|
Country |
Item |
Details of NTM |
|
United States |
Marine products |
Increased
inspections under the Bio-Terrorism Act, Customs
Bond requirement, Mandatory labeling
discriminating “farm raised” and “wild” with
punitive fines and non-recognition of EIC
certification. |
|
United States |
Paper products |
Non scientific
quarantine restrictions, customs surcharges, eco
labeling stipulations and food safety/ health
standards exist on paper products exports. |
|
United States |
Tobacco |
A TRQ regime
restricts imports. |
|
United States |
Food products |
Detailed labeling
requirements are stipulated with extensive
product and content description. |
|
Argentina |
Processed Marine
Products, Matches, Insecticides, Fungicides,
Plastics, Rubber, Leather, Wood & Paper
Products, Textiles & Clothing, Headgear,
Footwear, Articles Of Iron & Steel, Mechanical &
Electrical Machinery, two wheelers, optical
instruments, furniture, toys, miscellaneous
manufactured articles |
A new regulation
(57 &58/2007 dated 24.08.2007) wherein minimum
import price has been established for specified
product imports from India and some other
countries. Under this the Argentine Customs
authorities can ask for validation of Indian
customs invoice with a full set of original
documents if they suspect that the invoiced
value is less than the minimum import price
established. |
|
Argentina |
Pharmaceuticals |
There is delay in
registration leading to non-viability of
exports. |
|
Australia |
Mangoes |
Australia
maintains ban on the pretext of the presence of
fruit flies and stone weevils. |
|
Armenia |
Agro chemicals and
pharmaceuticals |
Armenia stipulates
registration requirements and mandates
permission for imports and exports |
|
Bangladesh |
Poultry products |
Bangladesh
continues to ban imports despite India gaining
the avian influenza free status. |
|
Brazil |
Pharmaceuticals |
Procedural delays
occur in the clearances, inspections and
registration by the Brazilian Health
Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) |
|
Canada |
Paper products |
Non scientific
quarantine restrictions, customs surcharges, eco
labeling stipulations and food safety/ health
standards exist on paper product exports. |
|
Chile |
Wheat, wheat
flour and sugar |
A complex price
band system wherein a minimum import price (well
above the international price and domestic
prices) is stipulated. On account of a WTO
dispute decision, this band would be lowered by
2% every year from 2008 to 2014 after which a
Presidential review would be undertaken. |
|
China |
Agricultural
products |
Opacity of
Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) measures and
delays in giving clearances |
|
Colombia |
Pharmaceuticals |
The registration
by Colombian Drugs Control and Certification
takes 11 to 12 months, inspections are
undertaken for environmental compliance and a
10% price preference is granted for French
pharmaceutical companies under a bilateral
agreement. |
|
European
Communities |
Bovine meat |
Standards are more
stringent than OIE (World Organization for
Animal Health) Terrestrial Animal Health Code,
a ban is maintained on account of Foot and
Mouth Disease (FMD) and prolonged delay in
upgradation of India’s status to GBR1 (No risk
of BSE) |
|
European
Communities |
Marine products |
Rejection and
subsequent destruction of consignments with
chloramphenicol / nitrofuran residues,
rejections in Italy and France due to presence
of Vibrio Parahaemolyticus without judging the
virulence factors, rejection due to alleged
presence of bacterial inhibitors/ anti-biotic
residues without any confirmatory tests. |
|
European
Communities |
Chemicals |
The Registration,
Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals
(REACH) legislation increases cost of compliance
by € 85,000 to € 325,000 per chemical. |
|
European
Communities |
Engineering and
Electronics |
The stipulation of
CE (originally known by the French term
Conformité Européenne) marking to indicate
conformity with the essential health and safety
requirements increases cost for small and medium
enterprises. |
|
Japan |
Footwear |
The tariff rate
quota (TRQ) restricts imports to the quantum of
the quota. |
|
Korea |
Chemicals,
pharmaceuticals, computer and medical equipment |
Certification
requirements (including prior approval) add on
to the cost of exports. |
|
New Zealand
|
Paper products |
Non scientific
quarantine restrictions, customs surcharges, eco
labeling stipulations and food safety/ health
standards exist on paper products exports. |
|
Norway |
Marine products |
The pathogen
analysis is carried out by the NMKL method which
is not accepted internationally. |
|
Russia |
Meat products |
Standards for
bovine meat are more stringent than the OIE
Terrestrial Animal Health Code, EIC Conformity
certificates are not recognized and
Certification with respect to swine fever and
FMD are insisted upon for poultry exports which
are not relevant.. |
|
Ukraine |
Bovine meat,
coffee, tea, spices, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics,
plastics, leather products, textiles & clothing |
A compulsory
certification with the option of either (a)
certificate of acceptance of foreign
certification by Derzh Standard or (b)
Conformance certificate by Ukrainian Agency.
Though ISO 9000 Standards are adopted by Derzh
Standard, foreign certification recognition
exists only to the extent of international
treaty obligations of Ukraine. |
|
Uzbekistan |
All products |
Cumbersome
procedure for registration and certification, a
custom processing fee @ 0.7% of value and
lengthy procedure for conversion of hard
currency as well as profit repatriation. |
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