The government of Canada issued the following trade-related notices as of June 3 (note that some may also be given separate headlines):

The government of Canada issued the following trade-related notices as of May 31 (note that some may also be given separate headlines):

The Brazilian Health Agency will soon begin a 60-day public comment period for a proposal to change the “current good manufacturing practice requirements for medicines,” according to a May 28 report from the Hong Kong Trade Development Council. The proposal will follow the guidelines of the Pharmaceutical Inspection Convention and Pharmaceutical Inspection Co-operation Scheme, which covers the U.S., Canada, the European Union, Japan, Australia and South Africa, the report said. The proposal will harmonize Brazilian manufacturing practices with international standards, the report said, and promote “the acceptance of Brazilian medicines in other markets.”

Argentina postponed regulations that would require producers and importers of textiles and apparel to provide identification codes and “sworn statements of product composition” (DJCP) in sales documents, according to a May 28 report from the Hong Kong Trade Development Council. The requirements were postponed until Jan. 1, 2020, the report said. Currently, producers and importers “must provide a declaration with the fibre composition of their products, while footwear producers and importers must provide a declaration with the constituent materials,” the report said, while DJCPs are “generated through the Integrated Foreign Trade System.”

Several Canadian ports temporarily closed May 30 in the latest escalation of an ongoing labor dispute between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the British Columbia Maritime Employers Association, according to multiple reports. The ports later reopened after the two sides came to a "tentative agreement" subject to ratification, according to Deringer.

The government of Canada recently issued the following trade-related notices as of May 29 (note that some may also be given separate headlines):

Canada published a notice on refunds for surtaxes paid on steel goods that were subject to temporary safeguard duties but not final safeguards, in the Canada Gazette, Part II. "The Safeguard Surtax Refund Order provides refunds for provisional safeguard surtaxes paid on imports of rebar, energy tubular products, hot-rolled sheet, pre-painted steel and wire rod, as well as imports of heavy plate and stainless steel wire from Korea, Panama, Peru and Colombia specifically," the notice said. "Refunds are granted for such goods that have been imported on or after October 25, 2018, for which surtaxes have been collected under the Provisional Surtax Order, provided that no other relief of the surtax has been granted."

Canada updated the Customs Tariff with a list of subheadings covered by the final safeguards for steel goods, according to an order to amend the import control list published in the Canada Gazette, Part II. The country announced plans to impose final safeguards on steel plate and stainless rod in April (see 1904040051).

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency will begin to add the first commodity group of a phased-in approach for implementing organic import requirements in the Automated Import Reference System on June 10, the CFIA said in a May 28 email. The agency previously said it would begin the phase-in on May 29 (see 1905070054).

The Canada Border Services Agency updated Memorandum D19-13-2 to include multiple revised definitions and other information. The CBSA said the following changes were made: