APEC: NON TARIFF BARRIERS TO MEXICAN EXPORTS

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APEC NON TARIFF BARRIERS TO MEXICAN EXPORTS

• Clemente Ruiz Durán.

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoFacultad
de Economía
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México export boom 1990 to 2004
Mexico has become one of the leading export
countries of the world, in 2004 exports reached
almost 190 billion dollars, from a low of 23
billion in 1990. Most of the exports go to United
States and Canada (89 percent of total) and only
2 percent to other Pacific Rim countries. Imports
are more diversified US and Canada share is of 60
percent, and other Pacific Rim countries share is
of 20 percent. Mexico Pacific Rim balance is
positive (14 billion) due to the large surplus
that Mexico holds with US, that in 2004 reached
54 billion dollars.
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Mexican exports the basis of structural change
One of the main features of structural change in
Mexico has been the dramatic restructuring of
export composition, where oil was the main export
good in the eighties, there was a continuous drop
of its share in the nineties, while manufacturing
goods emerged as the main exporting force.
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Main Manufacturing exports
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Mexico trade by regions
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Mexico trade balance by region
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Non-Tariff Barriers That Mexico Faces in the
Pacific Rim
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US Non-Tariff Barriers to Mexico Exports
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US Non-Tariff Barriers for Mexico Exports
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Chile Non-Tariff Barriers to Mexico Exports
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China Non-Tariff Barriers for Mexico Exports
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Phillippines Non-Tariff Barriers to Mexico Exports
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Singapore Non-Tariff Barriers to Mexico Exports
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South Korea Non-Tariff Barriers to Mexico Exports
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Thailand Non-Tariff Barriers To Mexico Exports
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Findings

• Sanitary and phyto sanitary are the main non
  tariff barriers for Mexican exports
• Chemicals are the second area where Mexico faces
  non tariff barriers in the Pacific Rim
• Mexico has to work out non tariff barriers within
  the FT reached with US, Japan, and Chile
• There is no approach to deal with non tariff
  barriers by Mexican Government