NAFTA AGRICULTURE FACT SHEET:
Fresh Grapes

TREATMENT OF TARIFFS:

• Upon enactment of the NAFTA on January 1, 1994, the United States eliminated the seasonal tariffs on imports of fresh grapes from Mexico. The U.S. seasonal tariffs were $1.41 per cubic meter for the period February 15 to March 31 and $2.12 per cubic meter for July 1 to February 14; imports from Mexico already entered duty-free during the rest o the year.

TREATMENT OF QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS:

• Upon enactment of the NAFTA, Mexico converted its import licensing regime for fresh grapes imported from the United States to tariff-only treatment.
• Under the NAFTA, the 20-percent Mexican import tariff on U.S. fresh grapes for the period October 15 to May 31 was eliminated. For the other part of the year, the initial 20-percent tariff is being reduced to zero over a 10-year period. The tariff rate on fresh grapes from June 1, 1998 to Oct. 14, 1998, is 10 percent.

U.S. Fresh Grape Trade with Mexico

Value in $1,000; volume in metric tons.

Last modified: Friday, November 18, 2005