: The commercial restrictions imposed by the USA. Through standards and other compliance are the next for the European Union on a platform that the Government is organizing based on the comments of the national industry.
The Department of Commerce, which is testing the portal, has received 24 complaints related to recent commercial barriers erected by the EU, followed by the United States (22) and China (20), some of which have already been marked by Indian officials during their interaction with American homologists.
The list includes several standards related to the labeling of toys safety Indian exporters ship. In the same way, the textile sector has its own set of complaints, which include regulations on consumer safety, the regulation of the environmental sustainability footprint, the labeling of chemicals and requirements that cause cancer in the country of origin, and each is expected to add the cost of compliance for the Indian industry.
Similarly, diamond exporters want certain exemptions on the requirements related to countries of mining origin after the sanctions of G7 to Russia, highlighting how the rules could affect exports of goods worth $ 8 billion. Exporters have highlighted issues related to the recognition of BIS certification for gold and silver bars.
The Export Development Authority of Agricultural and Processed Food Products has marked how US authorities have restricted the export of grapes despite the agency under the scope of the Department of Commerce that complete the required compliance. He has also suggested that the United States government must authorize more organic food certification agencies until signing mutual recognition agreements.
The authorities said that the Indian authorities have also raised the issue of the expensive registration and FDA rules of the United States.
While Ustr presents an annual report, Indian does not intend to do so. “Each country imposes restrictions and the idea is to assemble them in a place so that they can stand out during conversations with commercial partners,” said an official.
The official also justified some of the problems marked in the last USTR report, arguing that some of the specifications in the country are due to religious or cultural factors, such as the requirement that dairy products should not be livestock that has been fed with food for animals that had meat. In addition, security concerns were the other area that resulted in some of the checks.