Washington announced Monday Monday its intention to withdraw from a bilateral agreement with Mexico allowing the US market without customs duties to be imported into the US market, which will be implemented by mid -July and imposes an additional 21%.

“The agreement did not allow US producers to be protected from Mexican imports with unfair prices,” and “the Ministry of Commerce has received many comments” demanded by the US to withdraw “ by her and the specific decision ‘Will allow US producers to compete fairly’Explained by the International Commerce Service (ITA), a management of the Federal Ministry of Commerce, with a press release.

At the same time, the ministry is intended to proceed with the imposition by July 14th of duty 20.91% To reduce Dumping Practices “In most tomato imports from Mexico”.

Almost all exports of this product from Mexico are destined to the US, according to the US Department of Agriculture.

Mexican tomatoes range from 76% to 98% of different species imported into the US.

According to the World Bank, Mexico exported to 2023 some 1.8 million tonnes of tomato in the US, worth $ 2.8 billion (€ 2.4 million).

Mexico has been converted, after Donald Trump returned to the White House in January, a key objective of the customs duties that the Republican president wants.

Mexico and Canada were, after all, the targets of the 25% additional customs customs duties announced in early March, as the US government accused the two neighboring states of not doing enough to limit the entry of immigrants without papers and fentanyl.

Most of the duties were suspended until younger, but Mexico is also affected by the 25% customs duties in steel and aluminum and vehicles exported to the US, areas of great importance to the country, as well as for Canada.