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Mexico to Modify 'Autos Chocolate' Decree After Abuses Detected

Finance secretary Édgar Amador Zamora will detail the adjustments within the 2026 budget package submitted to Congress next week.

Overview

  • President Claudia Sheinbaum said the changes will be presented as part of the Paquete Económico 2026 after its Sept. 8 delivery to lawmakers.
  • The government has not specified the nature of the abuses or the precise operational adjustments to the program.
  • SHCP reports about 2,559,256 vehicles have been regularized and roughly 6.398 billion pesos collected, with funds directed to municipal paving projects.
  • The decree last extended on Sept. 26, 2024 keeps the program in force through Sept. 30, 2026 unless amended.
  • The auto dealers’ group AMDA claims more than three million regularizations, notes a 0.7% year-to-date dip in new-vehicle sales, and warns of fiscal and security risks while urging Congress to end the decree.