Overview
- Mexico accepted Canadian proposals to streamline import requirements for apples from eastern provinces.
- Both governments advanced mutual recognition of laboratories and inspections and approved a sanitary certificate enabling pet food with bovine ingredients to enter the Mexican market.
- They agreed to adopt electronic phytosanitary certification for plant products such as canola and wheat to speed and secure shipments.
- A trinational agricultural forum in Michoacán brought together provincial and state officials and industry to coordinate positions for the T‑MEC review, with leaders underscoring logistics strengths like the Port of Lázaro Cárdenas and the CPKC rail network.
- Mexico’s Economy Ministry is conducting state and sector consultations through October, with analysis in early November and a consolidated report due to Secretary Marcelo Ebrard on November 15.