Overview
- The Economy Ministry published a Diario Oficial resolution launching the investigations and identified the petitioners as Alimentos Kowi, Alimentos Soles, Comercializadora Porcícola Mexicana, Proteína Animal and Sonora Agropecuaria.
- U.S. origin accounted for 86% of total imports of the targeted cuts and supplied about 75% of the market’s growth, while domestic production fell 3% over the 2022–2024 period.
- Interested parties may submit evidence, and the process allows provisional measures, final compensatory duties, or negotiated suspension agreements within statutory timelines.
- Any final duties may apply retroactively to goods entered up to 90 days before provisional measures under WTO and Mexican trade law provisions.
- Specified TIGIE tariff lines remain exempt from import duties through December 31, 2025, with benefits extendable to March 31, 2026 if qualifying contracts are filed with SAT by January 9, 2026; Opormex confirmed participation and additional domestic firms were invited to provide information.