Import/Export Industry Notifications

Kerala state officials announced a minimum support price for farm-fresh fruits and vegetables with effect from November 1. The state will procure the produce when prices drop below cost of production. According to state Agriculture Minister V.S. Sunil Kumar, the government has earmarked ₹1.1billion for the scheme, aiming to fix the right price for the produce, raise production and encourage farming.

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MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company wishes to confirm that vessels continue to experience significant delays upon arrival at ports throughout Australia. The congestion in the port of Sydney, initially caused by weather related incidents and then further amplified by recent industrial action, is now causing extended delays at both the ports of Melbourne and Brisbane.

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Hapag-Lloyd strives to provide you the most reliable service with the broadest coverage. They have implemented changes to the Late Bill of Lading Collection Fee in India. These changes will be effective November 1, 2020 and details can be found online.

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India is investigating imports of copper tubes and pipes from Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand, to determine whether producers in these countries were receiving unfair subsidies. The investigation by India’s Directorate General of Trade Remedies, the investigative arm of the commerce ministry, could result in these imports facing countervailing duties

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Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ) said that it will introduce a new access charge on all trains arriving at Mundra port- the Ahmedabad-based conglomerate’s flagship port and India’s biggest commercial port by volumes handled.

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High winds over the weekend in the UK, added to slow-working at the port of Felixstowe and the cyber-attack on CMA CGM, will result in supply chain misery for weeks. CMA CGM’s UK office has begun taking manual bookings for Southampton calls, while its latest haulage-availability spreadsheet, sent to customers shows that it will not take bookings to and from any port in the UK to any inland destination until at least 12 October.

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A container vessel X-Press Godavari ship has caught fire and Indian Coast Guard ships and aircraft have been deployed for the firefighting operation on September 28. Indian Coast Guard ship Amogh and Dornier aircraft have commenced firefighting operations as ICGS Amrit Kaur and Varad are proceeding to the area for further assistance.

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The government has given additional three months’ time till December to millers to undertake mandatory export of their sugar quota allocated for this year. For the 2019-20 marketing year ending September, the government has allowed export of 6 million tonnes of sugar under the quota to help deal with surplus sugar. Out of 6 million tonnes, 5.7 million tonnes of sugar have been contracted. And about 5.6 million tonnes have been moved from mills

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Due to the recent typhoons, HAPAG LLOYD are currently experiencing some Yard Congestion including a delay in vessel berthing for all Marine Terminals at Pusan Port. To recover yard capacity and productivity some terminals only allow gate-in laden containers which will be loaded onto vessels departing within the next 10 days. Despite various efforts terminals are expect that this congestion will continue further until mid of October.

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