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CBSA Updates D Memo on Importing Energy-Using Products
April 29, 2019 |Americas

The Canada Border Services Agency updated Memorandum D19-6-3 on importing energy-using goods to add some new product requirements. The memo was updated to reflect an amendment that "as of April 30, 2019, adds import reporting requirements for the following new products: battery chargers, commercial pre-rinse spray valves, metal halide lamp ballasts, microwave-ovens, small electric motors, walk-in coolers, walk-in freezers, and whole-home dehumidifiers," the CBSA said. Natural Resources Canada released an updated list of the affected Harmonized System codes in March (see 1903250036). The CBSA also said in an April 25 email that it updated the Single Window Initiative (SWI) Integrated Import Declaration (IID) Regulated Commodities Data Element Matching Criteria. The memo was also updated to account for the amendment that "as of November 1, 2018, removes import-reporting requirements for external power supplies, electric motors and fluorescent lamp ballasts, when they are imported as a component of another end-use product."

CBSA Issues Updated IID Requirements
April 25, 2019 |Americas

The Canada Border Services Agency issued an update to the Electronic Commerce Client Requirements Document (ECCRD) for Integrated Import Declaration, it said in an April 23 email. "The changes identified within this Addendum range from minor corrections/additional instructions to [partner government agency] legislative and regulation rule changes," the CBSA said. "Please note that any item highlighted as a Rule Change or Code Change will be available in the Testing environment in May 2019. Following a 5-month period for client testing, the changes identified in this addendum will be migrated into CBSA’s Production environment in October 2019," it said. CBSA recently said it would delay the retirement of the legacy release options (see 1903280062).

Patent Medicines Eligible for Zero VAT Rate in Mexico, Broker Group Says
April 24, 2019 |Americas

The Mexican Confederation of Customs Broker Associations issued a circular April 22 to clarify value-added tax treatment in Mexico for patent medicines. Based on a review of the applicable laws and regulations prompted by confusion among some CAAAREM members, the association said that imports of merchandise considered by tax and health legislation to be patent medicines are eligible for a zero percent VAT rate. Merchandise classifiable in Chapter 30 of the Mexican tariff schedule, that are covered by Article 7 of the Mexican VAT regulations, have a VAT rate of zero percent at the time they are imported into Mexican territory, said the circular, which was posted by the trade consultancy AJR Comercio Exterior.

Mexico Amends Lists of Products Subject to Import/Export Permit, Product Standard Requirements
April 24, 2019 |Americas

Mexico recently amended its foreign trade regulations to add new tariff subheadings to its lists of products subject to import and export permitting and compliance with product standards, in a notice published in the April 18 Diario Oficial. The new subheadings, which mostly cover fibers, textiles, apparel and footwear of tariff schedule chapters 53-64, include those added in a notice amending the Mexican tariff schedule issued April 10, according to a circular issued by the Mexican Confederation of Customs Broker Associations April 23 that was posted by the trade consultancy AJR Comercio Exterior. The new notice takes effect May 6, though import automatic permits for products of any subheadings that were eliminated in the notice will remain in effect for the duration of the permit's original validity, and any import declarations related to such permits should include the original subheading listed on the permit, CAAAREM said.