Federation of Indian Export Organisations
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Here is a comprehensive update of developments from India’s foreign trade during 9 – 16 April.
Authority: Ministry of Home Affairs
Notification: Limited relaxation in lockdown guideline published
Notification number: NIL
Date: 15 Apr 2020
Authority: Ministry of Home Affairs
Notification: Customs to be fully functional from 20th April, Para 18(i), pg 7
Notification number: NIL
Date: 15 Apr 2020
Authority: Ministry of Home Affairs
Notification: Classification of hotspot and non-hotspot district and clusters
Notification number: NIL
Date: 15 Apr 2020
Authority: Ministry of Home Affairs
Notification: Consolidated Guidelines of MHA on Lock down measures on containment of COVID-19 published
Notification number: NIL
Date: 14 Apr 2020
Authority: Ministry of Home Affairs
Notification: Letter to Chief Secretaries regarding implementation of MHA guidelines
Notification number: NIL
Date: 14 Apr 2020
Authority: Ministry of Home Affairs
Notification: Implementing MHA guidelines reg. passes, movement etc.
Notification number: NIL
Date: 12 Apr 2020
Authority: Ministry of Home Affairs
Notification: Fish and Aquaculture Exempted from Lockdown – Movements of Goods and Workers Included
Notification number: Press Release
Date: 11 Apr 2020
Authority: Ministry of Home Affairs
Notification: 5th addendum to consolidated guidelines
Notification number: NIL
Date: 10 Apr 2020
Authority: Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
Notification: Agriculture Minister Shri Narendra Singh Tomar launches All India Agri Transport Call Centre numbers 18001804200 and 14488 to facilitate inter-state movement of perishables during lockdown
Notification number: Press Release
Date: 15 Apr 2020
Authority: Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Notification: Manner of Continuation of Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS) for shipments on or after 01.04.2020 and Introduction of the Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products (RoDTEP) Scheme
Notification number: Trade Notice No. 03/2020-21
Date: 15 Apr 2020
Authority: Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Notification: Paperless Customs – Electronic Communication of PDF based Gatepass and OOC Copy of Bill of Entry to Custom Brokers/Importers
Notification number: Circular No. 19/2020-Customs
Date: 13 Apr 2020
Authority: Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Notification: Provision for submission of physical copy of application with the concerned RA has been relaxed
Notification number: Public Notice No. 02/2015-2020
Date: 13 Apr 2020
Authority: Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Notification: Conditions on import of Refined Palm Oil
Notification number: Trade Notice No. 02/2020-2021
Date: 13 Apr 2020
Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs
Notification: Tariff Notification in respect of Fixation of Tariff Value of Edible Oils, Brass Scrap, Poppy Seeds, Areca Nut, Gold and Silver- Reg
Notification number: Notification No. 38/2020-CUSTOMS (N.T.)
Date: 15 Apr 2020
Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs
Notification: Seeks to extend anti-dumping duty on import of Acetone originating in or exported from Korea RP, Saudi Arabia and Chinese Taipei till 14th October, 2020
Notification number: Notification No. 07/2020 -Customs (ADD)
Date: 15 Apr 2020
Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs
Notification: Circular clarifying issues in respect of challenges faced by registered persons in implementation of provisions of GST issued - Reg
Notification number: Circular No. 137/07/2020
Date: 13 Apr 2020
Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs
Notification: Seeks to amend notification No. 04/2019-Central Excise dated 6th July, 2019 so as to increase effective rate of Road and Infrastructure Cess (RIC) collected as additional duty of excise on petrol and diesel by Rs. 1 per litre
Notification number: Notification No. 4/2020-Central Excise
Date: 13 Apr 2020
Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs
Notification: Seeks to amend notification No. 05/2019-Central Excise dated 6th July, 2019 so as to increase effective rate of Special Additional Excise Duty (SAED) on petrol and diesel by Rs. 2 per litre
Notification number: Notification No. 3/2020-Central Excise
Date: 13 Apr 2020
Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs
Notification: Clearance of goods under India’s Trade Agreements without original Certificate of Origin
Notification number: Circular No. 18/2020 – Customs
Date: 15 Apr 2020
Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs
Notification: CGST Rules, 2017 as amended up to 03.04.2020 Part A, Part B
Notification number: CGST Rules, 2017
Date: 3 Apr 2020
Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs
Notification: Seeks to exempt customs duty on ventilators, personal protection equipments, covid-19 testing kits and inputs for these goods
Notification number: Notification No. 20/2020– Customs
Date: 9 Apr 2020
Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs
Notification: Seeks to amend notification No. 8/2020-Customs dated 02.02.2020 to make changes consequential to enactment of Finance Act, 2020
Notification number: Notification No. 19/2020– Customs
Date: 9 Apr 2020
Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs
Notification: Special Refund and Drawback Disposal Drive - Implementation of decision to expedite pending refund and drawback claims
Notification number: Instruction No. 03/2020-Customs
Date: 9 Apr 2020
Authority: Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry-Animal Quarantine
Notification: Facilitation on issuance of health certificate during COVID-19
Notification number: NIL
Date: 12 Apr 2020
Authority: Food Safety & Standard Authority
Notification: Submission of Annual / Half-yearly Returns by licensed Manufacturers / Processors and Importers of Food Products - Extension of timeline due to COVID-19 pandemic
Notification number: Press Release
Date: 11 Apr 2020
Authority: Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
Notification: MSMEs engaged in production of medical items related to COVID-19 should be facilitated on priority- Shri Nitin Gadkari
Notification number: Press Release
Date: 9 Apr 2020
Authority: Ministry of Finance
Notification: Government Grants exemption from Basic Custom duty & Health Cess on import of Ventilators , PPE , COVID Test Kits & Face & Surgical Masks
Notification number: Press Release
Date: 9 Apr 2020
Authority: Ministry of Steel
Notification: Action taken/Status of implementation of proactive measures relating to COVID-19
Notification number: Press Release
Date: 11 Apr 2020
Authority: Office of the Commissioner of Customs, Chennai
Notification: Directive issued by Chennai Customs to CFS for not to charge levies, demur rage charges, rent etc. during lockdown down period
Notification number: NIL
Date: 15 Apr 2020
Authority: Chennai Port Trust
Notification: Facilitating passes of drivers related
Notification number: NIL
Date: 13 Apr 2020
Authority: Kolkata Port Trust
Notification: Nodal officer to liaise with Port users
Notification number: NIL
Date: 13 Apr 2020
Authority: Employee’s Provident Fund Organisation
Notification: 30 days Extension in payment of PF dues for March, if wages paid by the employer
Notification number: NIL
Date: 15 Apr 2020
Country: Indonesia
Authority: Ministry of Finance
Notification: Customs treatment of difference in weight and / or volume of imported goods in bulk and export goods subjected to export duty in bulk forms
Notification number: Regulation No. Number 26 / PMK.04 / 2020
Date: 10 Apr 2020
Country: Indonesia
Authority: Ministry of Trade
Notification: Provisions on the import of capital goods in non-new conditions
Notification number: Regulation No. 37
Date: 2 Apr 2020
Country: Indonesia
Authority: Ministry of Trade
Notification: Notice on mandatory Palm Oil for packaging
Notification number: Regulation No. 36
Date: 2 Apr 2020
Country: Singapore
Authority: Singapore Food Agency
Notification: Revised veterinary conditions for importation of table eggs published
Notification number: NIL
Date: 14 Apr 2020
Country: Vietnam
Authority: NIL
Notification: The Government stipulating the customs procedures, customs inspection and supervision of goods in transit through the ASEAN Customs Transit System to implement Protocol 7 on the Customs transit system
Notification number: Decree 46/2020 / ND-CP
Date: 9 Apr 2020
Authority: European Commission
Notification: Re-imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of tubes and pipes of ductile cast iron (also known as spheroidal graphite cast iron) originating in India
Notification number: Regulation (EU) 2020/527
Date: 16 Apr 2020
Authority: European Commission
Notification: EURO exchange rates: 1 EUR equivalent to 83.41 INR
Notification number: NIL
Date: 16 Apr 2020
Authority: European Commission
Notification: Summary of European Commission Decisions on authorisations for the placing on the market for the use and/or for use of substances listed in Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH)
Notification number: NIL
Date: 15 Apr 2020
Country: Japan
Authority: Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Notification: Import suspension of poultry meat and egg products from the state of Sachsen-Anhalt of Germany
Notification number: NIL
Date: 14 Apr 2020
Country: Japan
Authority: Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Notification: Import suspension of live poultry, poultry meat and egg products from Bács-Kiskun and Csongrád county of Hungary
Notification number: NIL
Date: 14 Apr 2020
Country: South Korea
Authority: Ministry of Food and Drug Safety
Notification: Livestock sanitation management act enforcement rules
Notification number: Prime Minister No. 1611
Date: 16 Apr 2020
Country: South Korea
Authority: Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries
Notification: Fisheries act enforcement decree published
Notification number: Presidential Decree No. 30621
Date: 14 Apr 2020
Country: South Korea
Authority: Ministry of Strategy and Finance
Notification: Customs law enforcement rules published
Notification number: No. 00790
Date: 14 Apr 2020
Country: South Korea
Authority: Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency
Notification: Prohibits the import of pollen for pollination of Pomoideae, Prunus genus and Rubus genus from Canada, United States of America, Bermuda, Guatemala, Mexico, Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Lebanese Republic, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, Albania, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Belarus, Moldova, Republic of, Serbia, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom, New Zealand
Notification number: NIL
Date: 14 Apr 2020
Country: South Korea
Authority: Ministry of Food and Drug Safety
Notification: Medical device act enforcement rules published
Notification number: Prime Minister No. 01607
Date: 13 Apr 2020
Country: South Korea
Authority: Ministry of Food and Drug Safety
Notification: Food sanitation law enforcement rules published
Notification number: Prime Minister No. 0016
Date: 13 Apr 2020
Country: South Korea
Authority: Ministry of Food and Drug Safety
Notification: Food sanitation law enforcement rules amended
Notification number: Prime Minister No. 1610
Date: 13 Apr 2020
Country: Brazil
Authority: Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply
Notification: Considering the Covid-19 pandemic situation, the Brazilian Plant Protection Organization decided to implement electronic signature in the Phytosanitary Certificates.
Notification number: NIL
Date: 9 Apr 2020
Country: South Africa
Authority: Independent Communications Authority of South Africa
Notification: Electronic Communications Act: Harmonisation of Short Code ‘111’ for Coronavirus COVID-19 National Emergency Services
Notification number: G43229GeN 244
Date: 15 Apr 2020
Country: South Africa
Authority: South African Revenue Service
Notification: Customs and Excise Act: Amendment of rules: Coronavirus COVID-19 lockdown
Notification number: G43222RG11085GoN 458
Date: 9 Apr 2020
Authority: Russian Government
Notification: Certain types of components for the production of hand-held power tools falling under Russian HS 8483402302, 8536508001, 854520 0001 will subject to 0% duty till 30 June 2022
Notification number: Decision no 44
Date: 15 Apr 2020
Authority: Russian Government
Notification: Allowing submission of electronic or paper copy of the certificate of origin till 30 September 2020
Notification number: Decision no 36
Date: 11 Apr 2020
Authority: Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment
Notification: Temporary changes to documents requirements for imports of animals, biological and animal based goods
Notification number: NIL
Date: 10 Apr 2020
Authority: NIL
Notification: Temporary measures to assist with assessment and import permit issuance due to COVID-19
Notification number: NIL
Date: 10 Apr 2020
Country: Canada
Authority: Health Canada
Notification: Modification to the List of Permitted Food Enzymes to Enable the Use of Phospholipase from Aspergillus oryzae AT969 in Bread, Flour, Whole Wheat Flour and Unstandardized Bakery Products
Notification number: Reference Number: NOM/ADM-0146
Date: 15 Apr 2020
Country: Canada
Authority: Health Canada
Notification: Modification to the lists of permitted food additives to extend the use of potassium phosphate, dibasic, to the same foods and levels of use as currently permitted for sodium phosphate, dibasic
Notification number: Reference Number: NOM/ADM-0145
Date: 8 Apr 2020
Country: USA
Authority: Food and Drug Administration
Notification: Amending numerous veterinary drug MRLs
Notification number: Rule No. 2020-06688
Date: 9 Apr 2020
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 USA.
Notification number: NIL
Date: 14 Apr 2020
Country: Kenya
Authority: Kenya Bureau of Standards
Notification: Standards Act of Kenya published
Notification number: Gazette Notice No 3095
Date: 9 Apr 2020
Country: Kenya
Authority: Kenya Bureau of Standards
Notification: Approved List of Kenya Standards as on 8 April 2020 published
Notification number: NIL
Date: 9 Apr 2020
Country: Kenya
Authority: Kenya Bureau of Standards
Notification: SAC approved List of Confirmations and withdrawals by 8 April 2020 published
Notification number: NIL
Date: 8 Apr 2020
Country: Lebanon
Authority: Pharmacy and Medicines
Notification: Decision on the Mechanism for Reporting Potential Side Effects Related to Therapeutic Protocols Recommended for the Treatment of COVID-19. Decision427-2020, MoPH ADE Reporting Form COVID-19 QAPPP, MoPH Instructions Reporting Form COVID-19
Notification number: Resolution 427-2020
Date: 14 Apr 2020
Country: Lebanon
Authority: Pharmacy and Medicines
Notification: A decision related to withdrawing smuggled medicines from Lebanese markets and preventing their circulation
Notification number: Resolution 417-2020
Date: 9 Apr 2020
Country: Lebanon
Authority: Pharmacy and Medicines
Notification: Resolution regarding the cancellation of both Resolution No. 1/744, Resolution 1/2605, Resolution 243/1 and deadlines for accepting applications for drug registration, with priority given to locally manufactured drugs
Notification number: Resolution 415-2020
Date: 8 Apr 2020
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