# Analysis: US renderers push for VAT relief on exports to Mexico - GlobalPETS

> The North American Renderers Association is pushing the US government to challenge Mexico's application of a 16% VAT on US-origin rendered animal protein meals and other feed ingredients. The trade group argues the tax violates USMCA duty-free market access, and says Mexican domestic feed ingredients are not subject to the same tax.

- Date: 2026-03-31 · published 2026-03-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Mexico · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/20277-analysis-us-renderers-push-for-vat-relief-on-exports-to-mexico-globalpets
- Commodities: [Meat & Bone Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MBM.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

A 16% levy on US rendered meals and feed inputs makes them less competitive in Mexico, which could shift demand toward domestic or other-origin protein meals and weigh on US meal export prices.

## Read by commodity

- MBM: bearish ▼
- SBM: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2021-08-27 | [Soy exports on pace for record year](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45649-soy-exports-on-pace-for-record-year.md) | -4.3% | -3.3% |
| SBM | 2017-01-31 | [Trump Puts US Food, Farm Companies on Edge Over Mexico Trade](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72499-trump-puts-us-food-farm-companies-on-edge-over-mexico-trade.md) | -0.5% | -0.5% |
| SBM | 2025-10-29 | [Comments to USTR on the Review of the U.S.-Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA) - Public Citizen](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22352-comments-to-ustr-on-the-review-of-the-u-s-mexico-canada-agreement-usmca-public.md) | +3.4% | +2.2% |
| SBM | 2019-03-14 | [Europe Buys More U.S. Soybeans as Exports to China Plunge - Caixin Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8268-europe-buys-more-u-s-soybeans-as-exports-to-china-plunge-caixin-global.md) | +3.8% | +3.3% |
| SBM | 2025-03-04 | [China to impose extra tariffs of 10%-15% on various US farm products \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14675-china-to-impose-extra-tariffs-of-10-15-on-various-us-farm-products-reuters.md) | +1.6% | +1.1% |

## Sources

- globalpetindustry.com: https://globalpetindustry.com/news/analysis-us-renderers-push-for-vat-relief-on-exports-to-mexico/

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