Mexico Restores First Come, First Serve Allocation for Exports to U.S. Under Wool TPL, Etc.
In the January 13, 2012 Diario Oficial, Mexico's Ministry of Economy indicates that effective January 16, 2012, it will be allocating all of the Wool Tariff Preference Level for the U.S. market on a "first come, first serve" basis (previously, 90% of this wool TPL was allocated by a competitive bidding process). The Diario notice also indicates that the registration form number for Certificate of Eligibility for each shipment is SE-03-041-A (in 2010, it was listed as form number SE-03-013-2).
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(As of December 9, 2011, the 2011 TPL for wool apparel from Mexico was 97.19% filled. A new TPL period began in January 1, 2012. See ITT's Online Archives 1112267 for summary of 2012 TPL levels for Mexico. See ITT's Online Archives 10120601 for summary stating that Mexico was implementing a competitive bidding process for 90% of the TPL imposed by the U.S. on Mexico wool apparel.)
Note that the above information was derived from the Spanish language Jan 13 Diario notice, available here, as well as its Google translation.