Mexico: Expanded Shipping Options for US Skin and Hide Exports to Mexico

  |   Attaché Report (GAIN)   |   MX2021-0034

This report serves as an alert to U.S. exporters of raw bovine skins and hides of an update to Mexico’s import requirement sheet (HRZ by its Spanish acronym) for those products. Mexico will allow the importation of raw bovine skins and hides for industrial use via pallet or sack and in spill proof containers. U.S. exporters should consult the National Service of Food Quality and Safety’s (SENASICA) HRZ to view the full list of requirements.

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