USMEF Mexico Announcement Wont Have A Big Impact On Beef Exports

Mexico has eliminated import duties on all pork, beef and poultry muscle cuts through the end of this year. The main impact on the red meat market is likely to be an uptick in pork muscle cuts imported from Europe. U.S. Meat Export Federation Vice President of Economic Analysis Erin Borror says on when it comes to beef exports, she call’s Mexico’s announcement “irrelevant”.

“U.S., Canadian and Nicaraguan beef are the main suppliers to the market and have duty free access already.  Australia mainly ships skirt meat, which is actually under the variety meats code, so again, it's not included in these blanket tariff eliminations, so they're still paying a trade agreement tariff rate of 14.6%.”

Borror added Mexico's actions did not included variety meats or processed products, which she pointed out is a big chunk of the pork products Europe has been shipping to Central America.

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