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1. Venezuela Provides Duty-Free Treatment to Certain Manufacturing Inputs
The Government of Venezuela issued a decree on 23 October exempting a broad range of imported manufacturing inputs from the applicable import duty and value-added tax for a period of three years...
20 Nov 2009
2. Argentina Continues to Use Criterion Values to Target Imports
Argentina’s Dirección General de Aduanas (Argentinean Customs) has in recent weeks continued its regular practice of reviewing and setting new or amended criterion values for a wide array of imported merchandise of particular interest...
20 Nov 2009
3. Miscellaneous Latin American Safeguard and AD Actions on Chinese Products
Brazil Declines to Impose Safeguard Measures on Recordable Optical Media from All Sources...
20 Nov 2009
4. Latin American Countries Could Use Safeguard Actions to Restrain Mainland Chinese Products
China’s WTO protocol of accession contains a special provision that allows any WTO member to file a safeguard action against any mainland Chinese product through 11 December 2013...
6 Nov 2009
5. Colombia Extends Temporary Increase in Textile, Apparel and Footwear Duties, Suspends Duties on Certain Inputs
Colombia’s Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism issued three decrees on 2 September extending for six months the temporary increase in the most-favoured-nation duty rates for certain textiles, apparel and footwear that entered into force in September 2008...
6 Nov 2009
6. Argentina Expands Non-Automatic Licensing Requirements for Textiles, Apparel and Other Products
Argentina has developed a comprehensive non-automatic licensing regime that covers a broad spectrum of imports...
6 Nov 2009
7. Mexico Amends Allocation Procedures under Special Tariff-Rate Quota for Mainland Chinese Toys
On 14 October 2008, the Mexican government published a regulation that established so-called “transition duties” on imports of a range of mainland Chinese products...
6 Nov 2009
8. Miscellaneous Canadian and Latin American AD/CV Actions on Chinese Products
Canada Makes Final Affirmative AD Determination on Mattress Innerspring Units...
6 Nov 2009
9. Canada Considering Duty-Free Treatment for Large Ships
Canada’s Department of Finance is seeking comments from interested parties by 11 December on a proposal that would provide duty-free treatment through a duty remission order to imports of the following types of seagoing vessels of a length of 129 metres or more: (1) tankers of HTSCA subheading 8901.20 and bulkers, unloaders and cargo vessels of all kinds of HTSCA subheading 8901.90, and (2) ferries of HTSCA subheading 8901.10...
6 Nov 2009
10. WTO Sets February 2010 Deadline for Colombia to Implement Ruling on Port Restrictions and Indicative Prices
As previously reported, a World Trade Organisation dispute settlement panel ruled earlier this year in favour of Panama in a dispute with Colombia regarding certain import measures and port restrictions that allegedly inhibit the access of Panamanian goods to the Colombian market...
23 Oct 2009
11. Additional Requirements Related to Argentina’s Ban on Phthalates in Toys and Childcare Articles Enter into Force
On 11 June 2008, the Argentinean government issued a resolution to prohibit the sale, manufacture, importation or exportation of toys and childcare products made with plasticised materials containing di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), dibutyl phthalate (DBP) or benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP) in concentrations exceeding 0.1 percent...
23 Oct 2009
12. Miscellaneous Latin American AD Actions on Chinese Products
Argentina Issues Affirmative Dumping Determination on Slide Fasteners, Initiates Proceeding on Chlorodifluoromethane...
23 Oct 2009
13. Canada Considers Duty-Free Treatment for Various Manufacturing Inputs
Canada’s Department of Finance is soliciting public comments by 6 November on the government’s intention to eliminate all remaining most-favoured nation tariffs on imported machinery and equipment and manufacturing inputs used by Canadian industry...
9 Oct 2009
14. Miscellaneous Canadian and Latin American AD Actions on Chinese Products
Canada Finds that Dumped Mainland Chinese Footwear Does Not Injury Domestic Industry...
9 Oct 2009
15. Argentina Delays Licensing Requirements for Certain Products
On 14 July, Argentina’s Ministry of Production issued a resolution amending the non-automatic licensing requirements for certain miscellaneous goods (miscellaneous goods import certificate) to include goods classified under NCM...
25 Sept 2009
16. Canada Takes Action to Improve Food Safety
Canada has implemented a number of measures since the beginning of the year aimed at enhancing the safety of imported and domestically-produced merchandise...
25 Sept 2009
17. Brazil Lowers Import Duties on Certain Products
Brazil recently established tariff-rate quotas for imports of the following products to correct a lack of supply in the Brazilian market...
25 Sept 2009
18. Miscellaneous Canadian and Latin American AD Actions on Chinese Products
Brazil Imposes Dumping Duties on Chinese Footwear, Tyres and Syringes...
25 Sept 2009
19. Mexico Formally Implements Transition Duty Provisions on Certain Knitted Apparel from China
Mexico’s Ministry of Economy recently issued a notice advising importers that apparel imports classified under HTSMX 6109.10.01, 6109.90.01 and 6110.20.99 from mainland China, which were subject to antidumping duties as recently as May 2009, are now subject to transition duties...
11 Sept 2009
20. Mexico Proposes New Labelling Requirements for Pre-packaged Food and Energy Standards for Clothes Washers, Amends Safety Standards for Lighters
Mexico’s Ministry of Economy is proposing to amend official Mexican standard NOM-051-SCFI-1994, which establishes specific labelling requirements for domestically-produced and imported pre-packaged food and non-alcoholic beverages...
11 Sept 2009
 
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