Mexico customs questions
Mexico customs questions
Start here for common questions about quote requests, shipment preparation and Mexican customs review. Product eligibility, classification and actual costs need review of your own goods and importer arrangement.
Can I request a quote for a business or a personal shipment?
Yes. Choose the audience and import or export direction above. The form asks for the details that fit your shipment.
What if I do not know the classification or customs office?
Describe the goods, their use and where they were made. Leave the HS code blank if unknown and choose ‘Advise me’ for the customs office.
Can I ask about recurring shipments?
Yes. The business form asks about shipment frequency, transport and your current customs arrangements. Include the scale of your operation in the notes.
Should I upload invoices or identification?
No. This form accepts shipment details, not document uploads. Keep documents ready for the specialist’s review and leave identification numbers out of your answers.
Is the form a clearance approval or a final price?
It is a quote request. We review the details, and a customs specialist will contact you about your request.
Does the Broker-Need Check approve my shipment?
No. It organizes a review path from your answers. The result contains preparation guidance and a quote link carrying those answers into an editable form.
Is the Document Checklist Builder a complete legal document list?
No. It is a preparation aid based on the shipment you describe. The specialist reviews the exact documents for your goods, importer and operation.
Who makes the customs filing?
The filing is made by a licensed agente aduanal, a Mexican customs broker. Mexico Customs Broker reviews your quote request; ask about the filing arrangement for your shipment.
Official reference: ANAM: customs glossary
What goes into a clearance quote?
Discuss duties, taxes, the broker's services, handling and storage where relevant to the shipment. This site gives no rates, percentages or amounts. Request your quote for actual costs.
Do I need an importer registration?
SAT publishes importer-registration conditions and the RGCE address shipment-specific exceptions. Describe the intended importer and goods so the specialist can review your circumstances. A business or personal form selection is not an eligibility decision.
Official reference: SAT: importer registration · SAT: RGCE 2026 publications and annexes
What should I do if my importer register is suspended?
Keep the actual suspension notice and have the responsible adviser review its stated causes. SAT's current Anexo 2 includes procedure 7/LA for requesting that a suspension be lifted. A submitted request does not establish reinstatement.
Official reference: SAT: current RGCE Anexo 2 procedures
Do goods bought in the US automatically have USMCA origin?
No. USMCA origin depends on production and the applicable product rule. Keep manufacturing country separate from seller and pickup locations, and ask for review of the supporting evidence.
Official reference: USTR: USMCA chapter 4, origin rules
Who can certify origin under USMCA?
The agreement provides for an importer, exporter or producer to certify, subject to its requirements. Chapter 5 and Annex 5-A cover the certification and minimum data; ask the specialist to review your document and the certifying party's role.
Official reference: USTR: USMCA chapter 5, certification procedures
Which 2026 tariff changes should I review?
The linked decrees took effect January 1 and April 24, 2026 for their listed classifications. Review exact goods, origin and any relevant program. The actual rates are in the DOF publications, not on this site.
Official reference: DOF: tariff decree effective January 2026 · DOF: tariff and sector-program decree effective April 2026
How do I know whether a NOM applies?
SE's official rules list classified goods subject to Mexican official standards at entry or exit. Supply specifications, model and existing labels for review; a broad product category does not decide compliance.
Official reference: Secretaría de Economía: NOM rules
Can I choose IMMEX simply because my company manufactures?
SE describes IMMEX as an export manufacturing and services program. Have the specialist review your actual authorization, goods and production flow. This site does not determine program eligibility.
Official reference: Secretaría de Economía: IMMEX overview
Which RGCE annexes cover inventory and credit accounts?
SAT's RGCE 2026 index identifies Anexo 24 for automated inventory controls and Anexo 30 for credit and guarantee accounts. These are RGCE references; do not substitute numbers from the separate RMF annexes.
Official reference: SAT: RGCE 2026 publications and annexes
Who handles Carta Porte for the Mexican transport?
Carta Porte is a CFDI transport supplement described by SAT. Ask the carrier or transport adviser to review the applicable issuing arrangement for the actual movement; the customs and transport responsibilities should be identified separately.
Official reference: SAT: Carta Porte guidance
Does DDP or DAP settle who imports into Mexico?
Ask the parties to identify the intended importer and the written service scope. SE explains that Incoterms do not replace contracts or applicable law. Review the delivery term alongside the importer's actual setup.
Official reference: Secretaría de Economía: exporter contract guidance · SAT: importer registration
Can I request a review for solar equipment or building materials for my home?
Yes. Choose the personal form and the matching topic. List the products, manufacturing countries, pickup point and delivery destination. Keep technical sheets ready; the request does not approve the import.
How should I describe a move with household goods?
Use the household-goods topic and describe the inventory, condition, move and destination. Keep personal and immigration documents outside the public form. Ask the specialist to review the actual arrangement rather than assuming a moving label decides it.
Where should I ask about importing a vehicle?
Use Mexico Car Import at mexicocarimport.com for the vehicle review. This site keeps its vehicle page short and directs that topic there.
Are Otay and Tijuana the same customs office?
The official jurisdiction agreement identifies Mesa de Otay as a section of Tijuana customs. The site keeps both requested locations available so you can describe the proposed crossing accurately.
Official reference: DOF: customs-office jurisdictions
Can I mention a US-side customs need?
Yes. The business form asks about US-side needs. Explain what is already arranged and what remains open; Mexican and US-side responsibilities should be confirmed separately.
Does a customs examination mean my shipment has been penalized?
ANAM describes reconocimiento aduanero as examination of goods and documentation. Obtain the actual status or notice and ask the responsible professional what it means; the examination label alone does not establish a result.
Official reference: ANAM: customs glossary
Can I turn analytics off?
Yes. Use Analytics preferences in the footer. Your choice lasts twelve months and can be reversed there.
Who is responsible for the site's privacy notice?
mexicocustomsbroker.com is identified as the responsible party. The privacy page explains Formspree, analytics, handling of the request and the privacy-rights request form.
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The request carries this page's topic into the form. You can edit the shipment details before sending it.
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