Tariff Eliminated on Chicken Imported from the US

The USA has agreed to reduce to 0% the tariff on chicken leg quarters imported from the US market for the Central American countries under DR-CAFTA.

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

The request to remove the tariff was made by Guatemala weeks ago.  Chicken legs, both frozen and refrigerated, will enter the Central American market with 0% tariff when all the signatory countries of CAFTA-DR have completed the application process with the Department of Commerce.

The United States took the opportunity to apply for relief on its exports of food preparations made from poultry meat and negotiated an annual quota of one thousand metric tons which will be effective on January 1, 2018.

From a statement issued by the Ministry of Economy of Guatemala:

Guatemala, March 29, 2017. As a result of the efforts made by the Ministry of Economy to eliminate the tariff on imported chicken legs, as established in the CAFTA-DR, the US has finally accepted the request made by Guatemala to eliminate tariffs on chicken leg quarters imported from the US market, as confirmed by technicians of the United States Department of Commerce -USTR-.  

However, once again rumors are circulating about an alleged increase in the price of chicken, for which there would be no reason, emphasized the Minister of Economy, Rubén Morales. According to monitoring by DIACO, prices remain stable.

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