Reiterated today (15.4.2025) her commitment to dialogue with USAthe government of Mexicoabout the 21% duties announced yesterday, the US president, in Mexican tomatoes.
More specifically, the Trump government announced its intention to withdraw from a 2019 bilateral agreement with Mexico allowing the US market without customs duties to be imported into the US market, which will be implemented by mid -July and imposes an additional 21%. The US government argued that “the agreement did not allow US producers to protect from Mexican imports with unfair prices.”
The new duty will come into force in mid -July. “A 90 -day period opens, we will talk to the US,” Mexican Minister of Agriculture Julie Berdege told reporters.
Almost all exports of this product from Mexico are destined to the US, according to data from the US Department of Agriculture. Mexican tomatoes range from 76% to 98% of different species imported into the US.
The US government’s decision was not “notified to the Mexican government” but to Mexican tomato producer lawyers in the US, President Claudia Seinbaum stressed during her daily press conference. “This is not right,” he said.
Overall, 90% of the tomatoes imported into the US come from Mexico, Georgia Minister Berdege reminded, anticipating real risks of prices in the US.
“They will pay more for their salads and ketchups. They will not be able to replace us because there are not many countries that produce this amount of excellent tomatoes at very reasonable prices. “
Mexico, the largest US partner in the US, has been turned after Donald Trump has 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 the 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.
Source: RES – EIA