Mexico: Mexico Announces Rice Import Tariffs

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On December 10, 2014 the Secretariat of Economy (SE) published in the Diario Oficial (Mexico’s Federal Register) a decree that modifies the Tariff of the General Import and Export Tax Law for imported rice. The decree imposes a 9 percent tariff on imported paddy rice and a 20 percent tariff on husked, long grain and other imported rice. For several months the Mexican Rice Council (MRC) had been lobbying the SE and the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food (SAGARPA), requesting for the re-establishment of rice import tariffs from all countries that Mexico does not have free trade agreements (see 2014 GAIN Report MX4073 “Grain and Feed October Update Mexico”). The United States is exempt from the announced tariffs because of the North America Free Trade (NAFTA) Agreement it has with Mexico

Mexico: Mexico Announces Rice Import Tariffs

 

Exporting, Regulations & Requirements
Western Hemisphere, Mexico
Grains, Feeds and Fodders, Rice

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