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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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What changed this month
Canada
CPTPP now applies alongside CUKTCA (since 1 September 2026), and the guide now flags the US-Canada tariff dispute and what it means for goods sent onward to the US.
v1.9 → 2.0
Argentina
Added the ENACOM RAMATEL note and confirmed the 1 September 2026 telecom-homologation date.
v1.2 → 1.3
Argentina
Refreshed the ARCA integrated-tariff references and tidied the customs-procedures section.
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Argentina
Expanded the financial-details section with current BCRA import-payment guidance.
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Romania trade guide
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0.3%of total UK exports
£3.0bnUK exports to Romania
#46UK export market
Entering Romania — UK Exporter Edition. A practical preview for UK exporters considering Romania — a genuinely major European automotive manufacturing base, now a full Schengen member on land, air and sea, with a VAT rate that rose sharply in 2025 — one of 101 markets in the Copernicus Trade Guide Library.
Romania looks deceptively stable at a glance — a long-standing EU member trading under the TCA like other markets in this series — but three material things changed within the last 12-18 months: the VAT rate, the VAT registration threshold, and Romania's Schengen status. The full guide converts each requirement into a checkable workflow, and every material claim has been checked against primary sources, then re-verified through a second, independent human-verification pass (Layer-2).
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Standard VAT rose to 21% and the registration threshold rose to RON 395,000
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Land border checks were lifted on 1 January 2025
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A new emissions-based 'polluter pays' vehicle tax now applies
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