Question: Recently I spoke with a Mexican manufacturer who is shipping to the US via the FAST lanes. They are a certified foreign manufacturer, are using a C-TPAT/FAST certified carrier, and the truck is driven by a FAST approved driver. The US importer they are shipping to, however, is not a C-TPAT partner. […]
QUESTION: My company currently operates an IMMEX facility in Mexico. But we have found there to be a number of limitations trying to utilize that business entity when trying to sell material intra Mexico. Management has asked that I do some fact finding to determine what would be the benefits and drawbacks of […]
Question: A question to the membership regarding the June 1, 2012 effective date of the paperless regulatory change…. We have been told that suppliers in Mexico under EXW shippers plant incoterms are advising they are not responsible for keying the data into the Mexico website. Have others in the group been hearing of this […]
Question: 1) US company imports EU origin goods for re-sale out of its warehouses in US (no change made to goods while in US). 2) MX customer buys said EU goods from US company. 3) MX customer wants to enter goods under EU/MX FTA (TLCUEM). The EU/MX FTA treaty language states: “The Agreement does not […]
Question: Are there any restrictions on the direct import of CN products in MX when there may be competing domestically manufactured products ? Same question as above regarding import restrictions but after the products have been first imported into the US or CA, customized but not substantially transformed, then shipped to MX ? Are such […]
Question: Would anyone in the membership be able to provide feedback for what theylook for when hiring a compliance position in Mexico? Is it unreasonable to expect a candidate to have knowledge with areassuch as Mexico import law and regulations, NAFTA, HTS classification,andrecordkeeping? For the candidates I’ve interviewed none have thisexperience. They all state they […]
Question: We operate a Maquiladora in Mexico that has a separate software system aside from our production ERP specifically for IMMEX reporting in Mexico. With that software they generate the import and export pedimentos for Mexico imports and exports. I have been told by my counterparts in Mexico that we must use the commercial invoices […]
Question: Each year my predecessor had prepared a Waiver report of parts use by OEM that does not require country of origin marking according to the regulations. This waiver report is given to US Customs on entry from Mexico at the US/MX border. We do not prepare and have not been asked for this waiver […]
Question: I have a few questions regarding the Mexico Pedimento. If an incorrect “ID Fiscal” (Tax ID) is shown on a Mexico Pedimento, howdoes it get corrected? Will there be a penalty for any pedimentos having anincorrect ID Fiscal? If so, how is any penalty calculated? To correct future shipments, it is just […]
Question: Can anyone tell me the legal requirements in Mexico for issuing a customer’sinvoice? If we have a distribution facility in Mexico do we have to providethe invoice for payment at the time of pickup or delivery? I am receivingsome feedback that says that is Mexican “IRS” laws but many customers haveconfirmed they only receive […]
Question: I am working with import/exports moving into and out of Mexico We haverecently increased the number of these shipments.I’m now finding out that out Mexican vendor needs copies of my exportpedimento OR they are going ot have to charge us VAT on the exports.Here are my questions: 1 – Is this standard in the […]
Does anyone have a list of Mexican Import Tariff Codes & Duty Rates? We’re doing a NAFTA analysis to determine if it’s beneficial to keep providing NAFTA certificates.
