Those who had to deal with the Mexican authorities have the experience of how they are concerned about document preparation, either individually or on business. It seems that Hispanic countries are documenting to a whole new level and Mexico does not change either. Each "i" is a dotted line, and each "t" must cross.
When you are exporting goods to Mexico you need to prepare for management and logistics mines. You need to present a comprehensive document that supports importing your goods, shipping within the Mexican border. Conflicts and drawbacks between the office and the document are confirmed and retained until the problem area is resolved until it satisfies the import law of Mexico controlled by general customs administration.
Before your products go to Mexico, imported goods must be stopped and unloaded at the receiving warehouse on the US side. What I mean is that your truck does not turn right across the border and can not drive past the border by delivering the product. However, loading luggage on a truck or holding a ship or an airplane may start importing problems.
Your goods have five reasons to strike the Mexican border, from temporary to almost indeterminate.
1) The product is mistakenly classified
All goods must be classified for import duty. The document must conform to the Harmonization Price List (HTS), which includes imports other than NAFTA or NAFTA. Under this category there is a classification by industry. An article to be imported must be annotated with regard to the industry to be imported. This also affects the duties to pay.
Customs experts can not change the details of the classification when the customs clearance procedure is over. It is the responsibility of the exporter / importer to ensure the sorting of classification documents, which can often be done online, but that is a long process.
Evidence of payment of import tariff and tax payment must be submitted. These include IVA (VAT), customs fee, warehouse fee, special tax on production and service.
All goods must have stamps or stickers from the country of origin and must be imported in certificates or origin. There is a possibility that import tax from NAFTA countries is not subject to import tax.
2) The product is misunderstood
The evaluation you attach to your item in the import document will determine the obligation (if any) to be paid. Of course, the country of origin also affects these obligations.
When the customs officer inspects the documented goods or the goods themselves, if the goods are undervalued (separately or wrongly), the goods are considered to be stored checks. These checks may include Internet searches of similar items and may also call the supplier to ensure that the charge request is a correct rating.
This is not only for exporters but also for importers who need importers to attach evaluation documents or underestimated amounts to avoid tax obligations.
The authorities of Mexico and the United States are working closely together to ensure that they have sufficient knowledge of the origin and value of merchandise imported in Mexico. An experience that helps to quickly identify erroneously worthwhile products and wrong goods in the country of origin.
3) The product has an incomplete NAFTA certificate
NAFTA products are subject to different taxation from products from other exporting countries. If the product you are importing into Mexico is NAFTA, you need the correct certificate. Importers of records in Mexico have original papers and do not copy.
Normally, this document is accompanied by inaccurate importers and exporters details (for example, incorrect address, ZIP, wrong spelling company name or tax number number is incorrect). This certificate should be created with a detailed description of the relevant product. The NAFTA certificate must be provided at the time of import, and it can not be reversed for goods already imported.
4) Weak documents are attached to your items
All goods imported to Mexico must be accompanied by complete and accurate documents, but the necessary documents may be incomplete or missing in some cases. For example, if customs can not read commercial invoices, the goods will be kept for full supply. Other common mistakes related to documentation are delayed arrival of incomplete product descriptions (in many cases only part numbers are provided) and documents.
Many of these problems could be avoided by submitting documents to customs brokers prior to goods. Goods may take several days to ship to the border. If the customs broker has documents in advance (sometimes sent to the importer), we ensure that you meet the necessary criteria and guarantee.
Both the packing list and the commercial invoice must be readable with the complete product description and part number, and quantity and measurements clearly stated and defined. It is necessary to translate into Spanish, please do not forget the unit price and evaluation.
The first most fatal mistake is that your clients (importers) are not properly registered as importers of goods to Mexico. Registration is by application to the importer list of tax administrative services and must have all the documents in order to comply with Mexico's fiscal obligations in order to qualify. This includes the Federal Tax ID Number (RFC) that needs to be applied when doing business in Mexico with the regional Secretaria de Hacienda y Credito. Hacienda is Mexican equivalent of the US Internal Revenue Service as mentioned in general.
5) Power of attorney and export declaration are incorrect
Exports to Mexico must also be guaranteed by the shipper's export declaration. In many cases this will be carried out by the exporter himself, but if the goods are sent by courier, this responsibility will be attributed to the courier.
Professional customs experts require a power of attorney (POA) to complete the import process. Without it, we can not release goods from the warehouse to cross the border to the importer.
Because there is no valid POA, 50% of the goods held at the border will be treated as such. The POA also allows specialized customs brokers to submit appropriate shipper export documents.
As is often the case, this is a bonus mistake:
Your imported package does not match the document
Part of the document becomes a packaging list. This list details the number of packages and must include the weight, size, and volume of the metrics of all packages. Each package needs to be numbered, and the package list requires a detailed list of all the items held in each package: this includes the part number and a detailed explanation. Importing to Mexico may be delayed due to mistakes in packing or document preparation. If the weight of the package is specified as 1 kg it will be retained to see if the weight is above or below this and delay the import of the form.
Packaging must also meet certain criteria. The pallets must be fumigated and officially stamped before crossing the border.
Make sure you follow all rules
Because of the complexity of laws and pitfalls, many exporters to Mexico will use services of specialized customs experts who can prepare and present all documents on behalf of exporters. This includes providing importers with copies of all the necessary documents to complete the export process.
A professional customs expert understands all the necessary documents and responds to high standards on your behalf. He will offer you the following services:
• All authorization and approval processing.
• Review the preparation of all documents and import tariff declarations.
• Border shipment review, including those corresponding to invoices and packaging lists.
• Product clearance through customs.
• Provide guidance on letters of credit, taxes, insurance, warehousing.
• Shipment of imports from the entry area to the final destination.
We will work with your professional customs expert to help you in the export process. There are a few simple things that you can do to help him, and the smooth passage of your items to Mexico:
• I know your client in Mexico.
• For details on confirming the HTS number, please ask a specialized customs expert.
• Send photographs, web links, etc. to specialized customs experts to support the classification process.
• Establish responsibility between you and your clients (eg who pays for freight, condition, INCOTERMS).
• Send the NAFTA certificate to the importer for verification.
• Confirm that a copy of all the documents necessary for export is attached.
• Send all documents to specialized customs specialists before products arrive at the border.
• Verify that NOM label requirements are displayed correctly in all packages.
By using specialized customs experts, we can work safely under the knowledge that imports are managed professionally and appropriately. Carrying goods at the border is not only time-consuming and embarrassing, but contrary to business reputation. It can cause loss of business, hit your profits, taxes on your time.
Mining landmines are not easy to navigate, but experts on your side experts are intact on your partner side as well as your imports.
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