Mexico

QUESTION: Does the membership have any insight as the applicability of the new Mexican Customs Regulation, effective June 1, 2017, for valuation assessment documentation?  Will these documentary requirements apply to cargo movements to and from maquiladoras?   On April 20, 2015, the Mexican government published in the Diario Oficial de la Federacion for its new […]

QUESTION: In certain instances, we will send multiple conveyances from our plant to a US/MX southern border cross dock in the US.  The first conveyance with one Schedule B code will not meet the $2500 threshold.  Later in the day, an additional conveyance is created, different article, but same schedule B. Over a 2-3 day […]

QUESTION: We routinely export and return previously imported products to Mexico. I am being told by our Mexico site that return parts and newly manufactured items are prohibited from being sent in the same shipment according to Mexico import regulations.  This is the first that I have heard of such a requirement. I thought that […]

QUESTION: We purchased a part in 2014 and our maquiladora needs to export it in order to comply with the 36 month period. We have a 2014 supplier NAFTA on file. Do we need to create a 2017 NAFTA or can we use the original 2014 NAFTA or are there any other options? ************** Answers: […]

QUESTION: Does anyone  have an SOP for southern border brokerage for shipments to related entities that they would consider sharing?  I am looking for help developing a process to smooth communication with the MX broker.  Right now, every shipment is an issue because the MX broker disagrees with my classifications on my commercial documents which […]

QUESTION: Mexican entity(buyer) purchases goods in the US for import into Mexico.   Mexican entity contracts with a Mexican Customs broker to execute the necessary steps in the import process. (creation of the pedimentos, etc..)   The Mexican Customs broker physically sits in Laredo, Texas where he executes the Mexican customs business on behalf of […]

QUESTION: Mexican entity(buyer) purchases goods in the US for import into Mexico. Mexican entity contracts with a Mexican Customs broker to execute the necessary steps in the import process. (creation of the pedimento, etc..) The Mexican Customs broker physically sits in Laredo, Texas where he executes the Mexican customs business on behalf of the Mexican […]

QUESTION: We have a Mexican National who we would like to assign to work on ITAR and EAR controlled parts.  She is our LEAN representative. We have determined we will need both state and commerce licenses.  For the state license, would I need to submit a DSP-5 request for each customer and their part numbers […]

QUESTION: Scenario: US company purchase goods from other US companies and have the freight sent to Laredo, TX. Then their is a stock transfer from US company in Laredo TX to Mexico Sister Company in Mexico. The broker will consolidate shipments at their warehouse in Laredo, TX and the company in Mexico will prepare paperwork. […]

QUESTION: Does anyone in the membership have any information about new requirement for the commercial invoice for shipment to Mexico to have the Tax ID of the foreign suppliers?  Any guidance as far as when this was effective and the respective rule, is appreciated. ========== Answers: It went into effect last year. We created a […]

QUESTION: Can the membership advise where I would find the import duties for goods into Mexico? I am specifically looking to get the duty rates that were imposed prior to implementing NAFTA. ========== Answers: The Mexican tariff schedule can be found on line (in Spanish) here: http://www.siicex-caaarem.org.mx/ ========== There are content providers that have tariff […]