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Table ‎3.12 Ministries issuing import (export) permits, 2021
Entity: SEMARNAT - the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources;
Product: Species listed in the CITES appendices; forestry products and by products; pesticides, plant nutrients, toxic or hazardous substances or materials;
Legal framework establishing the classification and coding of the products/goods: Decision establishing which goods imports and exports are regulated by the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (Official Journal of 26 December 2020).

Table ‎3.12 Ministries issuing import (export) permits, 2021
Entity: the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT) and Federal Commission for Protection against Health Risks (COFEPRIS);
Product: Pesticides, fertilizers and toxic substances;
Legal framework establishing the classification and coding of the products/goods: Decision establishing which goods imports and exports are regulated by the bodies comprising the Interministerial Commission for the Control of the Processing and Use of Pesticides, Fertilizers and Toxic Substances (Official Journal of 26 December 2020).

3.79. Adherence to certain non tariff export regulations or restrictions is required for some goods, namely: (...); a CITES certificate (issued by SEMARNAT); (...).

3.81. The general export tax (IGE) is levied in order to guarantee supplied to the domestic market or to protect human health, the environment, fauna, flora and cultural heritage. In 2021, just as in 2016, only two 8 digit HS 2017 tariff lines (HS 2714.90.99 (other bitumens and asphalts) and HS 2715.00.99 (other bituminous mixtures)) were subject to the general export tax, at a rate of 25%. The tax base for the export tax is the transaction value of the goods.

3.83. Mexico regulates exports of certain products in order to protect public health, public morality, security and public order; to conserve the country's non renewable and historically significant resources; (...)

3.84. (...). Mexico also prohibits the export of totoaba and turtle eggs of any type (HS 0410.00.01) for environmental conservation reasons [93]. (...) [93] The totoaba is a species considered at critical risk of extinction and included on the Red List of Threatened Species of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). There is a ban on exports of fresh totoabas (HS 0302.89.01), fresh edible totoaba offal (HS 03.02.9903), frozen totoaba (HS 0303.89.01) and frozen edible totoaba offal (HS 03.03.9903) (information provided by the authorities).

3.86. Non automatic export licensing is intended to regulate trade in certain products for the purpose of consumer, health or environmental protection or in order to comply with international treaties or agreements to which Mexico is party [94]. (...) [94] For example, the Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies; the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES); the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade; and the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme.

Table ‎3.17 Some tax incentives, 2022
Name of programme: Tax incentives for generating energy from renewable sources
Description: 100% income tax deduction of the cost of machinery and equipment used to generate renewable energy or of systems for the efficient co generation of electricity.
Legal instrument: Article 34, Section XIII of the Income Tax Law (Official Journal of 1 December 2004)

Table ‎3.18 Main support programmes, 2017-22
Entity: National Forestry Commission
Programme: Support Programme for Sustainable Forestry Development
Type of support (validity): Financial support

Table ‎3.18 Main support programmes, 2017-22
Entity: Ministry of Tourism
Programme: Regional Sustainable Tourism Development and Magical Towns Programme (PRODERMAGICO)
Type of support (validity): Means of recourse for tourism infrastructure (until 2018)