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October 2000
Mexico Announces Final Antidumping Duties on Imports of U.S. Beef
On April 28, Mexico’s Secretariat of Commerce and Industrial Development (SECOFI) issued a final decision in the antidumping case against U.S. beef and edible beef offals. The new duty structure assigns specific duties on a per kilogram basis, replacing the preliminary ad valorem duty structure imposed on August 2, 1999. The duties on edible beef offals will return to the level that was in effect prior to the preliminary duty structure, but U.S. Certified Angus beef and USDA Prime beef cuts are exempted from compensatory duties. Of concern is the requirement that to receive a "preferential duty," exports must grade USDA Choice or Select and be exported within 30 days of production. Ungraded beef as well as beef which is more than 30 days old will be assessed the highest duty.
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For more information, contact the author, Tony Halstead, of the Dairy, Livestock and Poultry Division, Foreign Agricultural Service.
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