Mexico establishes quota for duty-free Pork Meat imports
Mexico will allow 10,000 tons of pork meat to be imported through a so-called tariff-rate quota until December 31st 2021. This move comes after local prices keep rising and the Government pushes for more competitiveness to avoid a hard hit on Mexican household’s income.
Mexico’s pork market has experienced a stark price rise since the beginning of 2021, mainly due to a decrease in national production and imports, record levels of meat export and a constant increase in the price of corn – used mainly as livestock feed.
In order to counteract this price hike and alleviate the impact on Mexican consumers, the Mexican Government decided to establish a preferential import tariff-rate (essentially a zero-duty) quota for pork meat of 10,000 tons until the end of the year. This quota applies to carcass, half carcass, legs, shoulders and boneless pieces (tariff codes 0203.11.01, 0203.12.01, 0203.19.99, 0203.21.01, 0203.22.01 and 0203.29.99).
For more details and exact procedures, interested Dutch companies (certified by the Mexican authorities) are referred to the announcement in the Diario Oficial de la Federación (Mexico’s Official Gazette - see below) and to contact their Mexican importing partner or contact the Agricultural Team at the Embassy in Mexico City.
In 2020 Mexico imported US 1,359 million worth of Pork Meat, mainly from the United States (90.4%) and Canada (9.6%).
Similar measures were announced for beef and poultry meat imports. The Netherlands is however not yet authorized to export beef and poultry meat to Mexico.