The Mexican Tax Administration Service recently released guidance on implementation of electronic cargo manifests for rail cargo at the Nuevo Laredo port of entry. The guidance includes filing instructions for railroad companies, customs agents and Mexican customs officials around the transition, which is scheduled to occur at 2 p.m. on April 29. After that time, these transactions, which may include import, export and transit shipments, will have to be submitted through the Mexican Single Window (VUCEM).

The government of Canada recently issued the following trade-related notices for March 11 (note that some may also be given separate headlines):

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency sent an AIRS update announcing that it changed the release recommendation for the Pacific cupped oyster originating in the U.S from “Refer to CFIA -- NISC” to “Refuse entry" when destined to the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Quebec. The change affects goods of Canadian tariff subheading 03.07.11.1888.75.

The government of Canada recently issued the following trade-related notices for March 8 (note that some may also be given separate headlines):

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

Air carriers, freight forwarders and express couriers that transmit manifests and air waybills to Mexican customs must certify they meet certain data transmission requirements by the end of June or face penalties, the Mexican Tax Administration Service said in a March 6 fact sheet. Under Mexican regulations, anyone transmitting such data in the Mexican single window (VUCEM) will at that time be required to have a point of contact available “24 x 7 x 365” to resolve any issues, implement all web services developed by SAT for transmitting and receiving messages, and complete required testing along with their software developer, SAT said.

The Mexican Tax Administration Service will begin testing on March 11 of electronic transmission of air cargo manifests for goods entering bonded facilities, it said in a fact sheet issued March 6. That transmission must include the number of the bonded facility where the goods are arriving, SAT said, outlining technical requirements for the transmission. Once this information is received, the Mexican Single Window will send a response message, it said.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency sent an AIRS update announcing that it will now recommend refusing entry to African giant pouched rats and squirrels of subheading 0511.99.1294.19. The release recommendation for that subheading had previously been “not regulated by CFIA.”

The government of Canada recently issued the following trade-related notices for March 6 (note that some may also be given separate headlines):

The Mexico Tax Administration Service announced that it has added a functionality in its VUCEM single window to allow downloads in PDF format of receipts of electronic submission of import documentation. Available in the “Consulta Documento Digitalizado” section, the new functionality is available as of March 6, SAT said. Electronic document receipts are required as part of “electronic files” of import and export documentation that must be maintained by importers, exporters and customs agents in Mexico under a regulation that took effect Dec. 22, 2018.