New Agreement On Footwear Trade In Mexico Will Take Effect In May 1St

With the beginning of this year, Mexico footwear Strong reaction from manufacturers, the Mexico government recently announced a new agreement to control the price of imported footwear from China.

The tariff agreement between China and Mexico expired in December 2011. In early 2012, footwear industry officials in Mexico said that the volume of imports from China increased significantly. In January 2012, Mexico imported almost 1 million 500 thousand pairs of shoes from China. Compared to January 2011, the figure was only 490 thousand during the customs agreement period, which means January 2012. Imported The number increased to 200%.

Through these data, Armando Mart Mart n Duenas, President of the Guanajuato footwear industry association of Mexico, repeatedly warned that if the current trend continues, there will be 200 companies going bankrupt before the end of this year, and 35000 people are expected to be unemployed.

At present, Bruno Ferrari, Minister of economic affairs of Mexico, has announced a new agreement to restrict imports of footwear from China, because the price will affect Mexico. market 。 Customs officers from both sides will further supervise footwear exported to China from Mexico. The Mexico authorities will also try to prevent them from thinking that unfair shoes will enter their country.

The new agreement will take effect from May 1st this year and expire in December 31, 2014.