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Ref : EIC 426/3

28 February 2014

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 193/2014

Mexico : Tariff Reduction for Certain Textiles, Clothing and Footwear Products

The Mexican government published in the Official Gazette (Diario Oficial de la Federación) of 26 December 2013 a decree amending its tariff reduction programme on certain textiles, clothing and footwear products.

DETAILS

2.The trade was informed via Commercial Information Circular (CIC) No. 587/2010 of 16 December 2010 of the phased implementation of the Mexican government's tariff reduction programme on a range of products. The trade was also informed via CIC no. 130/2013 of 5 February 2013 that the reduction of tariffs on a number of textiles, clothing and footwear items originally scheduled for 1 January 2013 was delayed to 1 January 2014. That notwithstanding, this tariff reduction is again postponed for an additional 12-month, and is now scheduled to take place on 1 January 2015.

3.The decree also made other changes to the Mexican tariff schedule and created a new tariff breakout for certain electrical, electronic or mechanical games.

4.The relevant official notice (in Spanish) is available at: http://dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5328037&fecha=26/12/2013.

ENQUIRIES

5.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at 2398 5682.

Yours faithfully,

(Ms Linda NG)

for Director-General of Trade and Industry