The Canadian government issued the following trade-related notices as of June 24 (note that some may also be given separate headlines):

Peru is aiming to digitize all of its trade operations to avoid COVID-19 exposure and to speed up cargo clearances, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council said in a June 23 notice. Peru issued regulations that will no longer require trade operators to obtain “different signatures and approvals” at ports, warehousing facilities, shipping line warehouses and maritime agency offices throughout the country, HKTDC said. Peru also emphasized that customs officials cannot require original copies of a document if it has been “properly submitted” through the country’s single window for trade. Peru hopes the regulations allow “all operations linked to the international trade logistics chain” to be conducted electronically, the HKTDC said.

CBP extended its travel restrictions on the northern and southern borders through July 21. The travel restrictions were to expire June 22 (see 2005210015). The travel bans do not apply to cargo, and exempt crossing the border from Canada or Mexico to work in the U.S.

The government of Canada issued the following trade-related notices as of June 22 (note that some may also be given separate headlines):

The government of Canada issued the following trade-related notices as of June 19 (note that some may also be given separate headlines):

Everett Eissenstat, senior vice president of global public policy at General Motors, told the Center for Strategic and International Studies that the stricter rules of origin in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement won't “change the whole dynamic” of siting decisions but will be taken into consideration.

The customs duty deferral period that began in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic (see 2003270053) is set to end June 30 and “usual collection activities will return to normal on July 1,” the Canada Border Services Agency said in a June 19 email. The June statements of accounts will display a due date of June 30 that will “include deferred debt from March, April, and May 2020 as well as the current June debt,” the agency said.

The Canada Border Services Agency will decommission “the legacy Other Government Department (OGD) release service options OGD PARS (SO463) and OGD RMD (SO471),” it said in a June 18 email. The agency has delayed the decommissioning several times, most recently due to the COVID-109 pandemic (see 2003250003).

The Canada Border Services Agency provided a list of coming changes to the Departmental Consolidation of the Customs Tariff that are a result of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. The changes take effect on July 1 and are included in a June 18 customs notice.

Government Affairs Canada released information June 16 about tariff preference levels for imports and exports of textiles and clothing under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. The agency issued one notice to importers and another to exporters covering the TPL for goods including “1) wool and cotton or man-made fibre apparel; 2) cotton or man-made fibre fabrics and made-up goods; and 3) cotton or man-made fibre spun yarn.” The agency also issued three other notices to exporters of TPL goods, including: wool and cotton or man-made fiber apparel; cotton or man-made fiber fabric and made-up goods; and spun yarn and metalized yarn.