NAFTA AGRICULTURE FACT SHEET:
Grain Sorghum

TREATMENT OF TARIFFS:

• Upon enactment of the NAFTA on January 1, 1994, the United States eliminated its tariff of 0.88 cent per kilogram on grain sorghum imports from Mexico.
• Similarly, upon enactment of the NAFTA, Mexico eliminated the 15-percent seasonal tariff on grain sorghum imports from the United States. U.S. grain sorghum enters Mexico duty-free.

TREATMENT OF QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS:

• There are no quantitative restrictions affecting U.S.-Mexico trade in grain sorghum.

U.S. Sorghum Trade with Mexico

Value in $1,000; volume in metric tons. U.S. imports from Mexico are zero or very small.

Last modified: Friday, November 18, 2005