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October 2026 · Issue 1512 items · 27 markets
Canada's surtax on US-origin goods: UK goods are not caught
25 Aug · Department of Finance Canada
In practice: Canada now charges a 15%, 25% or 50% surtax on about CAD 27.6 billion of US-origin goods, from steel and appliances to clothing and cosmetics. The test is US origin, so UK-origin goods are outside it, which gives UK suppliers a price advantage on the listed lines. Two cautions: US-made goods remain caught even if shipped to Canada via another country, and if you supply Canada from a US warehouse or include US components, confirm the origin of each line with a broker.
11 more items in the October 2026 issue.
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Reported 11 Aug
EU packaging rules apply, with PFAS limits on food-contact packaging
In effect since 12 Aug 2026
In practice: Where you send physical product to the EU, get written confirmation from your packaging suppliers that food-contact packaging meets the PPWR PFAS limits: 25 ppb for any individual PFAS and 250 ppb for the sum by targeted analysis, excluding polymeric PFAS, and 50 ppm for total PFAS including polymeric. The limits catch non-intentionally added and polymeric PFAS, so a supplier saying it adds no PFAS is not the same as compliance, and there is no sell-through transition: packaging first placed on the EU market from 12 August 2026 must comply regardless of when it was made, even though labelling, recycled content and recyclability duties only phase in from 2028 and 2030.
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Reported 19 Aug
CBP to void importer of record numbers with inaccurate Form 5106 details
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France's e-invoicing obligation starts on 1 September 2026
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