Weekly Trade Alert: 14 - 21 May
Trade Alerts
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: 14 May - 21 May, 2020 are given under. Please click on a notification for the details.
COVID-19 Updates
- Rapid / CLIA / ELISA Kits approved for testing of Covid-19
- PCR Kits approved for testing of Covid-19
Notification Authority: Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation(CDSCO)
Date: 20 May 2020
Product Coverage: COVID-19 testing kits
EXPORT POLICY/BENEFITS & TAXES
ANTI-DUMPING/SAFEGUARD DUTIES & TARIFF VALUE
AGRICULTURE
CHEMICALS
ELECTRONICS
MACHINERY & AUTOMOBILE
OTHERS
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Notification Authority: Government of Andhra Pradesh
Date: 20 May 2020
Notification Authority: Government of Andhra Pradesh
Date: 19 May 2020
Notification Authority: Foreign Exchange Dealers’ Association of India
Date: 18 May 2020
Date: 18 May 2020
Notification Authority: Government of West Bengal
Date: 18 May 2020
Notification Authority: Government of Rajasthan
Date: 18 May 2020
Notification Authority: Government of Uttar Pradesh
Date: 18 May 2020
Notification Authority: Ministry of Finance
Date: 17 May 2020
Notification Authority: Ministry of Finance
Date: 16 May 2020
Notification Authority: Government of Tamil Nadu
Date: 17 May 2020
Notification Authority: Department of customs
Date: 18 May 2020
Notification Authority: European Commission
Date: 18 May 2020
Product Coverage: Medical devices
HS Code: 841920, 901050, 901110, 901180, 901811, 901812, 901813, 901814, 901819, 902221, 902229, 902230, 902290, 902511, 902519, 902780, 903020, 940290
Notification Authority: European Commission
Date: 18 May 2020
Product Coverage: Personal protective equipment
HS Code: 340111, 340130, 340220, 382499, 392690, 630790, 900490, 902000
Notification Authority: Ministry of Commerce
Date: 15 May 2020
Notification Authority: Government of Delhi
Date: 15 May 2020
Notification Authority: Government of Tamil Nadu
Date: 15 May 2020
Notification Authority: Government of Andhra Pradesh
Date: 15 May 2020
Notification Authority: Government of Tamil Nadu
Date: 15 May 2020
EXPORT POLICY/BENEFITS & TAXES
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Foreign Trade (Notification no 6/2015-20)
Date: 16 May 2020
Product Coverage: Mask
HS Code: 392690, 621790, 630790, 901890, 9020
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Notification 43/2020- Central Tax)
Date: 16 May 2020
Notifying Authority: Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) (Trade notice 11/2020-21)
Date: 14 May 2020
Notifying Authority: Department of Revenue
Date: 14 May 2020
Notifying Authority: Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Date: 13 May 2020
Note: Updated Export and Import policy at tariff line is available on the Indian Trade Portal – www.indiantradeportal.in
ANTI-DUMPING/SAFEGUARD DUTIES & TARIFF VALUE
Anti-dumping/Safeguard Duties & Tariff Value
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 21 May 2020
Product Coverage: Carbon Black used in rubber applications
HS Code: 28030010
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 20 May 2020
Product Coverage:
HS Code: 55101110, 55101210, 55101190, 55101290, 55109010, 55109090
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 20 May 2020
Product Coverage: Black Toner in powder form
HS Code: 37079010, 37079090
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 20 May 2020
Product Coverage: Single Mode Optical Fibre
HS Code: 900110
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies (Notification No. 08/2020-Customs (ADD))
Date: 20 May 2020
Product Coverage: Sodium citrate
HS Code: 29185020
Date: 18 May 2020
Product Coverage: Kitchen and tableware made of corrosion-resistant steel
HS Code: 7323
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Notification No. 42/2020-CUSTOMS (N.T.))
Date: 15 May 2020
Product Coverage: Acetone
HS Code: 29141100
AGRICULTURE
Plants & Plant Products
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture, Water and Environments
Date: 20 May 2020
Product Coverage: Plants & Plant Products
HS Code: 06, 07, 08, 08, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
33. Brazil - Monographs for following pesticides amended
Notification Authority: National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA)
Date: 19 May 2020
Notification Authority: Environment Protection Agency
Date: 18 May 2020
Product Coverage: Agricultural Products, Food Product, Pesticides
HS Code: 06, 07, 08, 08, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 3808
Notification Authority: Secretariat of Animal and Plant Health and Inspection (SDA)
Date: 18 May 2020
Product Coverage: Citrus fruits (Citrus spp.)
HS Code: 0805
Notification Authority: Secretariat of Animal and Plant Health and Inspection (SDA)
Date: 18 May 2020
Product Coverage: Maize seeds and grains (zea mays)
HS Code: 100510
Notification Authority: Secretariat of Animal and Plant Health and Inspection (SDA)
Date: 18 May 2020
Product Coverage: Plant products
HS Code: 06
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture (Statutory Instruments 2020 No. 152)
Date: 15 May 2020
Product Coverage: Plants & Plant products
HS Code: 06, 07, 08, 08, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 1701, 1801, 1802, 1803
Notification Authority: Ministry of Finance
Date: 15 May 2020
Notification Authority: European Commission
Date: 15 May 2020
HS Code: 24
Notification Authority: Ministry for Primary Industries
Product Coverage: All vehicles, machinery and parts
HS Code: 401192, 8432, 8701
Date: 20 May 2020
Date: 20 May 2020
Animals & Animal Originated Products
Notification Authority: Singapore Food Agency
Date: 19 May 2020
Product Coverage: salmon fillets and/or ready-to-eat fish slices
HS Code: 0304, 0303
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture, Water and Environments
Date: 19 May 2020
Product Coverage: Uncooked, peeled prawns
HS Code: 030613
Notification Authority: Secretariat of Animal and Plant Health and Inspection (SDA)
Date: 18 May 2020
Product Coverage: Animal Products (Dairy Products, Animal Casings, Gelatine extracted from animal skin, Meal from ruminants, Beef)
HS Code: 0511, 04
Notification Authority: Secretariat of Animal and Plant Health and Inspection (SDA)
Date: 18 May 2020
Product Coverage: Fish and Fish products
HS Code: 03
Notification Authority:Food and Drug Administration
Date: 14 May 2020
Product Coverage: Fish oils
HS Code: 150420
Notification Authority:Food and Drug Administration
Date: 14 May 2020
Product Coverage: Edible fats and Oils
HS Code: 15
If the above measures are expected to affect your export to Thailand then please click here and submit your representation.
If the above measures are expected to affect your export to Thailand then please click here and submit your representation.
Notification Authority:Singapore Food Agency
Date: 14 May 2020
Product Coverage: Poultry meat and meat products
HS Code: 0207,0210,1601,1602
If the above measure is expected to affect your export to Singapore then please click here and submit your representation.
Food Products
Notification Authority: Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
Product Coverage: Food items
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
Date: 20 May 2020
Notification Authority: Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
Date: 20 May 2020
Product Coverage: Therapeutic Goods
HS Code: 210690
Notification Authority: Food and Drug Administration
Product Coverage: Food 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
Edible Oils, Brass Scrap, Poppy Seeds, Areca Nut, Gold and Silver
54. India - Tariff Value of Edible Oils, Brass Scrap, Poppy Seeds, Areca Nut, Gold and Silver notified
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Notification No. 45/2020-CUSTOMS (N.T.))
Date: 19 May 2020
Product Coverage: Edible Oils, Brass Scrap, Poppy Seeds, Areca Nut, Gold and Silver
HS Code: 15111000, 15119010, 15119090, 15111000, 15119020, 15119090, 15071000, 74040022, 12079100, 71, 98
55. India - Tariff Value of Edible Oils, Brass Scrap, Poppy Seeds, Areca Nut, Gold and Silver notified
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Notification No. 42/2020-CUSTOMS (N.T.))
Date: 15 May 2020
Product Coverage: Edible Oils, Brass Scrap, Poppy Seeds, Areca Nut, Gold and Silver
HS Code: 15111000, 15119010, 15119090, 15111000, 15119020, 15119090, 15071000, 74040022, 12079100, 71, 98
CHEMICALS
Pharmaceutical
Notification Authority: Ministry of Food and Drug Safety
Date: 19 May 2020
Product Coverage: Biological Products
HS Code: 300190, 300490
57. Malaysia - Direct need to conduct physical testing for Lot Release activity for all vaccines and registered plasma products
58. Malaysia - Direct acceptance of natural product pre-registration test results from NPRA accredited private labs and local manufacturers quality control laboratories
59. Malaysia - Directives for all products containing Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPI) include combination products: Updates for packaging and drug information leaflets for users (RiMUP) with Microscopic Colitis-related safety information
60. Malaysia - Direct for all products containing domperidone: Update on packaging and drug information leaflets for users (RiMUP) with information regarding use among the pediatric group
61. Malaysia - Direct for all products containing gabapentin: Update on packaging and drug information leaflets for users (RiMUP) with additional safety information regarding dysphagia risk
62. Malaysia - Directives for all products containing Diclofenac (except for skin preparations): Update on packaging and drug information leaflets for users (RiMUP) with additional safety information related to anastomotic leakage and colon syndrome
Notification Authority: Ministry of Health
Date: 18 May 2020
Product Coverage: Drugs
HS Code: 28, 29, 30
Notification Authority: Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation
Product Coverage: 30, 33, 3401, 9018, 9019
Date: 14 May 2020
Pesticides
Notification Authority: European Commission
Date: 14 May 2020
Notification Authority: European Commission
Date: 14 May 2020
Product Coverage: Hazardous Chemicals
HS Code: 3824
ELECTRONICS
Radio Communication Equipment
Notification Authority: Ministry of Communication and Informatics
Date: 20 May 2020
Product Coverage: IT Products
Indonesia HS Code: 8443313110 8443313910 8443324110 8443324920 85171100 85171200 85171800 85176221, 8443311110, 8443311910, 8443319110, 84705000
68. Canada - Flexible Use Broadband Equipment Operating in the Band 3450‑3650 MHz, sets out certification requirements for flexible use broadband equipment used in fixed and/or mobile services operating in the frequency band 3450-3650 MHz.
Notification Authority: Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development
Date: 18 May 2020
Notification Authority: Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development
Date: 18 May 2020
Product Coverage: Flexible Use Broadband Equipment
Notification Authority: Ministry of Technology
Date: 16 May 2020
Product Coverage: Radio transmitters, receivers-transmitters with a frequency band of between 9 kHz and 400 GHz and with an output capacity of 60 mW or more, Short-range radio transmitter and receiver, Information technology equipment, Radio and television equipment, Radio communication equipment, Lithium battery for handset
Vietnam HS Codes: 85171100, 85171200, 85176100, 85176259, 85255000, 85261010, 85261090, 85176269, 85176251, 85258040, 88022090, 85269200, 85181011, 85181019, 85181090, 85182110, 85182190, 85182210, 85182290, 85182920, 85182990, 85183010, 85183020, 85183051, 85183059, 85183090
Transformers
Notification Authority: Bureau of Indian Standard
Date: 17 May 2020
Product Coverage: Transformer
HS Code: 8504
Medical Device
Notification Authority: European Commission
Date: 19 May 2020
Product Coverage: Medical Devices
HS Code: 901811, 901812, 901813, 901814, 901819, 901820, 901831, 901832, 901839, 901841, 901849, 901850, 901890, 901910, 901920, 902000
Measuring Instruments
Notification Authority: National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology
Date: 14 May 2020
Product Coverage: Legal Metrology instruments
HS Code: 9026
MACHINERY & AUTOMOBILE
Automobile
Notification Authority: Ministry of Trade
Product Coverage: Specialised car for medical sector
HS Code: 870332
Date: 20 May 2020
Notification Authority: Environmental Protection Agency
Date: 14 May 2020
75. USA - Improvements for heavy-duty engine and vehicle test procedures, and other technical amendments
Notification Authority: Environmental Protection Agency
Date: 14 May 2020
Product Coverage: Vehicle tailpipe emission testing procedures; Spark-ignition reciprocating or rotary internal combustion piston engines 2) Compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines) 3) Motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, including the driver 4) Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading 87.02), including station wagons and racing cars 5) Motor vehicles for the transport of goods 6) Special purpose motor vehicles, other than those principally designed for the transport of persons or goods (for example, breakdown lorries (wreckers), crane lorries (mobile cranes), fire fighting vehicles, concrete mixer lorries (concrete-mixers), road sweeper lorries (road sweepers), spraying lorries (spraying vehicles), mobile workshops, mobile radiological units) 7) Quality (ICS 03.120), Air quality, Test conditions and procedures in general (ICS 19.020), Road vehicle systems (ICS 43.040), Internal combustion engines for road vehicles
HS Code: 8407, 8408, 8702, 8703, 8704, 8705
Notification Authority: National Radio Research Agency
Date: 14 May 2020
Product Coverage: Telecommunication Terminal Equipment
HS Code: 8517
If the above measure is expected to affect your export to South Korea then please click here and submit your representation
If the above measure is expected to affect your export to South Korea then please click here and submit your representation
Notification Authority: Ministry of Industry, Commerce & Tourism
Date: 14 May 2020
Product Coverage: Electric Vehicle
HS Code: 8703
Steel
78. EEU - Antidumping duty imposed on Chinese kitchen and tableware made of corrosion-resistant steel
Notification Authority: Eurasian Economic Commission
Date: 18 May 2020
Product Coverage: kitchen and tableware made of corrosion-resistant steel
HS Code: 7323
Notification Authority: Ministry of Steel
Product Coverage: Steel and Steel products
HS Code: 72 & 73
Date: 14 May 2020
Defence Product
Notification Authority: Ministry of Defense
Date: 20 May 2020
OTHERS
Kitchenware & Furniture
Notification Authority: Department of Customs (Circular No. 576 of 2020)
Product Coverage: household items and furniture
Date: 20 May 2020
Toys
Notification Authority: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
Product Coverage: Toys
HS Code: 9503
Sea Containers
Notification Authority: Ministry for Primary Industries
Date: 15 May 2020
Product Coverage: All sea containers
HS Code: 8609
If the above measure is expected to affect your export to New Zealand then please Click here and submit your representation
Hazardous Product
Product Coverage: Plastic shopping bags, vehicle tyres, electrical and electronic equipment, packaging materials, beverage containers and rechargeable batteries;
HS Code: 392690, 4011, 4819, 7010
Notification Authority: Ministry of Environment
Other
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs Circular 25/2020
Date: 18 May 2020
86. India - Bilateral Safeguard Investigation concerning imports of “Polybutadiene Rubber” into India from Korea RP under India-Korea Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (Bilateral Safeguard Measures) Rules, 2017
87. India - Bilateral Safeguard Investigation concerning imports of “Phthalic Anhydride” into India from Korea RP under India-Korea Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (Bilateral Safeguard Measures) Rules, 2017
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR)
Date: 13 May 2020
Product Coverage: Polybutadiene Rubber, Phthalic Anhydride, Natural Mica
HS Code: 400220, 29173500, 711610
Notification Authority: Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying
Date: 14 May 2020
Product Coverage: Milk & Milk Products
HS code: 0401, 0402, 0403, 0405, 0406
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