NAFTA AGRICULTURE
FACT SHEET:
Forest Products
TREATMENT OF TARIFFS:
- Prior to enactment of the NAFTA on January
1, 1994, Mexican duties were 10 percent on logs, 10 to 15
percent on softwood lumber, 20 percent on wood moldings,
and 15 to 20 percent on plywood. Duties on most of these
products are being eliminated over 10 years.
- Most imports of forest products from
Mexico entered the U.S. at zero duty or under GSP rates.
Because the GSP rates were eliminated immediately under
the NAFTA, all products became duty-free when the NAFTA
was implemented.
- For seven tariff line items, mainly
covering softwood chips and planks, Mexico instituted
tariff-rate quotas, under which an initial quantity of
U.S. imports enter duty-free. The over-quota duty on
imports above the quota is the NAFTA preferential rate,
which is being phased out over 10 years. (See table on
page 71)
TREATMENT OF QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS:
- There are no quantitative restrictions
affecting trade in forest products.
U.S. Forest Products Trade
with Mexico 1/
Calendar
Year
|
1990
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1991
|
1992
|
1993
|
1994
|
1995
|
1996
|
Export Value
|
272,277
|
386,478
|
513,527
|
476,698
|
414,120
|
249,272
|
249,774
|
Import Value
|
213,434
|
246,205
|
291,602
|
318,612
|
300,135
|
303,767
|
392,949
|
Value in $1,000. Volume data not applicable.
1/ Includes all of Chapter 44.
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Friday, November 18, 2005
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