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: Corrected blanket NAFTA certification for a previous year to support Mexican pedimentos My US-based company issued a 2016 NAFTA certification to our related Mexican Importer prior to a corporate restructuring and change in the US IRS number in September of 2016. I issued a 2017 blanket NAFTA in January of 2017 with the new […]
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 […]
QUESTION: We have a couple of Mexican customers that are insisting the NAFTA certificate needs to be manually signed and will not accept our “electronic” signature. The signature is basically a scan of the manual signature that is then applied to the NAFTA certificate. In this technologically advanced era, I just can’t imagine every single […]
QUESTION: We recently purchased fabric from Mexico that meets NAFTA qualifications. We were not the importer in the US. The fabric is dyed fabric that has the appearance of more than one color. The fabric is 100% polyester filament. The Mexican supplier provided a NAFTA certificate showing the tariff code as 5407.52 which is […]
QUESTION: Can I get details on how IMMEX and Maquiladora operations work from the US compliance point of view? If US company USA, Inc exports previously imported goods to MX company Immex Co, then what record keeping requirements do you have in place for USA, Inc.? We are looking at EAR99 machinery, nothing fancy. When […]
QUESTION: Does anyone have an SOP for importing into Mexico and exporting from Mexico they could share that addresses classification, valuation and record keeping? ************* Answers: For this Topic the first question that must be asked is whether you are utilizing a Maquiladora or not; this changes many things, such as US import Valuation (as only […]
QUESTION: We have exported product to a related party in Mexico with NAFTA preference claimed. We have since had a change of heart from one of our suppliers who now says their product does not and should not have qualified for NAFTA preference. What are our risks? I understand we’ll have to pay any duties that should have […]
QUESTION: Can you claim drawback on goods imported from a country other than Mexico or Canada, and subsequently exported to Mexico for assy into a new and different article of commerce in a Maquila operation? Would not think that this would meet the Customs definition of an export because the goods “are not united with […]
QUESTION: Two questions for the membership. 1) Does Mexico issue binding tariff rulings? If so, any details on the process/best practices are appreciated. 2) Does anyone in the membership have experience differentiating between products of 2202.10 and 2202.90 as imported into Mexico? Neither the HTS nor the WCO Ex Notes are very specific as to when to […]
QUESTION: Is there anything in the regs or anyone had any experience where their Mexican entity does the US import documents and recordkeeping for the US site? Is customs ok with this? ========== Answer: We do this in some locations. It has not been a problem as long as documents are accessible in the U.S. […]
