TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Mexico has agreed to reduce the impact of tariffs on imports from Taiwan, the Office of Trade Negotiations said Tuesday.

The Latin American country planned to impose higher tariffs from Jan. 1 on countries with which it did not have a Free Trade Agreement, including Taiwan. However, the Office of Trade Negotiations succeeded in obtaining the same or lower tariffs than before for 82 products on a list of 105 it had submitted to Mexico, per UDN.

An estimated 70% of Taiwan’s exports to Mexico will not be affected by the new tariffs. The list includes computer chips, servers, graphic cards, and printed circuit boards.

The Office of Trade Negotiations said 27 items including rearview mirrors and 20 other types of car parts, as well as three steel and three plastic products would be subjected to the same tariffs as before. Mexico would cut tariffs on 55 other products, the office said. Taiwan imports such as 16 types of car parts, chemical fibers, cardboard, polyvinyl chloride, cosmetics, and scooters.

Taiwan’s representative office in Mexico had been working on the issue since September by assisting contacts with the executive and legislative branches of the country’s government, the Office of Trade Negotiations said.