Weekly Trade Alert: 9 – 16 April

Weekly Trade Alert: 9 – 16 April

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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 9 – 16 April.

India

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 APart 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

ASEAN

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
 

European Union

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

Japan & South Korea

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

Brazil & South Africa

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

Russia

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

Australia

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

Canada & USA

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

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 USA.

Notification number: NIL

Date: 14 Apr 2020

Kenya & Lebanon

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. Decision427-2020MoPH ADE Reporting Form COVID-19 QAPPPMoPH 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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