Mexican manufacturers want higher tariffs on Chinese imports

Footwear industry body CICEG (the footwear industry association of the state of Guanajuato) is preparing to ask the Mexican government to increase to 35% the tariff imposed on shoe imports into Mexico from China.

CICEG has released details of a request that it will submit to the federal economics ministry asking for the increase.

Mexico imposed anti-dumping measures on shoes from China at the start of 2012, with the tariffs ranging from 25% to 30% depending on the type of shoe. However, under the existing agreement, the rate is set to fall to 20% at the start of 2013.

In spite of the measures already in place, which include an agreement between the two governments on minimum pricing for different types of footwear, CICEG says imports from China increased in volume by 210% in the nine months to September 2012 compared to the same period in 2011. It insists that, in some instances, Chinese suppliers and importers in Mexico have ignored the minimum-pricing agreement. It is for this reason that it wants the tariffs to go up rather than down.

This is really bad news for chinese shoe industry, shoe & shoe materials supplier in China. And other shoe materials such as cambrelle, microfiber, insole board, shoe stiffeners, shoe linings, etc, all these materials would be affected much.