Alerts from the Indian Trade Portal on Tariff/ Preferential Tariff/ SPS and TBT measures/ GST/ Export incentives/ Export-Import Policy Conditions etc. during the period: 25 - 31 December, 2020 are given under. Please click on a notification for the details.

Customs, Tariff & Policy

• India - Para 2.54 (Modification of IEC) of the Handbook of Procedures, 2015-2020 amended
  
  
• India – Export of all varieties of Onions has been made "Free" with effect from 01.01.2021
  
  
• India - Para 2.14 (Modification of IEC) of Chapter-2 of Handbook of Procedures, 2015-2020 amended
  
  
• India – Publishes Courier Imports and Exports (Electronic Declaration and Processing) Amendment Regulations, 2020.
  
  
• Sri Lanka – Publishes Import and Export Control Regulation No. 11 of 2020. List of products required import License amended.
  
  
• UK – MFN & preferential tariff effective from 1 Jan 2021 updated on www.indiantradeportal.in Click here to view tariff

Trade Remedies

• India – Publishes anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of "Polyethylene Terephthalate" (PET) originating in or exported from China PR
  
  
• India – Publishes anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of "Hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) Blends" from China PR.
  
  
• India – Publishes anti-subsidy/countervailing investigation concerning imports of “Clear Float Glass” from Malaysia.
  
  
• India – Publishes list of registered interested parties in the anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of Hydrofluorocarbons (HCF) component R-32 originating in or exported from China PR
  
  
• India – Publishes final findings on anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of Flat Rolled Products of Stainless Steel from China PR, Korea RP, European Union, Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia, USA, Thailand, South Africa, UAE, Hong Kong, Singapore, Mexico, Vietnam and Malaysia

Plant & Plant Products

• India - Publishes relaxation of fumigation regulations for import of agricultural commodities.
  
  
• Vietnam – Publishes national technical regulations on requirements for plant quarantine subject to imports
  
  
• India - Publishes order related to enforcement drives to check on sale of adulterated spices 
  
  
• Vietnam - Publishes national technical regulations on requirements for phytosanitary objects imported.
  
  
• Russia - Establishes the features of laboratory research in the field of plant quarantine 

Food

• India - Extends implementation timeline upto 1 July 2021 for the compliance of Food Safety and Standards (Food Product
  Standards and Food Additives) related to the standards of Packaged Drinking Water (other than Mineral Water)
  
  
• India – Publishes order related to guidelines for the disposal of seized and rejected food items
  
  
• India – Issued letter related to improving vigilance administration: Increasing transparency in the departments of food safety (DoFS) of States / UTs

Chemicals & Medical Supplies

• Australia – Publishes Poisons Standard February 2021
  
  
• USA - Certain pesticide registrations of Tetrachlorvinphos cancelled

Engineering & Electronics

• India – Publishes Steel and Steel Products (Quality Control) Order, 2020
  
  
• South Korea – Publishes rules for importation of construction machinery
  
  
• Russia – Publishes technical regulation on the safety of light industry products
  
  
• Kenya - Publishes notice to importers on used/ second hand motor vehicles

Regulatory Developments in India

• India - Issued a notification for the utilization of the spent generated from the processed residue/ waste containing chloride from the catalyst manufacturing industries for recovery of Titanium Dioxide
  
  
• India - Issued a notification for the utilization of the spent sodium hypo Chlorite along with fresh/ spent caustic solution for manufacturing of sodium hypo chlorite
  
  
• India - Issued a notification for the utilization of the ETP sludge from textile industry for energy recovery.
  
  
• India – Goa issues Excise Duty (Amendment) Rules, 2020 to further amend the Goa, Daman and Diu Excise Duty Rules, 1964
  
  
• India – West Bengal government issues notification for the introduction of single online application to ease the process and enable business entities to obtain a single certificate for Trade License and registration of Shop License 

Click here for more details on Weekly Trade Alerts from 18 - 24 December 2020 from the India Trade Portal.

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