by Alex Romero
The annual Maquiladora Convention
was held last week in Cancun, Mexico. At that convention several important open issues
were discussed and confirmed by Government officials;
2. Non-NAFTA supplies that are consumed in the assembly or production process by a maquiladora are also subject to duty in Mexico. This counters the idea that since the supplies are not incorporated in the product that they would be exempt from duty. Remember that non-originating also means materials without a NAFTA Certificate of Origin. 3. Government officials stated that materials,
components and supplies that are imported into Mexico on or after November 20, 2000 and This confirms the NAFTA text that states NAFTA ARTICLE 303 applies to exports from Mexico on or after January 1, 2001. There is still a little confusion as to materials, components and supplies that are taken into Mexico before November 20th, and exported from Mexico on or after January 1, 2001. In my opinion, they should also be subject to Article 303. The reason is that the November 20th date is a date not in NAFTA, but self-imposed by Mexico. The start date of January 1, 2001 is set in NAFTA. MORE PPSSOn Monday October 30th, Mexico published more PPSs, including the following;
FORMAT FOR PPS It is our understanding that SECOFI is now offering the PPS format in diskettes. This is necessary for any company to apply for PPS. Contact your Mexican broker for more information. If you have any questions, Source: Alex Romero |
1. Antidumping duties
determined and applied before January 1, 2001 will not be applied on maquiladoras.
Antidumping duties determined and applied after January 1, 2001 will be applied on
maquiladoras.
are subsequently exported from Mexico to USA
on or after January 1, 2001 are subject to NAFTA Article 303.
I believe that the automotive has been the most
anticipated.