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Trade Update 34

A. Procedure and Criteria for submission and approval of applications for export of Diagnostic kits and their component/laboratory regents
The Directorate General of Foreign Trade vide Trade Notice no.39/2020-21 dated January 19,2021, has notified the quota for diagnostic kits/Laboratory Regents/Diagnostic Apparatus and the procedure and criteria for submission and approval of applications for export of Diagnostic kits and their component/laboratory regents.

Exporters (Only Manufacturers) may apply online through DGFT’s ECOM system for Export authorizations (Non-SCOMET Restricted items) – Please refer Trade Notice No. 50 dated 18.03.2019(notification link). There is no need to send any hard copy of the application via mail or post. Exporters who have already filed an online application for export of these diagnostic kits need not apply again. However, they need to write a mail with the application file number and also submit the documents as described in this trade notice through email at [email protected] mentioning the specific file number in the subject of the mail.

Notification Link
https://content.dgft.gov.in/Website/dgftprod/56d5db2b-acf1-4f49-ab92-aa9a7f1fc792/TN%2039%20F.pdf

Trade Remedy Measures Update
The Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR), Ministry of Commerce and Industry has recently undertaken the following measures concerning trade remedy investigations.
January 19, 2021– Final findings issued in anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of “Newsprint in rolls or sheets excluding glazed newsprint” originating in or exported from Australia, Canada, European Union, Hong Kong, Russia, Singapore and United Arab Emirates.
Notification link:
https://www.dgtr.gov.in/sites/default/files/FF%20NCV%20English%20NewsPrint_0001.pdf

January 19, 2021– Final findings issued in anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of “Soda Ash” originating in or exported from Turkey and USA.
Notification link:
https://www.dgtr.gov.in/sites/default/files/Soda%20Ash%20FF%20English.pdf

• January 20, 2021- Final findings issued in the sunset review of anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of “Methylene Chloride” originating in or exported from China PR.
Notification link:
https://www.dgtr.gov.in/sites/default/files/NCV_English%20Final%20Findings%20Methylene%20Chloride%2020th%20Jan%2C2021.pdf

• January 20, 2021- Final findings issued anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of “Aniline” from China PR.
Notification link:
https://www.dgtr.gov.in/sites/default/files/NCV_English%20Final%20Findings%20Aniline%2020th%20Jan%202021.pdf