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: 16 - 22 July, 2021 are given under. Please click on a notification for the details.

Trade Policy & Customs

• India - Kamarajar (Ennore) Port Added as 18th Port for Scrap Import
• India - Issued clarification regarding extension of limitation under GST Law in terms of Hon’ble Supreme Court’s Order dated 27.04.2021.
• India - Extends date for mandatory electronic filing of Non-Preferential Certificate of Origin (CoO) through the Common Digital Platform to 01st Oct 2021.
• India - Seeks to amend notification No. 46/2017-Customs dated 30th June, 2017, to clarify leviability of IGST, on recommendation of the GST Council.

Trade Remedies

• India - Publishes anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of ‘plain medium Density Fibre Board having thickness less than 6mm’ originating in or exported from Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia
  
• India - Publishes list of registered interested parties in Anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of Fluoro Backsheet from China PR.
• India - Extends time for response in sunset review investigation on imports of Textured Tempered Coated and Uncoated Glass from China PR.
• India - Extends time for response in initiation of sunset review anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of “Plain Medium Density Fibreboard having thickness 6mm and above” from Vietnam.

Agri Products

• Australia - Issued minor changes to cooked and uncooked pig meat import conditions.
  
• Brazil - Amended the list of absent quarantine pests.
  
• China - Publishes Phytosanitary Requirements of Import Solanum lycopersicum L. and Capsicum spp. Seeds.
  
• Myanmar - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a waiver regarding the issuance of import permits during the Covid-19 outbreak.
  
• South Korea - Added host plants of Radopholus similis, one of the prohibited quarantine pests of Korea
  
• United Kingdom - Prohibited import of Polymnia sonchifolia plants from entering Great Britain
  
• USA - Suspended of dogs entering the united states from high-risk rabies countries.

Processed Food

• Australia - Publishes maximum residue limits for Benzyladenine, Fluazaindolizine, Metamitron, Pydiflumetofen and Pyroxasulfone in specified plant commodities
• Indonesia - Issued regulation of national agency of drug and food control on processed food labelling.
• Israel – Publishes Israel’’s Free Import Order.
• Malaysia - Publishes conditional labeling requirement of fluoride content in a package of natural mineral water
• USA - Colour additive regulations amended to provide safe use of gardenia blue powder in various foods.

Chemicals

• China - Publishes Hygienic Requirements for Chlorine Dioxide Disinfectant Generator
  
• Ecuador - Issued sanitary technical regulations for mandatory sanitary notification of antibacterial cosmetic products containing alcohol and domestic hygiene products with disinfectant properties
  
• Israel - Publishes policy for importing hazardous waste.
  
• Japan - Minimum Requirements for Radiopharmaceuticals amended
  
• Malaysia - Issued directive regarding the implementation of conditional registration of pharmaceutical products during disasters by recognition.

Electronics & Engineering

• Argentina - Establishes the essential quality and safety principles and requirements applicable to construction products
  
• Australia - Publishes specification sets out requirements for a prefabricated washing device consisting of a rotating arm with included spray nozzles designed specifically for use with wet wells and tanks
  
• Brazil - Establishes exceptional and temporary technical requirements for the import of new medical devices
  
• Canada - Issued regulations prohibiting the manufacture and import of lead wheel weights in Canada.
  
• Thailand - Publishes Industrial Standard for Air-Conditioner
  
• USA - Publishes test procedure for metal halide lamp fixtures
  
• Vietnam - Publishes National technical regulation on fishing vessel tracking devices.

Click here for more details on Weekly Trade Alerts from 16 - 22 July 2021 from the India Trade Portal.

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