The Mexico Secretariat of Economy issued two notices April 10 amending the Mexican tariff schedule and making related changes to the PROSEC sectoral promotion and IMMEX maquiladora programs. Notably, the notices reverse tariff cuts previously implemented for footwear, textiles and apparel in February. The changes were detailed in two circulars issued by the Mexican Confederation of Customs Broker Associations (CAAAREM) the following day and posted by Mexican consultancy AJR Foreign Trade.
The government of Canada recently issued the following trade-related notices as of April 10 (note that some may also be given separate headlines):
The Mexican Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit issued a notice April 10 amending its tax regulations related to the labeling of alcoholic beverages. According to a circular issued by the Confederation of Mexican Customs Broker Associations (CAAAREM), among the changes are new provisions on the digital printing of labels that must be adhered to alcoholic beverages, as well as on how to obtain them. The amended regulations also now include provisions on circumstances under which labelers may be prohibited from using digitally printed labels.
Recent editions of Mexico's Diario Oficial list trade-related notices as follows:
The Confederation of Mexican Customs Broker Associations (CAAAREM) issued a circular to its members April 2 clarifying entry documentation for goods withdrawn for consumption from Recintos Fiscalizados Estrategicos (free trade zones) that are not adjacent to Mexican customs, according to a blog post from Mexican law firm Consorcio Juridico Aduanero. Responding to CAAAREM’s request for a legal opinion, Mexican customs told the broker group that two “pedimento” entries must be submitted for such goods, both with code “G9,” one for withdrawal from the FTZ and the other for entry for consumption. The ruling is E/800/02/00/00/00/19-3818-2-87, dated March 29, CAAAREM said.
The government of Canada recently issued the following trade-related notices as of April 8th (note that some may also be given separate headlines):
Recent editions of Mexico's Diario Oficial list trade-related notices as follows:
The government of Canada recently issued the following trade-related notices as of April 5 (note that some may also be given separate headlines):
Three product safety agencies of North America -- the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Health Canada and the Consumer Protection Federal Agency of Mexico -- jointly developed consensus recommendations to improve test methods for ensuring the safety of AC and USB chargers, the CPSC said in an April 4 news release. In trilateral letters to the standards development organizations in the three countries, the agencies recommended new testing to assess potential fire and burn hazards caused by AC and USB chargers for small electronic devices. The effort is the first example of a joint consumer product safety standard recommendation developed among multiple governments that aren’t members of a single administrative region, they said. The goal of the multiyear project is to foster closer alignment of consumer product safety requirements through technical consultations and to seek consensus approaches to consumer product hazards not yet being addressed through formal regulatory or standards work, they said.
Implementation of the Central American Single Declaration (DUCA) in several Central American countries has been delayed until May 7, according to customs agencies in Costa Rica and several other countries in the region. The new electronic declaration, which replaces the Central American Single Customs Form (FAUCA) and the Single Declaration of Goods for the International Terrestrial Customs Transit (DUT), will be used as the goods declaration by the member states of the General Treaty of Central American Economic Operation (i.e., Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama), according to an alert from the Central American law firm Arias. The new declaration had been set to take effect April 1.