EU-MEXICO TRADE AGREEMENT WILL BOOST PORK EXPORTS TO MEXICO
April 1st, 2018
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) and Mexico have agreed, on April 21 in Brussels, a momentous revised trade deal meaning 99% of products will be traded duty-free, and potentially substantially increasing the EU’s pork exports to Mexico. Under the agreement, which will replace a year 2000 trade deal - there will be duty-free trade for virtually all pork products, where customs duties now range up to 20%.
Its terms also mean that Mexico will ease import health checks on pork imports from EU slaughterhouses. Notably, inspectors will no longer have to check every ...
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