Mexico’s Ministry of Economy recently issued a notice advising importers that apparel imports from mainland China, which were subject to antidumping duties as recently as May 2009, are now subject to transition duties.
Mexico and China signed an agreement last year under which Mexico eliminated the AD duties it maintained on a broad range of products from the mainland, effective from 15 October 2008. As part of the agreement, many of these products will be subject to so-called transition duties through 11 December 2011.
The regulation issued by the Mexican government in October 2008 to eliminate the AD duties and establish these transition duties also included a provision that maintained 533 percent AD duties on four apparel items until such time as the ME issued a notice in Mexico’s official journal.
