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:
The Mexican Secretariat of Economy recently issued a ruling on the application to parts and components of upcoming requirements to submit a certificate of compliance with certain Mexican product standards at the time of entry, according to a May 27 circular from the Confederation of Mexican Customs Broker Associations (CAAAREM) that was posted by the consultancy AJR Comercio Exterior.
A man was ordered to pay a fine of about $22,200 after the Canada Border Services Agency said he tried to smuggle nearly 8,800 pounds of cheese through the Lansdowne, Ontario, port, CBSA said in a My 27 press release. CBSA said the man, Haissam Azzar, entered Canada with “eight skids of undeclared cheese” before being arrested and charged with smuggling. As part of the penalty, Azzar must pay the fine within five years, making a minimum payment of about $750 each year.
Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland submitted a notice "of a Ways and Means motion to introduce an Act to implement the Agreement between Canada, the United States of America and the United Mexican States," in the House of Commons on May 27, according to the official record. That notice marks the beginning of the process for Canada's parliament to ratify the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement.
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 May 24 (note that some may also be given separate headlines):
Canada "is no longer accepting requests from the remission of surtaxes" now that the retaliatory tariffs on the U.S. are no longer in effect, the Department of Finance Canada said in an update to its page on the process for remission requests. Canada officially announced the end to the tariffs on May 20 (see 1905200054).
Recent editions of Mexico's Diario Oficial list trade-related notices as follows:
Canada posted a list of "key dates and access quantities of the various Tariff Rate Quotas (TRQ) for the import of supply managed goods under the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)." Global Affairs Canada mentioned the list as an important update for importers and exporters on May 23.