On June 5, 2018, the Mexican Ministry of Economy published a decree in the government’s Diario Oficial, which modifies Mexico’s Tariff of the General Import and Export Tax Law on goods originating in North America.

 The decree, containing 10 articles, suspends preferential duty rates for 71 statistical breakouts on goods originating in the U.S., with duties on most of these goods increasing from 0% to either 20% or 25%.

 The decree further establishes that the origin of the goods will be determined based on the Country Rules of Origin contained in Annex I of the August 30, 1984 Diario Oficial. Any mark, label or legend that identifies these goods originating in the US or coming from the US is evidence of applicable origin.

 The goods affected in these changes include pork legs and edibles, cheese, apples, preserved potatoes, blueberries, hot and cold rolled steel, flat steel products, steel wire rods, steel bars, steel profiles, steel pipes and tubes, steel rebar, aluminum household goods, motored boats, industrial electric fans, electric lamps, and metal furniture.

For more information please download the Diario Oficial here:

http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5525036&fecha=05/06/2018