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: 13 - 20 Januaryy, 2022 are given under. Please click on a notification for the details.

Trade Policy & Customs

• India - CBIC notifies exchange rate of one unit of foreign currency equivalent to Indian rupees
• India - CBIC allows extension of time period for re-exports of ISO containers meant for transportation of Liquid Medical Oxygen grade
• India - CBIC exempts basic customs duty (BCD) and IGST on goods imported for the purpose of Women’’s Asian Cup India, 2022
• India - DGFT notifies deactivation of all IECs which have not been updated after 01/07/2020 
• India - DGFT amends FTP 2015-20 to lay down the procedure for general authorisation for export of chemicals and related equipments

Trade Remedies

• India - Terminates anti-dumping original investigation concerning imports of “Soda Ash” from UAE and Russia
• India - Publishes final findings regarding the antidumping duty imposed on imports of “Aluminium and Zinc coated flat products” from China, Vietnam, South Korea
• India - Removed anti-dumping duty on “Colour coated / pre-painted flat products of alloy or non-alloy steel” from China and EU

Agriculture

• India - Raw cashew nuts may be considered as “food not specified” until its standards are notified
• Canada - Issues order imposing conditions in relation to secondary control zones in respect of african swine fever
• Chile - Establishes the health requirements for milk and dairy products
• Chile - Establishes phytosanitary requirements for the entry of ships from areas with the presence of the Asian race gypsy moth
• EU - Temporarily increases official controls on certain food and feed of non-animal origin from certain third countries including India
• Russia - Proposes for the inclusion of 11 new quarantine pests to the common quarantine phytosanitary requirements for quarantine products

Processed Food

• India - Proposes amendments to a list of products
• India - Proposes regulations to further amend the Food Safety and Standards (Advertising and Claims) Regulations, 2018
• Kenya - Proposes standards for Milk , Dairy based desserts , Canned beans , Vegetable juices and drinks , Dairy cattle feed premix , etc.

Chemicals & Medical Supplies

• Brazil - Establishes technical requirements for nitrosamines potentially carcinogenic in active pharmaceutical ingredients
• EU - Proposes common specifications for the groups of products without an intended medical purpose
• USA - Amends rules to reduce sulfur hexaflouride emissions from gas insulated switchgear
• USA - Establishes tolerances for residues of trifloxystrobin in or on multiple commodities

Electronics & Engineering

• Brazil - Proposes to update the requirements for certification of mobile phone charger
• South Korea - Proposes amendment to technical regulation for electromagnetic compatibility
• EU - Proposes ecodesign requirements for off mode, standby mode, and networked standby energy consumption of electrical and electronic household and office equipment
• USA - Proposes to amend the test procedure for consumer water heaters and residential-duty commercial water heaters