QUESTION: I’d like to hear from those who have had a customs audit for their related party in Mexico. Are employees required to be involved during an audit or can the audit be handled 100% by an attorney in Mexico? The reason I’m asking it’s because we have an entity in Mexico that is 100% […]
QUESTION: A steel part that is subject to a China wide US ADD order is sent to Mexico. It is installed into equipment in Mexico and is used and then fails during the warranty period. The US parent company wants the ADD part to come to the US for analysis. The ADD part is damaged […]
QUESTION: Past week we had a shipment going to a customer in Mexico which was put on hold by our carrier since new requirement is “security certificate is required by importer”. We don’t have Rep or entity in Mexico so customer is the IOR. Has anyone had similar situation? What is this security certificate? Who […]
QUESTION: Scenario- My US company purchases all material from our related EU company, then we sell to a MX customer (not related) . The material we purchase from EU company to fulfill our PO with MX customer, will be shipped directly from EU to MX. The material once imported into MX will be processed down […]
QUESTION: Does anyone know, for the new tariffs effective June 10 out of Mexico. Is that based on the country of origin MX or for all export shipments out of MX. They did not clarify that part. %%%%%%%%%% ANSWERS: As of now, the Mexico tariffs have been suspended “indefinitely”. %%%%%%%%%% These tariffs have been indefinitely […]
QUESTION: Any idea if the proposed MX tariff will be assessed on instruments of international traffic, 9803.00.50? ========== As items under this HTS are to be products of the U.S., or previously imported, no they would not be assessed a tariff. You will note they are currently impacted by the CN tariffs either. =========== Generally […]
QUESTION: Does anyone have any insight into the Mexico tariffs and whether duty drawback can be utilized to recoup the paid tariff? What about foreign trade zones and bonded warehouses? Are they going to have to be treated as “privileged” status goods or can the lower tariff (hoping that these tariffs will eventually be repealed) […]
QUESTION: I bring a lot of NAFTA-qualified goods from MX to the US. Will this new 5% tariff even be on NAFTA goods? %%%%%%%%%% ANSWERS: Yes %%%%%%%%%% Yes – because this is not a trade related tariff, and therefore, even if the goods qualify for NAFTA and enter duty-free from the ad valorem rate, this […]
QUESTION: 1. I read recent news that effective June 10, US will impose additional tariff on goods from Mexico. I want to get clarity if it’s based on Mexico origin products like how it was done with China trade war or any import shipment coming from Mexico? 2. We import a good from China that […]
QUESTION: I will be auditing my IMMEX facility in Mexico for the first time next month. What questions should I ask in addition to the risk assessment questions I ask at my U.S. locations? Looking specifically for IMMEX requirements related to inventory management, reporting, etc. ***************** Answers: Auditing Mexico IMMEX is not like a typical […]
QUESTION: Not quite sure on how goods are imported into Mexico. Recently I had some medical devices that came into Mexico Airport. I am told that the Mexico Customs Broker took pictures of the freight as well as contents of the products and submitted documents and pictures as part of the entry. Does this sound […]
QUESTION: Our customer in Mexico stated that a new regulation went into effect on Jan 1, 2019 and their government set certain minimum prices for import value to meet for each HTS. Further, they are saying that our prices are lower than the minimum price to meet. I requested a specific regulation for me to […]
