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: 3 - 9 February, 2022 are given under. Please click on a notification for the details.

Trade Policy & Customs

• India - DGFT publishes ITC (HS), 2022 Import Policy
• India - Notifies exchange rate of one unit of foreign currency equivalent to Indian rupees
• India - Notifies regarding FSSAI authorised officers various point of entries

Trade Remedies

• India - Government rejects the recommendation made in final findings concerning imports of “Wire rod of alloy or non-alloy steel” from China
• India - Publishes sunset review of anti-dumping duty imposed on the imports of ’’Elastomeric Filament Yarn’’ from China, South Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam
• India - Initiates sunset review of anti-dumping duty imposed on the imports of “Saturated Fatty Alcohols” from Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand
• India - Publishes final findings in anti-subsidv investigation "Conper Tubes and Pioes" from Malavsia. Thailand and Vietnam

Agriculture

• India - Notifies regarding declaration of percentage contribution to Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for different age groups
• Brazil - Proposes procedures for slaughtering and ante- and post-mortem inspection of bovine animals
• Chile - Establishes the sanitary requirements for milk and dairy products, for animal and human consumption
• Nicaragua - Establishes the guidelines and technical requirements for the official certification of cocoa propagation material
• Singapore - Makes various amendments to the veterinary conditions
• USA - Proposes amendments to the national list of allowed and prohibited substances section of the organic regulations

Processed Food

• Canada - Modifies the list of permitted food enzymes to enable the use of maltogenic alpha-amylase from Bacillus licheniformis in bread, flour, whole wheat flour and unstandardized bakery products
• EU - Sets out specific requirements regarding the content of the national control plans for contaminants in food
• Indonesia - Revises the requirements of heavy metal contaminants in processed food
• Mexico - Proposes procedure for the evaluation of the Cheese-Denomination
• Sri Lanka - Proposes amendments to Tomato sauce , Ready to serve fruits drinks , Fruit cordial concentrates , Fruit juices and nectars , Soya sauce

Chemicals & Medical Supplies

• Brazil - Provides requirements of medical devices for in vitro diagnostics as a self-test for SARS-CoV-2 antigen detection
• EU - Proposes measures prohibiting to use as cosmetic ingredients substances classified as carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic for reproduction (CMR)
• USA - Extends the timeline for three years for standards of medical diagnostic equipment related to the low-height specifications for transfer surfaces

Electronics & Engineering

• EU - Introduces and updates the templates for the information document, approval certificate and certificate of conformity in paper format, the entries as regards vehicle safety systems
• France - Publishes criteria and scoring system for the calculation and display of the reparability index for Non-wired vacuum cleaners , Corded vacuum cleaners, Robot vacuum cleaners , etc
• USA - Proposes to amend its test procedure for computer room air conditioners (CRACs)
• USA - Publishes the standards for hazardous air pollutants

Others

• India - Notifies parking regulation near border areas
• Canada - Proposes revisions to the directive on wood packaging material
• Kenya - Establishes the requirements for 100 per cent polyester spun yarns
• Oman - Establishes law to determine the legal standards, penalties and procedures for import and export
• Sri Lanka - Notifies the Compulsory Import Inspection Scheme under which importers are not permitted to import the specified items unless they conform to the relevant Sri Lankan standards