USMCA Origin Planning: Cutting Landed Cost via Mexico Nodes

Section 301 duties are reshaping China-to-US supply chains. A Mexico warehousing or assembly node, planned around USMCA origin rules, can materially reduce landed cost.

Key takeaways

• Model Section 301 and 232 exposure before choosing the node
• Origin qualification depends on real transformation, not transshipment
• Eight months in Mexico City proved distributor credit review is the bottleneck