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Voluntary Report - public distribution Date: 1/6/2003
GAIN Report Number: MX3003
MX3003
Mexico
Poultry and Products
Creation of Tariff Lines for Chicken Leg Quarters
2003
Approved by:
William L. Brant
U. S. Embassy
Prepared by:
Dulce Flores
Report Highlights:
The Secretariat of Economy published on December 31, 2002, in the Diario Oficial (Federal Register), a decree creating new tariffs lines for chicken leg quarters.
Includes PSD Changes: No
Includes Trade Matrix: No
Unscheduled Report
Mexico [MX1], [MX]
Introduction: This report summarizes an announcement published in Mexico’s “Diario Oficial” (Federal Register) on December 31, 2003.
Disclaimer: This summary is based on a cursory review of the subject announcement and therefore should not, under any circumstances, be viewed as a definitive reading of the regulation in question, or of its implications for U.S. agricultural export trade interests. In the event of a discrepancy or discrepancies between this summary and the complete regulation or announcement as published in Spanish, the latter shall prevail.
FAS/Mexico’s Executive Summary: The Secretariat of Economy (SE) published on December 31, 2002, in the Diario Oficial (Federal Register), a decree creating new tariff lines for chicken leg quarters as follows:
CODE / DESCRIPTION / UNIT OF MEASURE / AD-VALOREMIMPORT / EXPORT
0207.13.03 / Legs, thighs or leg quarters, fresh or chilled / Kg / 240 / Ex
0207.14.04 / Legs, thighs or leg quarters, frozen / Kg / 240 / Ex
Trade Concerns: As reported in MX2166, the SE published a resolution that began the investigation of bilateral safeguard measures on imported U.S. chicken leg quarters, classified under tariffs 0207.13.99 and 0207.14.99. Since these classifications were for “Other” chicken products, the Federal Government is creating specific lines for chicken leg quarters, and now, the new tariff lines will replace the old ones. The tariffs listed above do not apply to imports of U.S. leg quarters. Imports of U.S. leg quarters are subject to zero duty as of January 1, 2003.
Title: Decree which creates, modifies and eliminates different tariff lines from the General Tax Law of Imports and Exports.
Important Dates
1. Publication Date: December 31, 2002
2. Effective Date: January 1, 2003
For More Information:
Fax: 011-52-55-5080-2776
Internet Connections
FAS Mexico Web Site: We are available at http://www.atomexico.gob.mx or visit our headquarter's home page at http://www.fas.usda.gov for a complete selection of FAS' worldwide agricultural reporting.
Useful Mexican Web Sites: Mexico's equivalent of the Department of Agriculture (SAGARPA) can be found at www.sagarpa.gob.mx and Mexico's equivalent of the Department of Commerce (SE) can be found at www.se.gob.mx These web sites are mentioned for the readers' convenience but USDA does NOT in any way endorse, guarantee the accuracy of, or necessarily concur with the information contained on the mentioned sites.
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