Tariffs on textile goods from countries with which Mexico does not have trade agreements will not affect Chinese trading platforms such as Shein or Temu, according to the president of the National Chamber of the Textile Industry, Rafael Zaga Saba.
The rates announced by Claudia Sheinbaum’s government are to protect the national textile industry from bad practices by importers, she clarified in an interview with Grupo Formula.
He said that there are importers who misuse sectoral programs that exempt VAT, ISR and tariffs on goods and inputs that enter the country to be processed and subsequently exported.
“Finished garments were imported and stayed in the country without paying any taxes. “We can compete against Asian countries but not against illegality,” he stated.
Zaga Saba trusted that clothing that is illegally imported into Mexico through the misuse of sectoral programs will no longer enter the country, and added that textiles that do not use Mexican labor will be affected by tariffs.
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Regarding the Shein and Temu platforms, he said that previously these platforms did not pay VAT, so starting in 2025 new measures will be analyzed for these online stores.
Tariffs will protect the national industry: Sheinbaum
President Claudia Sheinbaum affirmed this Friday that tariffs on textiles from countries without trade agreements with Mexico are not a message against China, but rather a protection for the Mexican textile industry.
“Some media today take it as if it were a message to China. No. It has to do with the protection of the national industry. It is part of what we call the “Mexico Plan”, which we are going to present at the beginning of January,” he expressed in his morning conference.
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