Mexico: Exporting products

Customs Procedures

Restrictions

The following items are prohibited or restricted: narcotics, live fish, predators of any size, images representing children in a degrading or ridiculous way, used clothes that are not part of your personal luggage, firearms and ammunitions and electronic cigarettes (as of February 2020).

Export Taxes

Visit the Tributary Administration site to find out if there is an export tax fee for your product.

Export Clearance

Mexican Customs Law outlines two types of exportation: definitive export, when Mexican goods are shipped to another country in order to remain there for an unlimited amount of time; temporary export, when Mexican goods are shipped to another country for a limited amount of time and for a specific purpose.

The persons who would like to export merchandise from Mexico must comply with the following regulations:

• Verify he or she is registered in the Federal Register of Taxpayers.
• Register in the Register of Sectoral Exporters only for certain sectors, including alcohol, tobacco, flavoured drinks, fossil fuels and pesticides.
• Hire the services of a dealer or a customs agent to prepare the administration procedures by proxy.
• Comply with conditions and customs regulations established by the General Legislation of Taxes on Exports.
• Pay the customs duty taxes, if applicable.

For more information visit Mexican Customs site.

Necessary Declaration

Customs declaration must contain information regarding the merchandise: its origin, its components, its unit and global value, custom fees and information about the export agent and consignment receiver. The document containing this information is called a 'pedimento' (requisition) and must be requested to the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit by the agent or by the customs representative. Then, it must be presented at the customs office in order to pay the processing rights' fees.

You will also need the following:

• Commercial invoice for the products
• Registry of Exporters by Industry (this is only necessary if the goods are alcoholic beverages, energy drinks, cigarettes, or iron ore)
• Certificate of origin
• Packing list, identifying the contents and type of goods
• Transportation documents: air waybill or bill of lading or consignment note
• Insurance policy
• Documents proving compliance with non-tariff measures, both in Mexico and the destination market
• Country of Origin Marking
• Industrial property registry and trademarks
• Letter of instruction to the customs broker
• Customs documents (this step should be completed by your customs broker in order to clear the goods).