Alerts from the Indian Trade Portal – www.indiantradeportal.in on Tariff/Preferential Tariff/ SPS and TBT measures/ GST  in Exports/ Export incentives/ Export-Import Policy Conditions etc. during the period: 12 -19  September 2024 are given under. Please click on a notification for the details.

Customs & Trade Policy

• CBIC - Publishes Notification to extend the specified condition of exemption to imports of Yellow Peas (HS 0713 10 10)
• CBIC - Publishes Notification on Fixation of Tariff Value of Edible Oils, Brass Scrap, Areca Nut, Gold and Silver
• DGFT - Publishes Further abeyance of Public Notice No. 05/2024 dated 27.05.2024 until 31.10.2024
• DGFT - Publishes Amendment in Export policy conditions of onions
• DGFT - Publishes Extension in Import Period for Yellow Peas under ITC(HS) Code 07131010 of Chapter 07 of ITC (HS) 2022, Schedule –I (Import Policy)

Agriculture

• Kenya - Proposes code of practice applies to fruits and vegetables
• Kenya - Proposes hygienic practice for canned fruit and vegetable products
• Ukraine - Proposes modification on the procedure for issuing, re-issuing, and cancelling confirmations for imports and exports of seeds and planting material samples

Food

• Australia - Proposes to amend the Food Standards Code to align maximum residue Limits
• China - Proposes Technical requirements, sampling, inspection rules, labelling, packaging, transportation, storage, and shelf life of the Bacillus coagulants feed additive
• Ecuador - Proposes Technical Health Regulations to obtain the Health Notification of Foods for Special Regimes
• Kenya - Proposes standard requirements sampling, and testing methods for processed tomato concentrate
• Morocco - Propose set the physico-chemical characteristic on licit and illegal transactions in vegetable fats and oils

Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals

• Brazil - Proposes the inclusion of active ingredient Q06 - CHITOSAN on the Monograph List of Active Ingredients for Pesticides
• Ecuador - Proposes substitute technical health regulations for obtaining health registration, control, and surveillance of biological products for human use
• Japan - Proposes Revision on the Regulation of Manufacture and Evaluation of Chemical Substances
• South Korea - Proposes amendments to the “Enforcement Rule of the Medical Devices Act”
• United States of America - Publishes New performance standards for synthetic organic chemical manufacturing

Electricals

• Argentina - Establishes Technical quality requirements for solar collectors and compact solar systems
• Chile - Outlines the certification process for Outdoor Public Lighting Luminaires
• China - Proposes making EV energy transfer equipment subject to required product certification
• India - Publishes Amendment Regulations, 2024 on Electric Ceiling Type Fans
• Viet Nam - Outlines baseline cybersecurity requirements for surveillance cameras

Other

• Argentina - Establishes technical quality requirements for bars and extruded profiles of unalloyed aluminium and alloys
• China - Outlines the requirements for the design, manufacture and installation, and use management of cliff swings
• India - Publishes Refined Nickel (Quality Control) Order, 2024
• Moldova - Proposes specifies criteria for personal watercraft and recreational craft makers, importers, and distributors
• United States of America - Publishes an assessment of the Safety Standard for Soft Infant and Toddler Carriers