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The Secretaría de Economía (SE), through its Unidad de Prácticas Comerciales Internacionales (UPCI), published a Resolución de Inicio in the Diario Oficial de la Federación on 21 May 2026, formally initiating an antidumping investigation into imports of self-adhesive plastic tapes (cintas plásticas autoadhesivas — BOPP/polypropylene backing with acrylic, rubber, or hot-melt adhesive, in rolls 20 cm wide or less, TIGIE 3919.10.01) originating from the People's Republic of China. The investigation follows a petition filed 16 December 2025 by Industrias Tuk S.A. de C.V. and Navi Lux S.A. de C.V., two Mexican domestic converters that alleged Chinese imports entered Mexico under price-discrimination conditions during the investigation period October 2024-September 2025, materially injuring the Mexican packaging-tape industry. The resolution entered into force on 22 May 2026 (the day following DOF publication).

The Decreto para la Autorización Inmediata de Inversiones, published in Mexico's Diario Oficial de la Federación on 4 May 2026, creates a streamlined investment-authorization mechanism under President Sheinbaum's Plan México strategy. The decree establishes an Investment Committee — composed of the Secretariats of Economía, Hacienda, SEMARNAT, SCT, Energía, and Bienestar — mandated to issue authorization certificates within 30 business days for qualifying projects, replacing the historic 6–18-month multi-agency backlog. Eligibility covers three tiers: projects in designated Polos de Desarrollo Económico para el Bienestar (Welfare Development Poles), investments of MXN 2 billion (≈USD 100M) or more, and projects in strategic sectors (semiconductors, EV batteries, critical minerals, automotive supply chain, medical devices, biotech, aerospace). This is the procedural- acceleration arm of Plan México, structurally distinct from the January 2025 Plan México tax-incentive decree (the fiscal arm), and operationalises the February 2026 Plan México expansion announced by Sheinbaum.

Mexico's Secretaría de Economía published in the Diario Oficial de la Federación on 9 April 2026 the final resolution of the administrative sunset review (examen de vigencia) of the compensatory (anti-dumping) duty on imports of steel cable (cables de acero) originating in the People's Republic of China, regardless of country of consignment. The resolution maintains the definitive duty of USD 2.58 per kilogram for a further five years, counted from 17 December 2024 through December 2029. The measure covers tariff fractions 7312.10.01, 7312.10.05, 7312.10.07 and 7312.10.99, is collected by SHCP/SAT, and entered into force on 10 April 2026, the day after DOF publication.

On 5 February 2026, at the National Investment Promotion Meeting, Mexico's two state development banks — Nacional Financiera (Nafin) and Banco Nacional de Comercio Exterior (Bancomext) — announced a scheme to mobilise over MXN 120 billion (~USD 6.9 billion) in financing for micro, small and medium enterprises (MiPyMEs) and strategic Plan México projects. The package channels public resources through credit, guarantees and co-investment mechanisms, including 70% credit guarantees up to MXN 20 million in priority sectors and 80% guarantees on first-time credits up to MXN 5 million, alongside reduced factoring interest rates and an additional MXN 40 billion Bancomext facility for industrial real estate. The scheme operationalises financing for the PODECOBI/PODECIBI economic development poles established under Mexico's 2025 Plan México decree.

President Claudia Sheinbaum signed a comprehensive reform to Mexico's Customs Law (Ley Aduanera) published in the Diario Oficial de la Federación on 19 November 2025, entering into force 1 January 2026. The decree formally recognises the Agencia Nacional de Aduanas de México (ANAM) as the autonomous customs authority with expanded inspection and fiscalisation powers, creates a new inter-secretarial Consejo Aduanero with binding decisional authority over customs-agent licensing, and mandates real-time electronic traceability and video-surveillance at all recintos fiscales. The reform is Mexico's most comprehensive statutory overhaul of its customs-administration architecture in over a decade, directly conditioning USMCA-origin compliance infrastructure for approximately US$800 billion in annual MX-US trade and over 3,200 IMMEX-registered nearshoring operators.

On 22 May 2025, Mexico published a decree in the Diario Oficial de la Federación (DOF) granting fiscal incentives to companies that begin operations within newly designated "Polos de Desarrollo Económico para el Bienestar" (PODECOBI) — Economic Development Poles for Welfare. The decree grants a 100% immediate deduction of the original investment amount in new fixed assets, plus an additional 25% deduction for incremental training and innovation expenses, for taxpayers operating in the poles through fiscal year 2030. The Ministry of Economy designates and administers the poles, with a cross-secretarial promotion committee overseeing site selection; 14 zones spanning Campeche, Chihuahua, Durango, Estado de México, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Michoacán, Puebla, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala and Veracruz are active as of mid-2025. The measure operationalises the "Plan México" nearshoring strategy by concentrating incentives in specific geographic zones rather than applying them nationwide.

On 21 January 2025, Mexico published the Decree granting tax incentives in support of the national strategy known as "Plan Mexico" in the Diario Oficial de la Federación (DOF). The decree provides MXN 30 billion (~USD 1.5 billion) in fiscal incentives through 2030 to attract nearshoring investment, with MXN 28.5 billion allocated to immediate deductions on new fixed asset investments and MXN 1.5 billion for workforce training and innovation. Deduction rates range from 35% to 91% depending on asset type and sector, with the automotive, aerospace, and semiconductor industries expected to benefit most. The measure aims to capitalize on US-China decoupling by positioning Mexico as an alternative manufacturing base for supply chains serving the North American market.

Mexico's Secretaría de Economía published in the Diario Oficial de la Federación on 13 September 2023 the final resolution of the administrative sunset review (examen de vigencia) of compensatory (anti-dumping) duties on imports of coated flat steel (aceros planos recubiertos — metallic and/or non-metallic coated carbon and alloy flat products) originating from the People's Republic of China and Chinese Taipei, regardless of country of origin. The resolution confirms that revoking the duties would likely lead to continued or resumed dumping, and therefore extends them for a further five years. Duty rates range from 22.22 % (Baoshan) to 76.33 % (all other Chinese exporters) and from 22.26 % (CSC) to 52.57 % (other Taiwanese exporters).

Mexico's Ley de Comercio Exterior (Foreign Trade Act, LCE), published in the Diario Oficial de la Federación on 27 July 1993 and entering into force 28 July 1993, is the foundational statute governing Mexico's entire external trade regulatory architecture. The LCE establishes the legal authority for the SECOFI/SE-administered antidumping (AD), countervailing duty (CVD), and safeguard investigation regime (Titles V–VII); the TIGIE tariff-schedule and tariff-classification framework; the IMMEX maquila and PROSEC sectoral-promotion programs; rules of origin for USMCA and other preferential trade agreements; and Mexico's export- licensing and strategic-material restriction framework. The LCE has been amended repeatedly through 2021 and remains the overarching parent authority for all Mexican trade-remedy proceedings administered by UPCI (Unidad de Prácticas Comerciales Internacionales) under the Secretaría de Economía.