NAFTA AGRICULTURE
FACT SHEET:
Dry Beans
TREATMENT OF TARIFFS:
- Upon enactment of the NAFTA on January 1,
1994, the United States eliminated the tariffs on dry
beans imported from Mexico. These tariffs varied from 1.1
to 3.3 cents per kilogram.
TREATMENT OF QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS:
- Upon NAFTA implementation, Mexico
converted its import licensing regime for dry beans
imported from the United States (and Canada) to a
transitional tariff-rate quota (TRQ). The TRQ will be in
effect for 15 years.
- For U.S. dry beans, the initial duty-free
quota into the Mexican market was 50,000 metric tons in
1994. This amount grows at a 3-percent annual compounded
rate over the 15-year transition period. The quota for
1998 is 56,275 metric tons.
- U.S. exports to Mexico in excess of the
quota are assessed a tariff (based on the
"tariffication" of Mexico's import license)
initially equal to $480 per metric ton, but not less than
139 percent. Over the first 6 years of the agreement, an
aggregate 24 percent of this over-quota tariff is being
eliminated, with the remainder to be phased-out over the
rest of the 15-year transition period. The over-quota
tariff for 1998 is $384 per metric ton, but not less than
111.2 percent.
- The NAFTA also established a separate TRQ
for Mexico's dry bean imports from Canada. Canada gained
an initial duty-free quota for 1,500 metric tons of dry
beans for 1994. The annual growth rates for Canada's
quota, the initial level of the over-quota tariff, and
the over-quota tariff phase-out are the same as those set
for the United States.
U.S. Dry Bean Trade with
Mexico
Calendar
Year
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1990
|
1991
|
1992
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1993
|
1994
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1995
|
1996
|
Export Value
|
100,433
|
21,662
|
13,344
|
12,699
|
23,667
|
10,140
|
69,046
|
Export Volume
|
151,847
|
37,279
|
23,181
|
21,171
|
36,037
|
18,267
|
108,763
|
Import Value
|
568
|
156
|
382
|
453
|
1,132
|
1,449
|
1,799
|
Import Volume
|
1,740
|
150
|
414
|
1,107
|
3,573
|
3,191
|
2,044
|
Value in $1,000; volume in metric
tons.
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Last modified:
Friday, November 18, 2005
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