Importing Electric Vehicles Into Mexico, Duty-Free Period

• Published date: 12 November 2020
• Subject Matter: Transport, Rail, Road & Cycling
• Law Firm: Foley & Lardner
• Author: Mr Marcos Carrasco Menchaca and Erika Padilla

The Mexican General Import and Export Duties Law ("the Mexican Tariff") was recently modified through a couple of decrees (effective Sept. 4 2020 and Oct. 23, 2020) to create tariff items that expressly identify electric passenger vehicles (8702.90.07), used electric light vehicles (8703.90.03) and used trolleybuses (8702.90.08), within the Mexican nomenclature of goods, subject to general import duty rates of 20, 15 and 15 percent respectively.

According to the published decrees, electric vehicles classified as electric passenger vehicles (8702.90.07), electric light vehicles (8703.90.01), electric cargo vehicles (8204.90.01) and trolleybuses (8702.90.01) are allowed to be imported duty-free for a period that expires in September 30, 2024.

The inclusion of the above-mentioned electric vehicles in the national nomenclature, along with the referred duty-free...