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? ========== Answers: The Mexican entity generates the export invoice (our import invoice), sends this information to the US Broker to Manifest the cargo […]
QUESTION: We are a US Company and we recently sold a small test instrument (Value less than $1,000.00 USD) to a Company in California. As we were arranging for shipment, the buyer (California Company) indicated that they were going to arrange for the shipment to a broker located in Mexico who would clear the product […]
QUESTION: I just recently ran an AES USPPI report out of ACE website. I am using this report for audit purposes for AES filing by our freight forwarders as well as routed. After running the report I was alarmed not to see any AES filings for our exports to Mexico. I immediately contacted a few […]
QUESTION: We are looking to have parts machined in Mexico at a Maquiladora. We would issue a PO to Company A which is located in the US. Company A has a subsidiary in Mexico which operates under a Maquiladora (we’ll refer to them as Company B). Company A would pick up our […]
Would appreciate feedback from members who may have run into this issue in the past and how it was managed. HS code 8302.30 in the US Article Description text ends with “…and parts thereof;” The MX text does not have this. If we are harmonized globally to 6 digits, would not the text be the […]
Question: Our HQ is located in the US with an office in MX. We were told by our MX broker that we had to claim an insurance figure, though the MX office never purchased insurance, our HQ has a global insurance policy that covers all our shipments, no matter which office purchased the goods. The […]
Question: Can anyone advise where I can find specific information regarding Anti-dumping duties in Mexico for goods that are of Chinese origin? This is a new endeavor for the company that I work for and would like to know if ADD on clothing and accessories applies to all HTS codes, or specific ones. ************* Answers: […]
Question: We have a shipment that being shipped by truck to Mexico. The goods are under $2500 (NLR) so there is no AES filing. We are told that we need a US broker to “clear” the shipment on the US side. Would one of the members be able to explain why we need a US […]
Question: How do I deal with Mexican brokers who disagree with and refute information I know is correct, right down to HTS numbers. We have a related company in Mexico that does some assembly and we send them parts weekly. They ask us for HTS and NAFTA data for items we send, but the Mexican […]
Question: Effective Jan. 15, 2016, Article 81 of Mexican Customs Law establishes the requirement for a Mexican Importer of Record to provide documented support of the valuation of imported merchandise to the Mexican Customs Broker. One of the required documents is “contracts related to the purchase of the goods”. Can this requirement be satisfied with […]
Question: Does anyone have a job description for an IMMEX Program Manager that would be domiciled at the Mexican factory of a U.S. company to oversee compliance to the regulations as well as transactional process oversight. If you don’t have a job description to share, please consider responding with your opinion of the responsibilities […]
Question: Do Mexico and Canada have Reconciliation programs similar to that of the US? Specifically, I am wondering what the procedures/process are available for imports into Canada and Mexico in cases where only provisional values are available at the time of import and will likely change a couple of months after entry. ========== Answers: Canada […]
