Everett Eissenstat, senior vice president of global public policy at General Motors, told the Center for Strategic and International Studies that the stricter rules of origin in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement won't “change the whole dynamic” of siting decisions but will be taken into consideration.
The customs duty deferral period that began in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic (see 2003270053) is set to end June 30 and “usual collection activities will return to normal on July 1,” the Canada Border Services Agency said in a June 19 email. The June statements of accounts will display a due date of June 30 that will “include deferred debt from March, April, and May 2020 as well as the current June debt,” the agency said.
The Canada Border Services Agency will decommission “the legacy Other Government Department (OGD) release service options OGD PARS (SO463) and OGD RMD (SO471),” it said in a June 18 email. The agency has delayed the decommissioning several times, most recently due to the COVID-109 pandemic (see 2003250003).
The Canada Border Services Agency provided a list of coming changes to the Departmental Consolidation of the Customs Tariff that are a result of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. The changes take effect on July 1 and are included in a June 18 customs notice.
Government Affairs Canada released information June 16 about tariff preference levels for imports and exports of textiles and clothing under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. The agency issued one notice to importers and another to exporters covering the TPL for goods including “1) wool and cotton or man-made fibre apparel; 2) cotton or man-made fibre fabrics and made-up goods; and 3) cotton or man-made fibre spun yarn.” The agency also issued three other notices to exporters of TPL goods, including: wool and cotton or man-made fiber apparel; cotton or man-made fiber fabric and made-up goods; and spun yarn and metalized yarn.
Canada began accepting applications for “16 new supply-managed tariff rate quotas (TRQs) for dairy, chicken and eggs and egg products effective June 15,” Government Affairs Canada said in a notice. The new TRQs are part of the coming implementation of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. The agency also posted a set of frequently asked questions about the TRQ process under the agreement.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency “is now in a position to gradually resume some inspection services that were temporarily suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic,” the agency said in a recent news release. “The CFIA will continue to monitor developments regarding COVID-19 and make adjustments to its service delivery plans as needed.” The CFIA didn't specify what inspections will restart, but said it “will adopt a risk-based approach to prioritize the resumption of its activities,” and that the resumed services will vary by region depending on local public health guidance.