Import/Export Industry Notifications

With rains taking a breather in Mumbai after a two-day downpour, the JNPT at Navi Mumbai had its insurance survey team finally visit the damaged ship-to-shore crane site along with port officials. The survey is on at present. The insurance covers the full replacement of damaged cranes alongside the loss of business that would occur due to the absence of these cranes. Strong winds coupled with heavy rains hit three out of nine ship-to-shore cranes of JNPT. All the three cranes that collapsed were of Jawaharlal Nehru Port Container Terminal (JNPCT), which is the port’s terminal.

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The National Seed Association of India (NSAI) has been asking the Centre to put its agencies on high alert against Chinese seeds penetrating Indian fields. Following that, the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has issued an office memorandum on the matter. Stating that unsolicited seed parcels can be a threat to India’s bio-diversity, the Ministry has asked State Agriculture Departments, agriculture universities, seed associations, certification agencies, seed corporations and the ICAR to be vigilant about suspicious seed parcels.

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Further to the labour dispute at the Port of Montreal as well as vessel diversions, HAPAG LLOYD provides a further update. The Montreal Longshoremen’s Union (MLU) has now provided 72-hour notice for an unlimited strike which will commence at 07:00 on Monday, August 10, 2020. Labour issues involving the MLU decision to implement an unlimited strike of its operations in Montreal are events well beyond our control.

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After the unfortunate event in Beirut, the container terminal suffered only minor damages and it has restarted its operations. Following this positive news, HAPAG LLOYD will immediately reinstate services to the Port of Beirut, Lebanon. The first vessel on our Levante Express (LEX) Service to call Beirut will be Mona Lisa (voyage 2031W), on August 14, 2020, and will also deliver import cargo from Fleur N (Voyage 2030W), that omitted Beirut call and discharged it in Damietta.

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The Commerce Ministry has recommended imposition of provisional countervailing duty (CVD) on certain steel products from Indonesia to guard domestic manufacturers from subsidised imports. DGTR in its preliminary findings has recommended the duty after concluding in its probe that ''Flat Products of Stainless Steel'' have been exported to India from Indonesia at subsidised prices. The domestic industry has suffered material injury due to subsidisation of the product and therefore it is necessary to recommend imposition of provisional countervailing duty on these imports.

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HAPAG LLOYD has issued a notification that they are implementing a Pick-Up Fee for Export General Purpose (GP) containers from specific Indian Inlands effective August 21, 2020. With recent global economic developments and the related consequences resulting in equipment deficit situations in some locations, this fee will be added and valid until further notice.

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The provisions of the IMDG Code for the safe preparation, storage, handling and shipment of dangerous goods need to be strictly adhered to by all stakeholders. Stakeholders including ships, ports, shippers, stevedores and transport operators must comply with the codes to ensure no incidents occur while dealing with dangerous goods on-board ships.

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The Union Ministry of Textiles quietly abolished the 28-year-old All India Handloom Board (AIHB) in the last week of July. Established in 1992 with the aim to advise the government in formulating policy for the overall development of the handloom sector, the AIHB played a vital role in safeguarding the interests of weavers and SMEs

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The central government has clarified that the supply of sugar by mills to refineries in Special Economic Zones (SEZ) will be considered to be export for certain benefits available to other mills. The benefits are under for Maximum Admissible Export Quantity (MAEQ) scheme for the current sugar season 2019-20, which was notified to facilitate exports and improve the liquidity of the sugar mills to help them pay for cane purchased from farmers.

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