British cheese makers looking to export to their products to Canada now must check that their Canadian importer has access to an import license for "non-EU sources," the U.K.'s Department for International Trade said. As of Jan. 1, the U.K. moved from Canada's tariff-rate quota for EU member states to non-EU sources as part of a 2021 trade continuity agreement between the two nations. As a result, U.K. cheese exporters that don't have an importer with a license for non-EU sources will be subject to the full tariffs on cheese.
The U.K. on Dec. 28 updated its Haiti sanctions guidance to reflect the October renewal by the U.N. Security Council of an arms embargo against the country (see 2310240072). The U.K. said under certain cases it may grant certain export licenses for weapons shipments to Haiti, or licenses for a U.N. or U.N.-authorized mission to the country that is intended to “further the objectives of peace and stability in Haiti.”
U.K. exports of chocolate, gin, whiskey, sparkling wine and other “festive treats” increased “significantly” last year after the country’s signing in July of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (see 2307170023), the Department for Business and Trade said Dec. 28. The agency said those goods are being “ordered en masse” by CPTPP countries, especially Singapore, Japan, Mexico and Malaysia. Exports of Scotch whiskey to Singapore have risen by 31% and to Malaysia by 43%, the U.K. said, while sparkling wine exports to Japan have increased by 140%