They investigate pork imports from the US

The Mexican government launched an investigation antidumping and anti-subsidies on imports of pork leg and shoulder from the United States, at the request of several companies that denounced unfair international trade practices, according to a resolution published yesterday in the Official Gazette of the Federation.

The investigation will examine 2024 imports and their impact on Mexico’s pork industry between 2022 and 2024, the Ministry of Economy reported in the publication.

The agency “may apply the definitive compensatory duties that, if applicable, are imposed on products that have been declared for consumption up to 90 days before the date of application of the provisional measures,” the text says.

The measure announced by the Mexican government comes in the midst of a trade dispute between both countries, opened as a result of the imposition of tariffs on imports from different parts of the world by President Donald Trump, an action that has impacted Mexico as it is the main trading partner of the United States.

In April, after the US Department of Commerce announced that it would abandon an agreement to suspend tariffs on tomatoes, signed in 1996, President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo warned that two investigation processes could be initiated. antidumping to products from the United States: chicken and pork.