Brazil-Mexico Economic Complementation Agreement Nº 53

Last updated: 10 June 2024

The Economic Complementation Agreement between Mexico and Brazil entered into force on 2003, fully or partially eliminating import tariff for most energy products and technologies, including: 

  • Agglomerated and reduced iron;
  • Alumina, scrap metal, ammonia, crude steel;
  • Aluminium, nitrogen fertilizers;
  • Solar PV modules, solar cells, solar wafers;


Rules of origin delineated in the Agreement include provisions preventing goods only undergoing minimal transformations in one of the signatory countries or incorporating materials of external origin valued above 50% of the transaction value of the good to benefit from the tariff treatment established by the Agreement.

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