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: 10 - 16 November, 2022 are given under. Please click on a notification for the details.

Trade Policy & Customs

• India - DGFT extended Sugar export quota validity upto 30.09.2023
• India - CBIC seeks to make amendments (Third Amendment, 2022) to the CGST Rules, 2017
• India - CBIC publishes guidelines for verifying the transitional credit
• India - CBIC publishes clarification on refund related issues
• India - CBIC fixes tariff value of edible oils, brass scrap, areca nut, gold and silver
• India - CBIC publishes exchange rate of one unit of foreign currency equivalent to Indian rupees
• India - CBIC publishes restricted entry of food items in under specific ports
• India - CBIC fixes tariff value of edible oils, brass scrap, areca nut, gold and silver

Trade Remedies & Banking

• India - DGTR publishes anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of “Toughened glass for home appliances having thickness exported from China PR
• India - DGTR publishes new Shipper Review of countervailing duty imposed on the imports of “Copper Tubes & Pipes” exported from Vietnam
• India - DGTR terminates Anti-Dumping Investigation concerning imports of Solar Cells exported from China PR, Thailand and Vietnam
• India - RBI publishes agency commission for Direct Tax collection under TIN 2.0 regime

Agriculture

• Chinese Taipei - Publishes Quarantine Requirements for the Importation of Plants or Plant Products
• China - Publishes standard on Cotton - Saw Ginned Upland Cotton
• EAC - Publishes standard for Fruit drinks and fruit juice
• EAC - Publishes standard on puree, pulp and nectars
• EAC - Establishes standard for dried fruits
• EAC - Establishes standard for green/unripe banana and plantains flour
• Tanzania - Establishes standard for unrefined shea butter

Processed Food

• India - FSSAI notifies capping of penalties due to delay in submission of annual returns
• Australia - Proposes dual labelling transition to sole medicine ingredient names
• Chinese Taipei - Publishes regulations governing the labeling of health food
• Chinese Taipei - Publishes requirements on minimum energy performance standard for water chilling packages
• EAC - Publishes standard on Banana flour
• EU - Notifies act aimed at extending reference methods set out for spirit drinks
• Tanzania - Establishes standard for pistachio oil
• Tanzania - Establishes standard for walnut oil
• Tanzania - Establishes standard for mustard seed

Chemicals & Medical Supplies

• South Korea - Revises safety verification criteria of masks for cold weather, fashion, and sports
• South Korea - Proposes partial amendment to the standards for type approval of meteorological instruments
• Ukraine - Publishes order on prohibition of the use of 2,4,4′-Trichloro-2′-hydroxydiphenyl ether in the production of plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs
• USA - Proposes amendments to the national list of allowed and prohibited substances
• USA - Publishes update to Type Approval Requirements

Electronics & Engineering

• China - Publishes standard on Interim Regulations on Radio Management of Wireless Charging (Power Transmission) Equipment
• China - Publishes standard on Pressure Piping Components Type Test Regulation
• China - Publishes standard on the Safety Requirements for Bus Construction
• Saudi Arabia - Publishes Motor Vehicles-Intelligent Transportation System
• South Korea - Amends technical regulations for the aeronautical radio equipment
• Thailand - Amends requirements for high pressure cleaners and steam cleaners
• USA - Publishes safety standard for adult portable bed rails

Others

• China - Publishes standard on Minimum Allowable Values of Energy Efficiency and Energy Efficiency Grades for displays (terminals)
• Chinese Taipei - Proposes amendments to technical specification for type approval of diaphragm gas meters
• Chinese Taipei - Publishes mandatory requirements of water efficiency labeling products for water use equipment
• Kenya - Publishes standard on KS 835-2:2022 Methods of test for textile floor coverings
• New Zealand - Proposes measures to reduce the environmental impact of fluorinated gases consultation document
• Philippines - Publishes guidelines on the conduct of regulatory inspections for radiation facilities
• USA - Publishes Safety Standard for Gates and Enclosures