Chinese textiles coming to India to be tested for Azo dyes presence

Textiles and its products coming from China into India will now have to test for the presence of Azo dyes as Beijing has been excluded from the revised exempted list, according to the commerce ministry. The foreign trade policy (FTP) has a list of countries, which are exempted from testing for the presence of this dye in textiles and its articles. The UK has been included in this list, while China was removed. These countries include European Union nations, Serbia, Poland, Denmark, Australia, Canada, Japan, South Korea and the UK. The DGFT has updated the list of countries, which are…