IMPLEMENTATION LEVEL

National

AFFECTED FLOW

Inflow

ANNOUNCED AS TEMPORARY

No

NON-TRADE-RELATED RATIONALE

No

ELIGIBLE FIRMS

all

JUMBO

No

TARIFF PEAK

No
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Inception date: 18 Mar 2009 | Removal date: 21 Oct 2011
Still in force

Import tariff

On 18 March 2009, Mexican President Felipe Calderón published a Presidential Decree in the Official Digest of the Federation amending the first article of a Decree from 2003 that established import tariffs on goods originating in the United States. The tariffs imposed are in direct retaliation for the cancellation, by the United States Department of Transportation, of a program allowing the free circulation of a limited number of Mexican transport trucks within U.S. territory.
 
The North American Free Trade Agreement, ratified by the Mexican Senate in 1993, called for the opening of Mexican and American territory to trucks from both countries by 2000. In 2000, Mexico and the United States referred to an arbitration panel to resolve their dispute over the liberalization of trans-border transportation services, and in 2007 a pilot program for the entry of Mexican truck to the United States was initiated. The program was intended to last one year but was extended to 2010 by mutual agreement. In 2009, however, the American Congress prohibited the U.S. Department of Transportation from using funds to continue the program and the pilot project was terminated. According to the Government of Mexico, the end of the pilot project represents the failure of the two parties to reach a mutually satisfactory agreement on the issue of trans-border transportation and to implement the recommendations of the arbitration panel. In the opinion of the Mexican Government, this determination permits Mexico to strike preferential tariffs levied against specific goods originating from the United States of America.
 
Tariffs have been reimposed on numerous categories of fruits, vegetables and forestry products (including Christmas trees); processed food products; alcoholic beverages; consumer textiles and paper products; electrical appliances; and metal products.

 
Update
On 21 October 2011, the Secretary of Treasury and the Secretary of Economy of Mexico, have adopted an Agreement removing all retaliatory import tariffs on the US.

AFFECTED COUNTRIES

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AFFECTED SECTORS AND PRODUCTS

012 Vegetables
0703 Onions, shallots, garlic, leeks and other alliaceous vegetables, fresh or chilled.
070310 Onions and shallots
070320 Garlic
0705 Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and chicory (Cichorium spp.), fresh or chilled.
070511 Cabbage lettuce (head lettuce)
070519 Other
013 Fruits & nuts
0802 Other nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled.
080231 In shell
080251 In shell
0806 Grapes, fresh or dried.
080610 Fresh
0808 Apples, pears and quinces, fresh.
080810 Apples
080830 Pears
0809 Apricots, cherries, peaches (including nectarines), plums and sloes, fresh.
080910 Apricots
080929 Other
080930 Peaches, including nectarines
080940 Plums and sloes
0810 Other fruit, fresh.
081010 Strawberries
081050 Kiwifruit
032 Non-wood forest products
0604 Foliage, branches and other parts of plants, without flowers or flower buds, and grasses, mosses and lichens, being goods of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared.
060420 Fresh
0802 Other nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled.
080290 Other
213 Prepared & preserved vegetables, pulses & potatoes
2004 Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen, other than products of heading 20.06.
200410 Potatoes
200490 Other vegetables and mixtures of vegetables
2005 Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen, other than products of heading 20.06.
200520 Potatoes
200551 Beans, shelled
200559 Other
200570 Olives
200580 Sweet corn (Zea mays var. saccharata)
200599 Other
214 Prepared & preserved fruits & nuts
0802 Other nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled.
080212 Shelled
080232 Shelled
0804 Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas, mangoes and mangosteens, fresh or dried.
080420 Figs
080450 Guavas, mangoes and mangosteens
0806 Grapes, fresh or dried.
080620 Dried
0813 Fruit, dried, other than that of headings 08.01 to 08.06; mixtures of nuts or dried fruits of this Chapter.
081320 Prunes
081330 Apples
081340 Other fruit
081350 Mixtures of nuts or dried fruits of this Chapter
2008 Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere specified or included.
200811 Groundnuts
200819 Other, including mixtures
200820 Pineapples
200840 Pears
200850 Apricots
200860 Cherries
200870 Peaches, including nectarines
200880 Strawberries
200891 Palm hearts
200893 Cranberries (Vaccinium macrocarpon, Vaccinium oxycoccos, Vaccinium vitisidaea)
200897 Mixtures
200899 Other
2009 Fruit juices (including grape must) and vegetable juices, unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter.
200911 Frozen
200912 Not frozen, of a Brix value not exceeding 20
200919 Other
200961 Of a Brix value not exceeding 30
200969 Other
200971 Of a Brix value not exceeding 20
200979 Other
200989 Other
200990 Mixtures of juices
219 Oil-cake; flours & meals of oil seeds; vegetable waxes; etc.
2306 Oilcake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of vegetable fats or oils, other than those of heading 23.04 or 23.05.
230610 Of cotton seeds
230641 Of low erucic acid rape or colza seeds
230690 Other
233 Preparations used in animal feeding; lucerne meal & pellets
2309 Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding.
230910 Dog or cat food, put up for retail sale
230990 Other
237 Macaroni, noodles, couscous & similar farinaceous products
1902 Pasta, whether or not cooked or stuffed (with meat or other substances) or otherwise prepared, such as spaghetti, macaroni, noodles, lasagne, gnocchi, ravioli, cannelloni; couscous, whether or not prepared.
190219 Other
190220 Stuffed pasta, whether or not cooked or otherwise prepared
190230 Other pasta
239 Food products n.e.c.
2103 Sauces and preparations therefor; mixed condiments and mixed seasonings; mustard flour and meal and prepared mustard.
210310 Soya sauce
210320 Tomato ketchup and other tomato sauces
210330 Mustard flour and meal and prepared mustard
210390 Other
2104 Soups and broths and preparations therefor; homogenised composite food preparations.
210410 Soups and broths and preparations therefor
2106 Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included.
210610 Protein concentrates and textured protein substances
210690 Other
242 Wines
2204 Wine of fresh grapes, including fortified wines; grape must other than that of heading 20.09.
220410 Sparkling wine
220421 In containers holding 2 l or less
220429 Other
244 Soft drinks; bottled mineral waters
2201 Waters, including natural or artificial mineral waters and aerated waters, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter nor flavoured; ice and snow.
220110 Mineral waters and aerated waters
220190 Other
272 Carpets & other textile floor coverings
5704 Carpets and other textile floor coverings, of felt, not tufted or flocked, whether or not made up.
570490 Other
5705 Other carpets and other textile floor coverings, whether or not made up.
570500 Other carpets and other textile floor coverings, whether or not made up.
282 Wearing apparel, except fur apparel
3926 Other articles of plastics and articles of other materials of headings 39.01 to 39.14.
392620 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories (including gloves, mittens and mitts)
321 Pulp, paper & paperboard
4816 Carbon paper, selfcopy paper and other copying or transfer papers (other than those of heading 48.09), duplicator stencils and offset plates, of paper, whether or not put up in boxes.
481620 Selfcopy paper
481690 Other
4818 Toilet paper and similar paper, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres, of a kind used for household or sanitary purposes, in rolls of a width not exceeding 36 cm, or cut to size or shape; handkerchiefs, cleansing tissues, towels, tablecloths, serv
481810 Toilet paper
481820 Handkerchiefs, cleansing or facial tissues and towels
481830 Tablecloths and serviettes
481850 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories
481890 Other
322 Books, in print
4901 Printed books, brochures, leaflets and similar printed matter, whether or not in single sheets.
490110 In single sheets, whether or not folded
490191 Dictionaries and encyclopaedias, and serial instalments thereof
490199 Other
325 Printed maps, music, cards, & pictures
4911 Other printed matter, including printed pictures and photographs.
491191 Pictures, designs and photographs
326 Stamps, banknotes, stock certificates, brochures & leaflets
4911 Other printed matter, including printed pictures and photographs.
491110 Trade advertising material, commercial catalogues and the like
491199 Other
327 Registers, notebooks, diaries & similar articles
4820 Registers, account books, note books, order books, receipt books, letter pads, memorandum pads, diaries and similar articles, exercise books, blottingpads, binders (looseleaf or other), folders, file covers, manifold business forms, interleaved carbon s
482010 Registers, account books, note books, order books, receipt books, letter pads, memorandum pads, diaries and similar articles
482020 Exercise books
482030 Binders (other than book covers), folders and file covers
482040 Manifold business forms and interleaved carbon sets
482050 Albums for samples or for collections
351 Paints & varnishes & related products; artists' colours; ink
3213 Artists', students' or signboard painters' colours, modifying tints, amusement colours and the like, in tablets, tubes, jars, bottles, pans or in similar forms or packings.
321310 Colours in sets
321390 Other
353 Soap, cleaning preparations, perfumes & toilet preparations
3304 Beauty or makeup preparations and preparations for the care of the skin (other than medicaments), including sunscreen or sun tan preparations; manicure or pedicure preparations.
330410 Lip makeup preparations
330420 Eye makeup preparations
330430 Manicure or pedicure preparations
330491 Powders, whether or not compressed
330499 Other
3305 Preparations for use on the hair.
330510 Shampoos
330530 Hair lacquers
330590 Other
3306 Preparations for oral or dental hygiene, including denture fixative pastes and powders; yarn used to clean between the teeth (dental floss), in individual retail packages.
330610 Dentifrices
330620 Yarn used to clean between the teeth (dental floss)
330690 Other
3307 Preshave, shaving or aftershave preparations, personal deodorants, bath preparations, depilatories and other perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations, not elsewhere specified or included; prepared room deodorisers, whether or not perfumed or having di
330710 Preshave, shaving or aftershave preparations
330720 Personal deodorants and antiperspirants
330730 Perfumed bath salts and other bath preparations
330749 Other
330790 Other
369 Other plastics products
3924 Tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and hygienic or toilet articles, of plastics.
392410 Tableware and kitchenware
392490 Other
3926 Other articles of plastics and articles of other materials of headings 39.01 to 39.14.
392610 Office or school supplies
392630 Fittings for furniture, coachwork or the like
392640 Statuettes and other ornamental articles
392690 Other
371 Glass & glass products
7013 Glassware of a kind used for table, kitchen, toilet, office, indoor decoration or similar purposes (other than that of heading 70.10 or 70.18).
701328 Other
701337 Other
701342 Of glass having a linear coefficient of expansion not exceeding 5 x 106 per Kelvin within a temperature range of 0 °C to 300 °C
701349 Other
701399 Other
381 Furniture
9403 Other furniture and parts thereof.
940310 Metal furniture of a kind used in offices
940320 Other metal furniture
940330 Wooden furniture of a kind used in offices
940340 Wooden furniture of a kind used in the kitchen
940350 Wooden furniture of a kind used in the bedroom
940360 Other wooden furniture
940370 Furniture of plastics
940389 Other
940390 Parts
382 Jewellery & related articles
7113 Articles of jewellery and parts thereof, of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal.
711311 Of silver, whether or not plated or clad with other precious metal
711319 Of other precious metal, whether or not plated or clad with precious metal
711320 Of base metal clad with precious metal
385 Games & toys
9504 Video game consoles and machines, articles for funfair, table or parlour games, including pintables, billiards, special tables for casino games and automatic bowling alley equipment.
950420 Articles and accessories for billiards of all kinds
950430 Other games, operated by coins, banknotes, bank cards, tokens or by any other means of payment, other than automatic bowling alley equipment
950450 Video game consoles and machines, other than those of subheading 9504.30
950490 Other
389 Other manufactured articles n.e.c.
9608 Ball point pens; felt tipped and other poroustipped pens and markers; fountain pens, stylograph pens and other pens; duplicating stylos; propelling or sliding pencils; penholders, pencilholders and similar holders; parts (including caps and clips) of t
960810 Ball point pens
960820 Felt tipped and other poroustipped pens and markers
960830 Fountain pens, stylograph pens and other pens
960840 Propelling or sliding pencils
960860 Refills for ball point pens, comprising the ball point and ink reservoir
960899 Other
9609 Pencils (other than pencils of heading 96.08), crayons, pencil leads, pastels, drawing charcoals, writing or drawing chalks and tailors' chalks.
960910 Pencils and crayons, with leads encased in a rigid sheath
960920 Pencil leads, black or coloured
960990 Other
393 Metal wastes or scraps
8548 Waste and scrap of primary cells, primary batteries and electric accumulators; spent primary cells, spent primary batteries and spent electric accumulators; electrical parts of machinery or apparatus, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter.
854810 Waste and scrap of primary cells, primary batteries and electric accumulators; spent primary cells, spent primary batteries and spent electric accumulators
429 Other fabricated metal products
8302 Base metal mountings, fittings and similar articles suitable for furniture, doors, staircases, windows, blinds, coachwork, saddlery, trunks, chests, caskets or the like; base metal hatracks, hatpegs, brackets and similar fixtures; castors with mountings
830210 Hinges
830220 Castors
830230 Other mountings, fittings and similar articles suitable for motor vehicles
830241 Suitable for buildings
830242 Other, suitable for furniture
830249 Other
830250 Hatracks, hatpegs, brackets and similar fixtures
830260 Automatic door closers
8304 Filing cabinets, cardindex cabinets, paper trays, paper rests, pen trays, officestamp stands and similar office or desk equipment, of base metal, other than office furniture of heading 94.03.
830400 Filing cabinets, cardindex cabinets, paper trays, paper rests, pen trays, officestamp stands and similar office or desk equipment, of base metal, other than office furniture of heading 94.03.
439 Other general-purpose machinery & parts
8418 Refrigerators, freezers and other refrigerating or freezing equipment, electric or other; heat pumps other than air conditioning machines of heading 84.15.
841850 Other furniture (chests, cabinets, display counters, showcases and the like) for storage and display, incorporating refrigerating or freezing equipment
841861 Heat pumps other than air conditioning machines of heading 84.15
841869 Other
841891 Furniture designed to receive refrigerating or freezing equipment
841899 Other
8419 Machinery, plant or laboratory equipment, whether or not electrically heated (excluding furnaces, ovens and other equipment of heading 85.14), for the treatment of materials by a process involving a change of temperature such as heating, cooking, roasting
841940 Distilling or rectifying plant
841950 Heat exchange units
841960 Machinery for liquefying air or other gases
841989 Other
841990 Parts
8421 Centrifuges, including centrifugal dryers; filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus, for liquids or gases.
842119 Other
842121 For filtering or purifying water
842122 For filtering or purifying beverages other than water
842123 Oil or petrolfilters for internal combustion engines
842129 Other
842131 Intake air filters for internal combustion engines
842139 Other
842191 Of centrifuges, including centrifugal dryers
842199 Other
8422 Dish washing machines; machinery for cleaning or drying bottles or other containers; machinery for filling, closing, sealing or labelling bottles, cans, boxes, bags or other containers; machinery for capsuling bottles, jars, tubes and similar containers;
842219 Other
842220 Machinery for cleaning or drying bottles or other containers
842230 Machinery for filling, closing, sealing, or labelling bottles, cans, boxes, bags or other containers; machinery for capsuling bottles, jars, tubes and similar containers; machinery for aerating beverages
842240 Other packing or wrapping machinery (including heatshrink wrapping machinery)
842290 Parts
445 Machinery for food, beverage & tobacco processing; parts
8419 Machinery, plant or laboratory equipment, whether or not electrically heated (excluding furnaces, ovens and other equipment of heading 85.14), for the treatment of materials by a process involving a change of temperature such as heating, cooking, roasting
841931 For agricultural products
841981 For making hot drinks or for cooking or heating food
8421 Centrifuges, including centrifugal dryers; filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus, for liquids or gases.
842111 Cream separators
446 Machinery for textile, apparel & leather production; parts
8450 Household or laundrytype washing machines, including machines which both wash and dry.
845020 Machines, each of a dry linen capacity exceeding 10 kg
845090 Parts
448 Domestic appliances & parts
8418 Refrigerators, freezers and other refrigerating or freezing equipment, electric or other; heat pumps other than air conditioning machines of heading 84.15.
841810 Combined refrigeratorfreezers, fitted with separate external doors
841821 Compressiontype
841829 Other
841830 Freezers of the chest type, not exceeding 800 l capacity
841840 Freezers of the upright type, not exceeding 900 l capacity
8419 Machinery, plant or laboratory equipment, whether or not electrically heated (excluding furnaces, ovens and other equipment of heading 85.14), for the treatment of materials by a process involving a change of temperature such as heating, cooking, roasting
841911 Instantaneous gas water heaters
841919 Other
8422 Dish washing machines; machinery for cleaning or drying bottles or other containers; machinery for filling, closing, sealing or labelling bottles, cans, boxes, bags or other containers; machinery for capsuling bottles, jars, tubes and similar containers;
842211 Of the household type
8450 Household or laundrytype washing machines, including machines which both wash and dry.
845011 Fullyautomatic machines
845012 Other machines, with builtin centrifugal drier
8516 Electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters; electric space heating apparatus and soil heating apparatus; electrothermic hairdressing apparatus (for example, hair dryers, hair curlers, curling tong heaters) and hand dryers; ele
851610 Electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters
851621 Storage heating radiators
851629 Other
851631 Hair dryers
851632 Other hairdressing apparatus
851633 Handdrying apparatus
851640 Electric smoothing irons
851650 Microwave ovens
851660 Other ovens; cookers, cooking plates, boiling rings, grillers and roasters
851671 Coffee or tea makers
851672 Toasters
851679 Other
851680 Electric heating resistors
851690 Parts
449 Other special-purpose machinery & parts
8419 Machinery, plant or laboratory equipment, whether or not electrically heated (excluding furnaces, ovens and other equipment of heading 85.14), for the treatment of materials by a process involving a change of temperature such as heating, cooking, roasting
841932 For wood, paper pulp, paper or paperboard
841939 Other
452 Computing machinery & parts
8517 Telephone sets, including telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks; other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, including apparatus for communication in a wired or wireless network (such as a lo
851769 Other
469 Other electrical equipment & parts
8548 Waste and scrap of primary cells, primary batteries and electric accumulators; spent primary cells, spent primary batteries and spent electric accumulators; electrical parts of machinery or apparatus, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter.
854890 Other
472 Television & radio transmitters; cameras; telephone sets
8517 Telephone sets, including telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks; other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, including apparatus for communication in a wired or wireless network (such as a lo
851711 Line telephone sets with cordless handsets
851712 Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks
851718 Other
851761 Base stations
851762 Machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus
474 Parts for the goods of classes 4721 to 4733 & 4822
8517 Telephone sets, including telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks; other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, including apparatus for communication in a wired or wireless network (such as a lo
851770 Parts
481 Medical & surgical equipment & orthopaedic appliances
8419 Machinery, plant or laboratory equipment, whether or not electrically heated (excluding furnaces, ovens and other equipment of heading 85.14), for the treatment of materials by a process involving a change of temperature such as heating, cooking, roasting
841920 Medical, surgical or laboratory sterilisers
483 Optical instruments & photographic equipment; parts thereof
9004 Spectacles, goggles and the like, corrective, protective or other.
900410 Sunglasses
900490 Other

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