Question: We have an IMMEX in Mexico and the broker for this plant is telling us one of our products should be classified as 9026.80 and here in the US, we have classified it as 9026.20. We do not have a formal classification, but we have asked our outside law firm and US broker […]
Question: We export to a variety of customers in Mexico, all of whom seem to want to use their own customs broker. With exports to other countries, we instruct our freight forwarder to turn over the freight to the broker upon arrival at the destination. However, with Mexico this poses more of a challenge due […]
Question: A sister company sold a manufacturing system to a Mexican company. However, they outsourced the installation and other services necessary to make the system operational to 2 other Mexican companies. The invoices received from these 2 service companies reflected substantial additional lines for IVA. It is my understanding that IVA is similar to […]
As we are in the process of getting our five Mexican suppliers established in the C-TPAT program, we’re interested in what folks experienced during their Mexican C-TPAT validations: Did CBP focus on the carriers more than the facilities? Did CBP want the carriers/forwarders/brokers available (present) at the validation? How long after certification did […]
Question: We are in the process of closing a US plant and moving all the production equipment etc to Mexico and are having a high rate of inspections which has caused some damage to tools and delays. We normally ship product to Mexico weekly without issue – does anyone have an idea why the […]
Question: We are in the process of closing a US plant and moving all the production equipment etc to Mexico and are having a high rate of inspections which has caused some damage to tools and delays. We normally ship product to Mexico weekly without issue – does anyone have an idea why the […]
Question: Does anyone know of a free web based resource where I can access the HTS tariff for MX? Or has a copy of the change record for 2009 (if any changes have been made), I can’t find anything that is FREE!
I would like to know where I can find more information regarding the customs requirements in Mexico, for materials which required any individually serialized product to be auditable by Mexico customs to ensure that what was being brought in (according to the paperwork) correlated to the actual product. As I vaguely recall, the serial number […]
Seeking advice. We are a U.S. subsidiary of a multinational, incorporated in Europe with worldwide operations. We have a current U.S. customer with a subsidiary in Mexico that wants to buy from us. The mill we would supply both U.S. and Mexico is in Mexico. My understanding is a U.S. company cannot be Importer of […]
Can anyone offer assistance or recommendations on what is the best place to go to get information, in English, on the requirements for Customs Compliance into Mexico? We are opening an office there and want to make sure we get setup the right way.
Question: Is there any particular format a commercial invoice must take for shipment to Mexico? If so, is there a value threshold or is it required for all imports? I have been shipping to Mexico for many years using our standard English language invoice format. However, it may be that my customers’ customs brokers are […]
We ship railcars from Mexico to the USA and Canada. Recently the mill’s brokers have been requiring the Tax ID numbers for every customer we ship to in the USA and Canada. The only answer I have so far is that “… it is a requirement of Mexican customs.” I continue to be asked why […]
