The Canada Border Services Agency issued a notice detailing duty eliminations and reductions in the Canadian Customs Tariff under the Canada-Costa Rica Free Trade Agreement and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). Both sets of changes took effect Aug. 8. The notice says remission will be granted on goods imported under subheading 4011.90.90, which is now duty-free under CPTPP, for which CPTPP treatment is claimed and that were imported Dec. 30, 2018, through Aug. 7, 2018, “provided the importer makes a claim for remission within two years after the date of importation.”

Recent editions of Mexico's Diario Oficial list trade-related notices as follows:

Brazil is eliminating tariffs on 281 products under its Ex-Tarifario regime, which provides reduced-rate treatment on certain foreign capital and information technology and telecommunications goods, according to an Aug. 12 report from the Hong Kong Trade Development Council. The additions to the list of eligible products include 261 capital goods and 20 IT and telecom goods, the report said. The tariffs will be reduced to duty-free until Dec. 21, 2021, HKT said.

The government of Canada issued the following trade-related notices as of Aug. 9 (note that some may also be given separate headlines):

The Canada Border Services Agency added information about postponed effective dates for advance ruling decisions in an updated Memorandum D11-11-3. Also added were "situations where an advance ruling will not be issued and the request rejected," a "clarification on an advance ruling request for a conditional relief tariff item," and "new procedures for the exchange of information by email between the applicant or their agent and the CBSA," it said.

Argentina launched an antidumping duty investigation on Chinese knitted gloves made of 100 percent “textile materials, coated or covered (including partially) with latex or nitrile,” the Hong Kong Trade Development Council said in an Aug. 7 report. HKTDC said the investigation could lead to AD duties for a five-year period.

The government of Canada issued the following trade-related notices as of Aug. 7 (note that some may also be given separate headlines):

Colombia made several changes to its customs measures to standardize guidance and help improve foreign trade, KPMG said in an Aug. 6 post. The changes, which took effect Aug. 2, strengthen provisions of the country’s Authorized Economic Operator regime, address consequences for failures to submit advance declarations and extend the time frame for clarifying inconsistencies in imported goods from 15 to 30 days, the post said. The changes are “intended to provide certainty and stability with regard to the customs regime,” KPMG said. The changes also include other measures, which are expected to be clarified in a regulatory guidance for implementation issued by the country’s tax authority, KPMG said.

Quebec is increasing the de minimis threshold for non-taxable imports from Mexico from $20 to $40 (in Canadian dollars), according to a July 31 report from KPMG. KPMG said the change is “related to the implementation” of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, but did not specify when the change would take effect.

Brazil suspended the implementation of a regulation relating to its “Ex-Tarifario list,” which allows for duty-free or reduced tariff treatment of certain imports in the information technology and telecommunications sectors that are not available domestically, according to an Aug.1 report by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council. The regulation was criticized by Brazil’s industry, which said it allows “the addition of used goods to the Ex-Tarifario list” and introduces new parameters for comparing “the equivalency of foreign and domestic goods, such as price and delivery times,” the report said.