Adobe will deactivate some of its accounts in Venezuela by Oct. 29 to comply with U.S. sanctions, according to an unofficial translation of a notice released by the company. Adobe said it is working with customers and distributors to offer them refunds for “any paid license” periods. “We will carefully follow the course of events and try to restore services in Venezuela as soon as possible when the law permits,” the notice said.

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

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

Mexico’s Secretariat of Finance recently issued its 2019 edition of its General Regulations on Foreign Trade. Among other things, the new edition changes the deadline for customs clearance of disassembled machines, production lines or disassembled prefabricated buildings to 90 calendar days (previously it was a period of three months), said a circular from the Mexican Confederation of Customs Broker Associations (CAAAREM). The change takes effect Dec. 1, 2019. More information is available in a Latin American Confederation of Customs Brokers (CLAA) circular.

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

The government of Canada issued the following trade-related notices as of Oct. 4 (note that some may also be given separate headlines):

The Canada Border Services Agency plans to again push back the sunset date for legacy release options as part of the Single Window Initiative and Integrated Import Declaration transition, the agency said in an Oct. 2 email. "Due to the delay in issuing the Single Window Initiative (SWI), Integrated Import Declaration (IID) ECCRD Addendum, the deadline to sunset the legacy Other Government Department (OGD) release service options (OGD PARS and OGD RMD) will be extended to April 1, 2020," the agency said. "The SWI IID ECCRD Addendum includes the necessary functionality that will enable TCPs to be able to process co-regulated shipments, and, as such decommissioning cannot occur until this functionality has been implemented." The CBSA released the addendum document on Oct. 2.

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

Brazil added another 147 items to its list of foreign capital, information technology and telecommunications goods exempt from import tariffs under its Ex-Tarifario regime, according to an Oct. 3 report from the Hong Kong Trade Development Council. Tariffs will be reduced to zero, from 16 percent or 14 percent, the report said, and many of the additional goods “could potentially be imported” from China and Hong Kong. The additions include 136 capital goods and 11 IT and telecom goods and will be exempt from tariffs through Dec. 31, 2021, the HKTDC said. Brazil added 281 products to its Ex-Tarifario regime in August (see 1908120042).

Argentina expanded its authorized economic operator program to include customs brokers, customs agents and “road transport shippers linked to foreign trade,” according to an Oct. 3 report from the Hong Kong Trade Development Council. To participate in the AEO program, the brokers, agents and shippers must meet certain tax compliance and “commercial registration systems” requirements,” the report said. The change is part of Argentina’s effort to align its AEO program with the World Customs Organization's parameters, the HKTDC said.