The Government of Canada issued the following additional notices from December 17-31, 2010 that were not previously included in International Trade Today:
The Chinese government has announced that on January 1, 2011, mainland China and Taiwan began implementing the "early harvest program" of the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement, under which mainland China will reduce tariffs on 539 Taiwanese goods and Taiwan will drop the duties on 267 mainland goods. Duties for these products will be reduced to zero within two years. China's Customs will work to provide ease of movement to products listed in the ECFA, including agricultural and mechanical products, chemicals, electronics, auto parts, textiles, medicine, etc.
The European Union issued the following trade-related releases on January 4, 2011:
Brazil's Foreign Trade Chamber (Camex) announced on December 28, 2010 that it was raising import duties on 14 types of toys (dolls, electric trains, tricycles, puzzles, etc) from 20 to 35%. The increase will remain in effect until December 31, 2011. It was requested by the Brazilian Association of Toy Manufacturers to combat an increase in toy imports and will largely affect toys manufactured in China as they account for nearly 80% of Brazilian toy imports.
In the January 4, 2011 edition of the Official Journal of the European Union, the following trade-related notices were posted:
The Government of Canada issued the following notices on December 19, 2011:
In the December 31, 2010 edition of the Official Journal of the European Union, the following trade-related notices were posted:
The Government of Canada issued the following notices on January 2, 2011:
China’s Ministry of Commerce has announced that the 10th China International Consumer Goods Fair will be held on June 8-12, 2011 in Ningbo. According to MOFCOM, the China International Consumer Goods Fair is the largest professional international consumer goods fair in China.
China has confirmed its international commitment to guarantee the quality of its bulk exports, a senior official in the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine recently announced. Wang Xin, director of the administration's department for supervision of inspections, said the country was committed to a range of actions, including enhancing cooperation with the international community, to guarantee the supervision and inspection of bulk export commodities.