NAFTA AGRICULTURE
FACT SHEET:
Poultry
TREATMENT OF TARIFFS:
- Upon enactment of the NAFTA on January 1,
1994, the United States immediately eliminated tariffs on
poultry imported from Mexico.
TREATMENT OF QUANTITATIVE
RESTRICTIONS:
- When the NAFTA went into effect, Mexico
converted its import licensing regime for fresh, chilled,
and frozen poultry imported from the United States to a
transitional tariff-rate quota (TRQ). The TRQ will be in
effect for 10 years.
- For the United States, the initial
duty-free quota into the Mexican market was 95,000 metric
tons of poultry. This quota grows at a 3-percent annual
compounded rate over the 10-year transition period. For
1998, the poultry quota is 106,924 metric tons.
- Any U.S. exports to Mexico in excess of
the quota can be assessed a tariff (based on the
"tariffication" of Mexico's import license)
initially equal to $1,850 per metric ton, but not less
than 133 percent, for whole turkey; and $1,680 per metric
ton, but not less than 260 percent, for chicken and other
poultry. Over the first 6 years of the agreement, an
aggregate 24 percent of the over-quota tariffs are being
eliminated, with the remainder to be phased out over the
rest of the 10-year transition period.
- 1998 TRQs for U.S. poultry and products
exported to Mexico are as follows (quota amount in metric
tons, over-quota tariffs in percent ad valorem and $ per
metric ton):
| Item |
1998 TRQ |
1998 Over-Quota Tariff |
| Whole turkey |
2,251 |
106.4%/$1,480 |
| Other whole
poultry |
14,632 |
208%/$1,344 |
| Turkey parts
and offal |
31,514 |
208%/$1,480 |
| Other poultry
parts and offal |
28,138 |
208%/$1,344 |
| Mechanically
deboned poultry |
30,389 |
208%/$1,344 |
| TOTAL |
106,924 |
NA |
Trade liberalization in poultry between
Mexico and Canada was excluded from the NAFTA; thus, there
will be no elimination of tariffs for Mexican-Canadian trade
in these products.
U.S. Poultry Trade with
Mexico
Calendar
Year
|
1990
|
1991
|
1992
|
1993
|
1994
|
1995
|
1996
|
Export Value
|
55,939
|
110,222
|
153,382
|
188,607
|
213,597
|
158,912
|
202,053
|
Export Volume
|
55,264
|
99,061
|
129,926
|
164,615
|
181,930
|
154,222
|
177,861
|
Value in $1,000; volume in metric tons. No U.S.
imports during this period.
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Last modified:
Friday, November 18, 2005
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