A general overview of the Mexican battery industry with the effects and opportunities that NAFTA will have on it

Journal Article · Wed Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1995 · Battery Man

OSTI ID:133249

Malacon, S ^[1]

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1. Acumuladores Mexicanos, Monterrey (Mexico)

This article, overviewing the past and future of the Mexican battery manufacturing industry, was originally presented at the 1994 IBMA Convention. The past history of Mexican battery manufacturing remains factual and unchanged. However, the present is still developing in ways unforeseen at this time, especially with the acceptance of Mexico into the the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Previous to NAFTA, the Mexican battery market was protected by import duties approaching one hundred percent. This protection made the battery industry in Mexico inefficient against international competition. Mexico was accepted into the General Agreement of Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in 1985 which made the economy start to open, with import duties reduced and import licenses required for only a few items. The NAFTA agreement, phased in over fifteen years beginning in 1994, reduces tariffs to zero for trade between Canada, the USA, and Mexico. The articles focuses on trends in automotive parts trade, including batteries; rules of origin that determine whether a good can be traded freely; and evaluation of NAFTA and trade trends in the period Jan. to June, 1994.

• OSTI ID: 133249
• Journal Information: Battery Man, Journal Name: Battery Man Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 37; ISSN BAMAB6; ISSN 0005-6359
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

25 ENERGY STORAGE
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
CANADA
ELECTRIC BATTERIES
IMPORTS
MANUFACTURING
MEXICO
TARIFFS
TRADE
USA