Overview
- An official resolution in the Diario Oficial de la Federación launched concurrent investigations into imports of pork leg and shoulder from the United States following petitions by Alimentos Kowi, Alimentos Soles, Comercializadora Porcícola Mexicana, Proteína Animal and Sonora Agropecuaria.
- The investigated year is 2024 with damage analysis from 2022–2024, and the ministry’s initial review cites indicia of dumping and subsidies plus material injury, including average underpricing of roughly 30.4% (2022), 34.5% (2023) and 31.3% (2024).
- The United States supplied about 86% of total imports and absorbed roughly 75% of market growth in the investigated year, while Mexico’s production for the targeted cuts fell 3% over 2022–2024 and the segment’s operating margins were negative throughout.
- Economía may impose provisional or definitive compensatory duties with possible retroactive application to goods declared for consumption up to 90 days before any provisional measures, and exporters could seek suspension agreements or price undertakings.
- Current tariff exemptions for the relevant TIGIE lines run through Dec. 31, 2025, with benefits extendable to Mar. 31, 2026 for holders of a Licencia Única Universal who file contracts with SAT by Jan. 9, 2026, and the probe will accept interested-party submissions on a roughly one-year timetable.