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On December 16, 2014, Mexico notified in the Diario Oficial (Mexico’s Federal Register) a simplification of the import process for lumber.

While Mexico’s GDP only grew by 1.3%, the processed food industry grew by 4% in 2013.

This report highlights changes made to various laws and norms published during 2014. Mexican regulations mentioned remain the same unless otherwise noted.

Secretariat of Economy (SE) published in the Diario Oficial (Mexico’s Federal Register) a decree that modifies the Tariff of the General Import and Export Tax Law for imported rice.

French wheat exports to Algeria decreased by almost 47 percent due to a lack of available quality and quantity, opening Algeria to exports from Poland and Germany.

Mexican fresh orange and grapefruit production drop slightly, whereas lemon and lime production grow. Imports of all citrus are expected to remain the same.

Mexico announced specific guidelines applicable to the 2014 crop year for two new support programs for sorghum growers and buyers as well as rice supports offered in several Mexican states.

The Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) recently announced that it supports the creation of new dairy cattle farms and importing 90,000 dairy cattle in the near future.

On December 4, 2014 Mexico announced the initiation of an antidumping (AD) duty investigation on imports of apples from the United States.

Mexican Hass avocado production is forecast to be 1.5 million metric tons (MMT) in marketing year (MY) 2014/2015, a modest increase over MY 2013/14.

The Mexican Secretariat of Agriculture (SAGARPA) published in the Diario Oficial (Federal Register), on October 30, 2014 an announcement declaring Mexico as free of the Mediterranean fruit fly.

U.S origin dairy products trade resumed in 2011 and exports have been on an upward trend since then and it seems for the foreseeable future.