The government of Canada issued the following trade-related notices as of Oct. 2 (note that some may also be given separate headlines):

The Mexican Secretariat of Economy on Sept. 27 published a notice listing the names and tax numbers of maquiladoras that are being terminated from the Industria Manufacturera, Maquiladora y de Servicios de Exportacion (IMMEX) program for non-compliance with reporting requirements. The list of about 170 companies includes those that failed to submit required annual reports, or submitted reports that did not comply with Mexican regulations.

The Supply-Managed Trade Controls Division of Global Affairs Canada updated its public documents page related to the tariff rate quota administration for supply-managed products, GAC said in an Oct.1 message to industry. "The Notices to Importers have been reformulated in plain language," the agency said. "There is no change to existing ministerial policies. In order to eliminate information duplicated across many of the Notices to Importers, general information has been centralized in one document. Finally, one document that sets out key dates and access quantities for the various TRQs has been created to facilitate the updating and consultation of this information."

The government of Canada issued the following trade-related notices as of Sept. 30 (note that some may also be given separate headlines):

Argentina extended for 360 days an export ban on certain iron and steel waste intended for consumption, according to a Sept. 30 report from the Hong Kong Trade Development Council. The extension is aimed at maintaining a “steady supply of raw materials for domestic manufacturers,” the report said.

The government of Canada issued the following trade-related notices as of Sept. 27 (note that some may also be given separate headlines):

The government of Canada issued the following trade-related notices as of Sept. 25 (note that some may also be given separate headlines):

Mexico is again allowing more time for importers to comply with new certificate of compliance requirements for some Mexican product standards at the time of entry, the Mexican Confederation of Customs Broker Associations said in a recent circular. After two previous 15-day extensions, an importer will now have a longer grace period extending until Oct. 31 to obtain a certificate of compliance from a recognized certification body. Until the time period expires, importers that have not yet obtained the certificate may continue their current operations unchanged, as long as they submitted their request to the certification body by June 30 and include a receipt number for the request in their entry documentation.

Mexico is increasing tariffs and creating new tariff schedule provisions for iron and steel products, according to a notice in the Sept. 20 Diario Oficial. The country is creating 82 new tariff subheadings to identify different types of iron and steel, modifying 25 subheadings and eliminating 21, all to improve monitoring required under the agreement to end U.S. Section 232 tariffs on Mexico. Mexico is also increasing tariffs to 15 percent for more than 200 subheadings covering iron and steel products that were previously dutiable at 3 percent to 5 percent, and is modifying the text of 22 other subheadings and increasing the applicable tariff rate to 15 percent, said a Mexican Confederation of Customs Broker Associations (CAAAREM) circular posted by the consultancy AJR Mexico. Rates will be decreased every two years by 5 percent, so duties on these subheadings will fall to 10 percent in 2021 and to 5 percent in 2023 before being eliminated entirely in 2024. Mexico is also increasing tariffs on other tariff subheadings for iron and steel products, and adding iron and steel products to maquiladora and sectoral promotion programs. The changes took effect Sept. 22.

The government of Canada issued the following trade-related notices as of Sept. 23 (note that some may also be given separate headlines):