number: S.O. 296(E)

Date: 4 Mar 2020

Authority: Cabinet

Notification: Cabinet approves the Foreign Direct Investment policy on Civil Aviation

Notification number: Press Release

Date: 4 Mar 2020

Authority: Cabinet

Notification: Cabinet approves Companies (Second Amendment) Bill, 2019 published

Notification number: Press Release

Date: 4 Mar 2020

ASEAN

Country: Cambodia

Authority: Ministry of Commerce

Notification: Advisory on Registration of Legal Representatives for Export / Import documents at Ministry of Commerce published  

Notification number: Nil

Date: 2 Mar 2020

Country: Philippines

Authority: Bureau of Customs

Notification: Authorized Signatories of Bureau of Philippine Standard Department of Trade and Industry for Processing of Import Commodity Clearance and or Safety Certification Mark License Applications

Notification number: CMC-48-2020

Date: 3 Mar 2020

Country: Philippines

Authority: Bureau of Customs

Notification: Department of Agriculture Memorandum Order No 03 series of 2020 re Authority to Inspect National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS)

Notification number: CMC-48-2020

Date: 3 Mar 2020

Country: Vietnam

Authority: Ministry of Transport

Notification: Amending Circular 03/2018 on technical safety inspection of imported cars

Notification number: Circular 05/2020 / TT-BGTVT

Date: 4 Mar 2020

Country: Vietnam

Authority: Ministry of Industry and Trade

Notification: List of National Technical Regulations applicable in the field of Industry and Trade published

Notification number: NIL

Date: 3 Mar 2020

ASEAN

Country: EEU

Authority: Eurasian Economic Commission

Notification: HS code and Import duties on cords, capsules, fuses and electric detonators amended

Notification number: Decision no 28

Date: 4 Mar 2020

Country: EEU

Authority: Eurasian Economic Commission

Notification: Sensitized printing plates classified under HS  3701

Notification number: Decision no 29

Date: 4 Mar 2020

Country: EEU

Authority: Eurasian Economic Commission

Notification: Mandatory requirements are established for nicotine-containing products

Notification number: Decision no 18

Date: 4 Mar 2020

Country: EEU

Authority: Eurasian Economic Commission

Notification: Deadline of mandatory labeling of shoes has been changed from March 1 to July 1, 2020

Notification number: Decree no 216

Date: 4 Mar 2020

Country: EEU

Authority: Eurasian Economic Commission

Notification: Imposed temporary restriction on export of anti-aerosol respirators, disposable chemical protective overalls, reusable plague suits, shoe covers, masks, gauze, bandages, disinfectants, medical gloves, medical masks etc

Notification number: Decree no 223

Date: 4 Mar 2020

Country: Kazakhstan

Authority: Committee for Veterinary Control and Surveillance

Notification: Imposing temporary restrictions on the importation of live fish and fish products from China.

Notification number: NIL

Date: 28 Feb 2020

European Union

Country: EU

Authority: European Commission

Notification: Adopting of a regulation on the labelling of tyres with respect to fuel efficiency and other essential parameters and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1222/2009

Notification number: NIL

Date: 4 Mar 2020

Country: EU

Authority: European Commission

Notification: Imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and definitively collecting the provisional duty imposed on imports of steel road wheels originating in the People’s Republic of China

Notification number: Regulation (EU) 2020/353

Date: 4 Mar 2020

Country: EU

Authority: European Commission

Notification: Notice of initiation of a partial interim review of the anti-dumping and countervailing measures applicable to imports of certain graphite electrode systems originating in India publishedAmending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 l as regards the use of citric acid (E 330) in cocoa and chocolate products

Notification number: (2020/C 67/03)

Date: 4 Mar 2020

Country: EU

Authority: European Commission

Notification: Amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 l as regards the use of citric acid (E 330) in cocoa and chocolate products

Notification number: Regulation (EU) 2020/351

Date: 4 Mar 2020

Country: EU

Authority: European Commission

Notification: Terminating the partial interim review of the countervailing duty applicable to imports of tubes and pipes of ductile cast iron originating in India without amending the measures in force

Notification number: Decision (EU) 2020/290

Date: 28 Feb 2020

Country: EU

Authority: European Commission

Notification: Amending Food additives regulation

Notification number: EU regulation 2020/279

Date: 27 Feb 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Authority: NIL

Notification: The Video Recordings (Labelling) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 published

Notification number: Statutory Instrument 2020 No. 187

Date: 3 Mar 2020

Australia

Authority: Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment

Notification: Changes to AIMS directions issued under the Compliance-Based Intervention Scheme (CBIS)for imported plant products

Notification number: Import Industry Advice Notice No. 34-2020 

Date: 3 Mar 2020

Authority: Department of Agriculture

Notification: Amending import conditions of the truffles for human consumption

Notification number: NIL

Date: 1 Mar 2020

Authority: Department of Agriculture

Notification: Amending the import conditions for birdseed.

Notification number: NIL

Date: 28 Feb 2020

Authority: Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment

Notification: Proposed interim import conditions for uncooked prawns and prawn products imported for human consumption into Australia

Notification number: NIL

Date: 28 Feb 2020

Authority: Food Standards Australia New Zealand

Notification: Amending the MRL for imazapyr in barley

Notification number: Amendment No. 191

Date: 28 Feb 2020

South Korea

Authority: Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

Notification: Enforcement Decree of the Medical Device Act revised

Notification number: Presidential Decree No. 30511

Date: 3 Mar 2020

Authority: Ministry of Strategy and Finance

Notification: Enforcement decree of the customs law published

Notification number: Presidential Decree No. 30509, 044-215-4414

Date: 3 Mar 2020

Authority: Ministry of Food and Drug Safety

Notification: Enforcement decree of the drug administration published

Notification number: Presidential Decree No. 30509, 043-719-2805

Date: 3 Mar 2020

Authority: Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs

Notification: Enforcement decree of the livestock epidemic prevention act published

Notification number: Presidential Decree No. 30509 044-201-2519, 2520

Date: 3 Mar 2020

Authority: Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs

Notification: Enforcement decree of the act on conservation, management, and use of agricultural life resources published

Notification number: Presidential Decree No. 30509, 044-201-2475, 2476

Date: 3 Mar 2020

Authority: Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs

Notification: Enforcement decree of the pesticide control act published

Notification number: Presidential Decree No. 30509, 044-201-1894, 1895

Date: 3 Mar 2020

Authority: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport

Notification: Enforcement rules of the automobile management act published

Notification number: Ordinance No. 699

Date: 28 Feb 2020

Authority: Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs

Notification: Enforcement regulations of livestock epidemic prevention act published

Notification number: Ordinance No. 417

Date: 28 Feb 2020

Authority: Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs

Notification: Livestock act enforcement rules published

Notification number: Ordinance No. 416

Date: 28 Feb 2020

Authority: Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs

Notification: Enforcement rules of the agricultural products quality management act

Notification number: Ordinance No. 413

Date: 28 Feb 2020

Hong Kong & Japan

Country: Hong Kong

Authority: NIL

Notification: Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Air Pollution) Regulation published

Notification number: NIL

Date: 2 Mar 2020

Country: Hong Kong

Authority: NIL

Notification: Business Registration Regulations published

Notification number: NIL

Date: 2 Mar 2020

Country: Japan

Authority: Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

Notification: Suspended import of poultry meat and egg products from Bulgaria to prevent the introduction of H5N8 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus into Japan

Notification number: NIL

Date: 3 Mar 2020

Country: Japan

Authority: Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

Notification: Amending food additive regulation

Notification number: NIL

Date: 2 Mar 2020

Canada & Colombia

Country: Canada

Authority: Pest Management Regulatory Agency

Notification: Adopting new maximum residual level for cyprodinil, fludioxonil,and pyroxasulfone.

Notification number: NIL

Date: NIL

Country: Canada

Authority: Pest Management Regulatory Agency

Notification: Establishes MRLs for:- 2,4-DAmetoctradinBentazonPyraflufen-ethyl

Notification number: NIL

Date: 2 Mar 2020

Country: Canada

Authority: Colombian Agricultural Institute

Notification: Sanitary measures are established in ports, airports and border control posts to prevent the introduction and spread of the African Swine Plague in the National territory

Notification number: NIL

Date: 28 Feb 2020

Jordan, Lebanon & UAE

Country: Jordan

Authority: NIL

Notification: Plastic prices published

Notification number: Circular No. 372

Date: 3 Mar 2020

Country: Jordan

Authority: NIL

Notification: Metal prices published

Notification number: Circular No. 356

Date: 3 Mar 2020

Country: Lebanon

Authority: NIL

Notification: Plastic prices published

Notification number: Resolution 243-2020

Date: 27 Feb 2020

Country: UAE

Authority: Ministry of Climate Change and Environment

Notification: Import or domestic trade of Arabian safi and sheri prohibited until April 30. It also bans their import and re-export in any form, whether fresh, frozen, salted, smoked or packed during this time

Notification number: NIL

Date: 2 Mar 2020

South Africa

Authority: Department of Health

Notification: Medicines and Related Substances Act, 1965 (Act No. 101 Of 1965) Schedules published

Notification number: NO. R. 220

Date: 28 Feb 2020

Authority: Department of Customs and Excise

Notification: Customs duty on wheat & Meslin Flour fall under HS 100191 & HS 1101

Notification number: No R 237

Date: 3 Mar 2020

Authority: Department of Customs and Excise

Notification: Customs duty on Cane or Beet Sugar fall under HS 1701 amended

Notification number: No R 238

Date: 3 Mar 2020

Authority: Department of Trade and Industry

Notification: Draft National Standards published for public comments

Notification number: Notice 125 Of 2020

Date: 28 Feb 2020

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