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On October 6, 2014, the Ministries of National Defense and Economy published in the Diario Oficial de la Federacion (the Official Gazette), an Acuerdo amending the existing Acuerdo which establishes the classification and coding of goods whose import or export is subject to regulation by the Department of National Defense, published on June 30, 2007. The Acuerdo extends the 2007 control scheme due to Mexico’s worldwide commitments to establish mechanisms for arms control of parts and components and dual-use goods that are susceptible to being diverted to the manufacture and proliferation of conventional weapons and those of mass destruction, as provided for in the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (Treaty of Tlatelolco). The Acuerdo also adopts the standards established by the various instruments governing Export Control regimes in the international arena, such as the Wassenaar Arrangement for the Control of Conventional Arms Exports, Goods and Dual-Use Technologies. Controls are applied to compressed gas in pressurized containers but will not apply to goods that use compressed gas to launch darts to immobilize animals for veterinary purposes, or scientific research, or to spheres, balls or plastic capsules containing paint, used in playing the game known as “Paintball” or “Gotcha,” which are not considered firearms and explosives. Finally, with the issuance of the Fifth Amendment to the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System, in 2012, changes in the tariff items were made. |
