Exports to Mexico
The Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service has announced its support for a new arrangement to expedite the rail export of U.S. meat and poultry products to Mexico. FSIS states that this is the first arrangement of its kind in the U.S. meat and poultry sector but is voluntary and does not impose any new regulatory requirements on U.S. exporters.
Under this arrangement, inspection personnel from Mexico’s National Service of Agri-Food, Health, Safety and Quality will be inspecting at participating federally-inspected establishments to reinspect and clear for export eligible U.S. meat and poultry shipments at the point of origin. FSIS states that this process will eliminate the need for routine border inspections by Mexican officials and allow for faster, more efficient delivery of U.S. meat and poultry products to Mexico, which remains the largest export destination for such goods.
Türkiye Tariffs
According to the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service, effective Sept. 22 Türkiye lifted its retaliatory tariffs on U.S. rice, tree nuts, distilled spirits, and a few other agricultural items. Türkiye had originally levied these extra duties in 2018 in response to the U.S. Section 232 tariffs on Turkish steel and aluminum.
Sugar Import Duties
The FAS has announced that special agricultural safeguard duties on imports of blended syrups will be imposed from Sept. 24 through Sept. 30. This action is being taken because imports of such goods during the period Oct. 1, 2024, through Sept. 30, 2025, exceeded the trigger level of 758 metric tons. (Click here for details on covered HTSUS numbers and associated duty amounts.)
These duties will not apply to (1) goods of Canada, Mexico, Jordan, Singapore, Chile, Australia, Morocco, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Bahrain, the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Peru, Oman, Korea, Colombia, or Panama and (2) any goods enroute on the basis of a contract settled before Sept. 24.
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