Their intention to withdraw the USA by bilateral agreement with the Mexico which has allowed the US market to be imported to the US market without customs duties, a measure to be implemented by mid -July and imposes an additional 21%of additional duties.
“The Agreement did not allow US producers to be protected from imports from Mexico with unfair prices”, and “the Ministry of Commerce has received many comments” requested by the US to retire “and the decision” will allow US producers to compete “. Trade, with a press release.
At the same time, the ministry aims to impose 20.91% from July 14th to reduce dumping practices “in most of the tomato imports of Mexico”.
Almost all exports of this product from Mexico are destined to the US, according to the US Department of Agriculture.
Mexican tomatoes range from 76% to 98% of different species imported into the US.
According to the World Bank, Mexico exported to 2023 some 1.8 million tonnes of tomato in the US, worth $ 2.8 billion (€ 2.4 million).
Mexico has been converted, after Donald Trump returned to the White House in January, a key objective of the customs duties that the Republican president wants.
Mexico and Canada were, after all, the targets of the 25% additional customs customs duties announced in early March, as the US government accused the two neighboring states of not doing enough to limit the entry of immigrants without papers and fentanyl.
Most of the duties were suspended until younger, but Mexico is also affected by 25% customs duties in steel and aluminum and vehicles exported to the US, areas of great importance to the country, as well as for Canada.