Recent editions of Mexico's Diario Oficial list trade-related notices as follows:

The 2019 tariff rate quota for "food preparations containing more than 10 per cent but less than 50 per cent on a dry weight basis of milk solids, not in retail packaging" is nearly full, Global Affairs Canada said in a message to industry. As of March 12, 2019, there was only 14 kg of the access quantity remaining, it said in the June 19 message. "As soon as the TRQ level is fully reached, a broadcast message will be released stating that the TRQ is closed for the 2019 quota year and specific import permits under the tariff rate quota will not be issued in respect to the relevant goods." Also, "General Import Permit No. 100 – Eligible Agricultural Goods (GIP No. 100) will cover, for the balance of the 2019 quota year, unlimited imports classified under the 'over access commitment' tariff item number at the 'over access' tariff rate."

The Canada Border Services Agency plans to update its e-commerce program and will no longer be accepting applications for the Courier Low Value Shipment program, the CBSA said in a June 19 customs notice. A moratorium on the applications is effective June 3, it said. "In the interim, the Program will remain in effect for existing participants only," it said.

Brazil published measures June 5 on enforcement of sanctions against people “investigated or accused of terrorism, its financing or related acts,” according to a post from law firm TozziniFreire. The decree includes “sanctions imposed” by United Nations Security Council resolutions, other countries and Brazilian authorities, TozziniFreire said. Sanctions may include import or export restrictions, assets freezes, the post said, and travel restrictions to Brazil. Brazil plans to publish a list of people and entities subject to the sanctions, which are part of a “movement to expand and consolidate the application of sanctions in Brazil” and to demonstrate “the importance of implementing solid trade compliance controls,” according to the post.

Natural Resources Canada recently finalized two amendments to its energy efficiency regulations. In Amendment 15, NRC will bring up to date four existing residential heating categories and add three new categories, as well as five new commercial heating categories. New categories include gas boilers, electric furnaces and water heaters. Amendment 16 applies to nine existing or new product categories. The new residential product categories are portable air conditioners and miscellaneous refrigeration products. Commercial/industrial clean water pumps was the only new category of commercial or industry products. According to NRC's forward regulatory plan, the agency is considering future amendments to the regulations and listed the new and existing product categories being considered for inclusion. "Stakeholders will be formally notified which of these products will be included in Amendment 17 before consultations begin," it said. "Additional products may be added in discussion with stakeholders, provinces and territories."

The World Trade Organization posted a trade policy review of Canada by the WTO Secretariat. The review is dated April 17 but was recently publicly released by the WTO. The review includes a broad look at many ongoing efforts on trade, including an update to NAFTA. "Canada is now following its domestic processes towards the timely ratification and implementation of the Agreement with a view to strengthening our commercial relationship with the United States and Mexico and providing important stability and predictability for Canadian businesses and workers," Canada said in its policy statement that accompanies the WTO review.

China has resumed accepting imports of beef from Brazil, after having suspended them on June 3 after a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy turned up in the Brazilian state of Mato Grasso (see 1906040066), according to a June 13 press release from the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture. China is the only one of Brazil’s trading partners that has a policy of suspending imports when cases of atypical BSE are found, and Brazil’s Agriculture Minister said she will continue negotiating a new protocol with China, the press release said.

The government of Canada issued the following trade-related notices as of June 14 (note that some may also be given separate headlines):

Argentina is adopting new product standards for sunglasses and glasses frames, it said a notice published June 12 in the Boletin Oficial of the Argentine Republic. Effective Dec. 9, imported and domestically produced sunglasses and glasses frames must comply with the international standards ISO 12312-1 and ISO 12870, respectively. Exempt from the new product standards are certain toy glasses, certain eye protection equipment including for sports (such as ski goggles) and sunbeds, medically prescribed glasses for reducing solar radiation and products for direct observation of the sun (such as glasses for viewing solar eclipses). The new product standards include marking and warning label requirements, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council said in an alert. Importers may certify compliance through Dec. 8, 2022, but after that date must demonstrate compliance with reports prepared by an accredited lab, HKTDC said.

The government of Canada issued the following trade-related notices as of June 12 (note that some may also be given separate headlines):