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Brazil Updates List of Tariff-Exempt Capital, Telecommunications Goods
December 7, 2020 |Americas

Brazil added 288 items to its list of foreign capital goods and information technology and telecommunications goods subject to duty-free treatment under its Ex-Tarifario regime, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council reported Dec. 4. The 267 added capital goods are classified in Harmonized System chapters 84, 85, 86, 87 and 90, while the 21 added IT and telecom goods are classified in chapters 84, 85 and 90. The goods will benefit from duty-free treatment though Dec. 31, 2021.

Congressional Research Service Says Dairy, Poultry Exports to Canada Growing
November 27, 2020 by Mara Lee|Americas

Although members of Congress have complained that Canada's tariff rate quota changes do not comply with USMCA commitments (see 2008280003), a Nov. 20 Congressional Research Service update on USMCA's agricultural provisions says that dairy exports to Canada in the third quarter of 2020 were 10% higher than in the third quarter of 2019 and 9% above the same period in 2018. It also noted that after four years of decline of U.S. exports of poultry and eggs to Canada, poultry meat exports grew 8% in the third quarter this year compared with the same quarter in 2019, but were only 3% higher than in the third quarter of 2018. Egg exports were flat.

Canada Suspends New Export Permits to Belarus
November 27, 2020 |Americas

Canada stopped issuing new permits for exports and brokering of controlled goods and technology to Belarus due to concerns about the country’s fraudulent presidential election and reports of human rights violations under the new regime, Canada said in a Nov. 9 notice. Canada issued sanctions on Belarusian officials Sept. 29 (see 2009300011). Canadian exporters that were issued permits before Nov. 9 may continue to export during their “period of validity,” the notice said. The country said it will “continue to monitor the evolving situation and may reassess” the decision.

Argentina Announces TRQ for Certain Electric, Hybrid Vehicles
November 27, 2020 |Americas

Argentina announced a tariff-rate quota for six months for up to 1,000 units of certain “electric, hybrid and hydrogen motor vehicles,” the Hong Kong Trade Development Council reported Nov. 24. All in-quota imports will benefit from either duty-free treatment or reduced duties of 2% or 5%, “depending on the product,” HKTDC said.

Brazil Changes Requirement for Imports of Certain US Corn, Soybeans
November 16, 2020 |Americas

Brazil recently issued a “normative instruction” meant to “facilitate” imports of genetically modified corn and soybeans from the U.S., although it remains unclear how much the instruction will benefit U.S. exporters, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service said in a Nov. 9 report. Brazil’s move, made Nov. 3, changes what information importers must provide on the import licenses for the products intended to be used in animal feed or for veterinary use, but does not establish approval for GMO corn and soybean products that are not already approved by Brazil’s National Technical Biosafety Commission, FAS said. “As such, asynchrony in biotech approvals may still present a hurdle to U.S. corn and soybean exports to Brazil,” the report said.