Import duty from Mexico to the USA
Short answer
As with Canada, USMCA is the deciding factor and originating is a technical test. The second factor is trade remedy orders, which cover more Mexican-origin categories than most importers expect.
Working it out
Determine origin under the agreement's rules
Production location and the rules of origin for your classification decide qualification, not the shipping point.
Claim preference with certification
Required for preferential treatment. Without it the general rate applies.
Check trade remedy orders
Certain steel, sugar and produce categories carry antidumping or countervailing duties that are case-specific and entirely separate from USMCA.
Add the fees
Qualifying USMCA goods benefit from a processing fee exemption.
What you can compute right now
Federal processing fees do not depend on your classification. On an informal entry — most personal shipments — the fee is a fixed $2.69, $8.06 or $12.09. On a formal entry it is 0.3464% of the goods value, minimum $33.58, maximum $651.50. The Harbor Maintenance Fee is 0.125% but applies only to ocean vessel cargo, so it is zero for air and mail.
Open the calculatorWhat people get wrong
- Assuming all Mexican goods are duty-free. Only originating goods with a proper claim are.
- Missing an antidumping order on a specific product and producer combination.
- Expecting the IEEPA border duties to still apply. They were terminated for entries on or after February 24, 2026.
Common questions
Sources
- retrieved
- 2026-08-09
Primary source of truth for Column 1 general rates, special rates, and Chapter 99 subheadings.
- CSMS #
- 67834313
- effective
- 2026-02-24
- retrieved
- 2026-08-09
IEEPA duties no longer collected for goods entered for consumption on or after 12:00 a.m. ET February 24, 2026. Associated HTSUS numbers deactivated in ACE. Explicitly does NOT affect Section 232 or Section 301.