what are mexicos import restrictions?

Question

Does anyone know what restrictions mexico may have on importing wood from the U.S. or know of any available web sites to help?

Answer 1

The NAFTA generally eliminates all Mexican import restrictions on U.S. products, immediately. However, Mexico may maintain, for ten years after NAFTA's initial implementation, restrictions on imports for sale in Mexico of certain used equipment and materials. The Mexican tariff items affected are found below. If your product is on this list, than your Mexican importer must petition for an import license. There is no standard form to obtain the license. Instead, your importer will need to submit a letter in which they state what kind of equipment and how many units they would like to import, over what period of time they would like to import, and why they are not obtaining the equipment from a domestic source. Letters should be submitted to the Office of Foreign Trade Services at the Secretary of Commerce and Industrial Development (SECOFI). Their contact number is 011-525-229-6100.

These restrictions may not apply to certain equipment brought into Mexico on a temporary basis, for the purpose of providing cross-border services or performance of a contract for government procurement purposes. See page 7 of this document for more information on temporary entry of used equipment into Mexico.

More information on this subject can be obtained by calling the Office of the North American Free Trade Agreement at [phone].

Check the link below a HUGE list very huge

Answer 2

Customs in Mexico
Custom Broker

Foreign trade projects, public or private, require constant bringing up to date in different aspects such as codes regulations, custom formalities, duties and legal aspects and precepts.

Therefore, custom brokers more than just taking the necessary steps to put the merchandise through customs, became advisors in foreign trade and international logistics.

By doing so, clients not only obtain the best applicable tariffs for their every day projects, but through consulting and deliberating, work together with foreign trade experts in developing better products, system and strategies promoting trade an d international commerce.
Necessary Documentation for Import/Export Operations

To be able to import or export merchandise it is required to present necessary official approved document, this document is called: "pedimento" (means requirment) and it has to be completed by a Mexican Custom broker.

In the case in which the merchandise is subject to regulations and non-duty restrictions, which are fulfilled through electronic means, the “pedimento” has to include the electronic signature that proves fulfillment of the same requirements.

The documentation you need to include is the following:

* Commercial invoice that contains all the requirements and data that Mexican authorities establish by rules such as: complete address, complete company name, description on merchandise.
* Airway bill, bill of lading.
* The document that proves the fulfillment of regulations and non duty restrictions that proceed;
* Certificate of origin.
* Estimated price guarantee in case Mexican autority (SCH)P estimates a higher than declared values in the merchandise being imported.
* In case of it being merchandise that is identifiable by serial number, make, model, technical specifications, all this information must be contained in the “pedimento”.

Only Mexican custom brokers can do the necessary red tape of the foreign commerce operations done with Mexico.



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Answer 3

Most U.S. and Mexican quantitative restrictions were converted to tariff-rate quotas (TRQ’s) based on the "tariffication" of the former border measure.
The NAFTA TRQ’s provide that a certain quantity of product can enter duty-free, while anything over this amount is subject to an over-quota tariff -- established as the tariff equivalent of the border protection provided by the previous quantitative restriction. The NAFTA TRQ’s provide for growth in the quota amount. The over-quota tariff is being phased out over a 10- or 15-year period.
Mexico's Import Licensing

Upon enactment of the agreement, Mexico eliminated import licensing requirements on U.S. agricultural exports. Mexico replaced licensing requirements with a TRQ or an ordinary tariff, which are being phased-out over the NAFTA transition period.
NAFTA TRQ’s were established for Mexico's imports of corn, dry beans, milk powder, poultry, barley/malt, animal fats, potatoes, eggs, and some lumber products from the United States.
The TRQ’s are generally based on average annual 1989-91 trade, with some adjustment for special conditions. The NAFTA quota volume will grow at a compounded annual 3-percent rate, except for barley/malt, which will grow at 5 percent.
Mexico's over-quota tariffs are based on the tariff equivalent of the border protection provided by the import license. This tariff equivalent, in the form of a tariff, are being phased out using the following formula: 24 percent over the first six years in equal annual installments, then a straight-line phase out over the remaining transition period. The over-quota tariffs on all products are being eliminated over a 10-year transition period, except corn, dry beans, and powdered milk, which are being eliminated over 15 years.
Mexico immediately eliminated the import license and the duty on millet and on grapes imported from October 15 to May 31. The import licenses on wheat, grapes (June 1 to October 14), tobacco, cheese, evaporated milk, and day-old chicks imported from the United States were replaced by tariffs, which are being phased out over a 10-year period.
Canada and Mexico maintain current import restrictions, both tariffs and tariff-rate quotas, on two-way trade in poultry, eggs and most dairy products.
U.S. Import Restrictions

The previous U.S. Section 22 import quotas for imports from Mexico were replaced by NAFTA TRQ’s. The quota quantities grow at a 3-percent compounded annual rate over the NAFTA transition periods. The over-quota tariff was based on a 1989-91 tariff equivalent of the previous border protection.
For dairy products, cotton and sugar-containing products, the over-quota tariff for imports from Mexico is being phased out over 10 years. For peanuts, the over-quota tariff on peanuts imported from Mexico is being reduced over 15 years -- 15 percent over the first six years of the agreement, with the remainder of the tariff phased out over the remaining 9 years.


here's the link: http://www.fas.usda.gov/itp/policy/nafta/tariffic.html

go down the page and you will see all the information on rates they charge for different wood.

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