Mexico

Letter mail

Parcel

EMS

Prohibited articles list

Additional requests

Weight / size limit admitted:

üPostcard – maximum weight 20g. maximum size - 240X340mm; maximum thickness – 5mm.

üLetter – maxsimum weight 250g. maximum size - 240X340mm; maximum thickness: 5mm.

üSmall packets – maxsimum weight 2kg. maximum size - 240X340mm; maximum thickness: 50mm.

üM bag – maxsimum weight 30kg. maximum height - 80cm; maximum circumference -120cm.

Insured* letters admitted – no;

Maximum insured value –

On-line tracking provided – yes;

Payments for inbound items in case, when content is a goods:

ü Customs clearance fee - 38 local currency / $2.96;

ü Threshold level below which items are free of customs duties and other taxes - 3900 local currency / $300;

Numbers of customs declarations required for inbound letter – 1;

Languages in which customs declarations must be completed – Spanish, English, French;

Delivery charge for small packets exceeding 500 g –

Period of retention for letters – 14 days;

Web site address of postal administration – www.correosdemexico.gob.mx

*Insured Parcel–Type of Registered Parcel, which is insured at cost declared by the sender. Insured value should not be more than the actual cost of the package content and should not exceed 10 000 GEL.

**Custom declaration for letter post is required only in case, when content is a goods.

Weight / size limit admitted:

ü Max weight – 20 kg

ü Max size - 1,05m X 1,05m X 1,05m (or 2m length & greatest circumference);

Insured* parcels admitted – no;

Maximum insured value -

On-line tracking provided – yes;

Numbers of customs declarations required for inbound parcels – 1;

Languages in which customs declarations must be completed – French, English, Spanish;

Payments for inbound parcels:

ü Customs clearance fee - 38 local currency / $2.96;

ü Threshold level below which parcels are free of customs duties and other taxes - 3900 local currency / $300;

To customers’ address:

ü Free – no;

ü Paid service – no;

Period of retention for parcels:

ü Min – 10 days;

ü Max – 60 days;

Web site address of postal administration – www.correosdemexico.gob.mx

*Insured Parcel–Type of Registered Parcel, which is insured at cost declared by the sender. Insured value should not be more than the actual cost of the package content and should not exceed 10 000 GEL.

Weight / size limit admitted:

ü Max weight – 20 kg

ü Max size - 1,05m X 1,05m X 1,05m (or 2m length & greatest circumference);

Maximum insured value:

for documents: 4000 GEL

for merchandise: 10 000 GEL

Numbers of customs declarations required for inbound EMS – 1;

Languages in which customs declarations must be completed – English;

Payments for inbound parcels:

ü Customs clearance fee -

ü Threshold level below which parcels are free of customs duties and other taxes:

For private customers - 975 MXN / 35.76 SDR;

For business customers -

How many attempts at delivery are made: 2

Period of retention for EMS items: 10 days;

Coverage: entire territory

Days of the week on which EMS items are delivered: 1/2/3/4/5

EMS item delivery to P.O. Box: Yes

National holidays on which EMS items are not delivered: 1 January, 4 February, 18 March, 18-20 April, 1,5 May, 16 September, 1,2,12,18 November, 25 December

Web site address of postal administration – www.gob.mx/correosdemexico

*SDR–Monetary unit (Special Drawing Rights) created by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) - The value of the SDR in terms of the US dollar is determined daily based on exchange rates quoted at noon each day in the London market and posted on the IMF’s

The amount of insurance paid by the customer should not exceed the actual value of the contents of the parcel

Definition of Terms

· Prohibited items – items whose import into the country is prohibited.

· Items admitted conditionally – items whose importation into the country is allowed with the term if a document issued by the relevant authorities of the exporting country is presented.

· Items admitted without conditions – items whose import into the country is allowed.

Detailed information on the HS codes and their titles can be found on the Revenue Service web-page (http://www.rs.ge/4509) or at the following address: http://www.foreign-trade.com/reference/hscode.htm

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The below information is based upon the official source of Mexico

Part I:

List of articles prohibited as imports (or in transit) or admitted conditionally

Section I Live animals; animal products

Chapter 1 Live animals

Heading HS Code ÿ Prohibited articles

01.06 0106.00 All live animals except bees, leeches and silkworms.

ÿ Articles admitted conditionally

Bees, leeches and silkworms. See Part II, §§ A1, A3 and E2.

Chapter 2 Meat and edible meat offal

02.01-10	0201.10-	All products. Meats and remains of birds. See Part II, §§ A1 and A2, SECOFI compensatory quotas.
	0210.90
Chapter 3		Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates
Heading	HS Code	ÿ Prohibited articles
03.02-07	0302.11-	Predatory fish at the alevin stage, young and adult. Article 41, 4, c, Washington Convention.
	0307.99
		ÿ Articles admitted conditionally
		Other fish.
Chapter 4		Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewherespecified or included
Heading	HS Code	ÿ Articles admitted conditionally
04.01-10	0401.10-	Milk and lactic products. See Part II, §§ S1 and A1. Birds' eggs. See Part II, § 13.
	0410.00
Chapter 5		Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included
Heading	HS Code	ÿ Articles admitted conditionally
05.02-11	0502.10-	All products. See Part II, §§ A1, A2 and A3. Feathers, horns, ivory. See Part II, § E3.
	0511.99
Section II		Vegetable products
Chapter 6		Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage
Heading	HS Code	ÿ Articles admitted conditionally
06.01-04	0601.10-	All products. See Part II, §§ A1 and A3. Foliage, leaves. See Part II, § E2.
	0604.99
Chapter 7		Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers
Heading	HS Code	ÿ Articles admitted conditionally
07.01-14	0701.10-	All products, potatoes and beans, except for seed. See Part II, §§ A1 and A3 and SECOFI quotas.
	0714.90
Chapter 8		Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons
Heading	HS Code	ÿ Articles admitted conditionally
08.01-14	0801.11-	All products, potatoes and beans, except for seed. See Part II, §§ A1 and A3. Grapes. SECOFI
	0814.00	quotas.
Chapter 9		Coffee, tea, maté and spices
Heading	HS Code	ÿ Articles admitted conditionally
09.01	0901.11-	All products. See Part II, §§ A1 and A3.
	0901.90

Heading HS Code ÿ Articles admitted conditionally

Chapter 10 Cereals

Heading HS Code ÿ Articles admitted conditionally

10.01-08 1001.10- All products. See Part II, §§ A1 and A3. Wheat, barley, maize, millet. SECOFI quotas.

1008.90

Chapter 11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten

Heading	HS Code	ÿ Articles admitted conditionally
11.03	1103.14	Rice. See Part II, §§ A1 and A3. Malt. SECOFI quotas.
11.07	1107.10
	1107.20

Chapter 12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder

Heading HS Code ÿ Prohibited articles

12.01-14 1201.00- Poppy seeds. Marijuana (Canabis indica).

1214.90

ÿ Articles admitted conditionally

All products. See Part II, §§ A1 and A3. Copra, sugar cane: SECOFI quotas.

Chapter 13 Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts

Heading HS Code ÿ Prohibited articles

13.01 1301.90- Marijuana preparation for smoking. (Canabis indica).

13.02 1302.11

1302.39

ÿ Articles admitted conditionally

Copal. See Part II, § E2. Raw or in powder, alcoholic and other. See Part II, § S1 and SECOFI

quotas.

Chapter 14 Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included

Heading HS Code ÿ Articles admitted conditionally

14.03 1403.90 Other products. See Part II, §§ A1, A3 and E2.

14.04 1404.10

Section III Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes

Chapter 15 (Sole chapter)

Heading HS Code ÿ Articles admitted conditionally

15.01 1501.00 Lard. See Part II, SECOFI quotas.

15.21 1521.90 Animal fats and oils, animal wax, vegetable fats and oils (sunflower and olive). See Part II, §§ S1, A1 and A3.

Section IV Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and vinegar; tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes

Chapter 16 Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates

Heading HS Code ÿ Articles admitted conditionally

16.01 1601.00 Prepared meats, hams, shoulder of ham, cooked or pieces of pork flesh, cooked entrails, other

16.02 1602.90 blood-based preparations. See Part II, §§ A1 and A2.

Chapter 17 Sugars and sugar confectionery

Heading HS Code ÿ Articles admitted conditionally

17.01 1701.11 Sugars in solid state: quotas.

1701.99

17.02 1702.11- Raw or untreated lactose, with a nitrogen content of less than 2%. See Part II, § S1.

1702.90

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Chapter 18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations

Heading HS Code ÿ Articles admitted conditionally

18.01 1801.00 Various forms of cocoa. See Part II, § P.I.T. SECOFI.

18.05 1805.00 Cocoa in whole or broken beans, raw or grilled. See Part II, §§ A1 and A3.

Chapter 19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products

Heading HS Code ÿ Articles admitted conditionally

19.01 1901.90

19.02 1902.19

Vegetable products for diabetics. See Part II, § S1. Pasta. See Part II, estimated prices.

Chapter 20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants

Heading HS Code ÿ Articles admitted conditionally

20.07 2007.10

2007.99 Homogenized preparations, citrus preparations, compotes and jams for diabetics and others. See

Part II, § S1.

Chapter 21 Miscellaneous edible preparations

Heading HS Code ÿ Articles admitted conditionally

21.01 2101.11 Coffee extracts, essences and concentrates and their preparations. SECOFI quotas.

2106.10

2106.90 Soya protein concentrates, milk protein derivatives, pudding and gelatine powders for diabetics. See

Part II, § S1.

Chapter 22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar

Heading HS Code ÿ Articles admitted conditionally

22.04 2204.21

22.08 2208.20 Wines and champagne: estimated prices. Cognac, brandy, whisky, rum: estimated prices. Spirits

2208.90 and other: N.O.M.

Chapter 23 Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder

Heading	HS Code	ÿ Articles admitted conditionally
23.09	2309.10	Food for dogs or cats, food for fowls, straws, preparations, sugared forage, food for aquarium and
	2309.90	other fish. See Part II, §§ A1 and A3.

Chapter 24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes

Heading HS Code ÿ Articles admitted conditionally

24.01 2401.10 Tobacco, cigars, cigarillos and homogenized tobacco. See Part II, SECOFI quotas.

24.03 2403.99 Raw tobacco and residues and other. See Part II, §§ A1 and A3.

Section V Mineral products

Chapter 25 Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement

Heading HS Code ÿ Articles admitted conditionally

25.24 2524.00 Asbestos in powder or layers, and residues. See Part II, § E1.

Chapter 26 Ores, slag and ash

Heading HS Code ÿ Articles admitted conditionally

26.19 2619.00

26.21 2621.00

Iron and steel waste, waste from galvanization, used catalysts, residues from lead refining, ash. See

Part II, § E1.

Chapter 27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes

Heading HS Code ÿ Prohibited articles

27.09 2709.00 Explosive, inflammable or other dangerous materials. Article 41, 4, d, 1989 Washington Convention.

Heading HS Code ÿ Articles admitted conditionally

Crude oils. See Part II, SECOFI quotas. Lubricant oils and greases. See Part II, § E1.

Section VI Products of the chemical or allied industries

Chapter 28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes

Heading HS Code ÿ Prohibited articles

28.04-11 2804.70 Thallium sulphate.

28.33-36 2811.29

28.44-45 2833.29

28.50 2836.91

2844.20

2845.90

2850.00

ÿ Articles admitted conditionally

Red or amorphous phosphorus. See Part II, SECOFI quotas. Nitrous oxide, caesium lithium carbonate, 137; cobalt, radioactive and others. See Part II, § S1 andquotas.

Chapter 29 Organic chemicals

Heading HS Code ÿ Prohibited articles

29.03 2903.19

29.41 2941.90 Hexachlorine, hexahydrate, dimetanoaphthene, heptachlorine, tetrahydrometaindene, epoxy hexachloride, hydroendodimetanoaphthalene,dichlorobromophenylmethyl, N-allylglutamic imidoacid, phenylthiophosphonate, diacetylmorphone. Narcotics and psychotropic substances. Article 41, 4, b, WashingtonConvention.

ÿ Articles admitted conditionally

AC. Valproico and its salts, Naproxen, salbutamol sulphates, hydantoin, dyptridamol, Bensimadosol and its salts, Dozol chloride, penicillanic acid, furosemid, vitamin B12or benzil penicillin: sodium, potassium, ampicillin and its salts; sodium dichlorophenylmethyllisoxazolipenicillin; cephalexyn monohydrates, amichacyne and its salts,cefadroxyl: SECOFI quotas. All organic fluochlorinated compounds. See Part II, § E1. All organic chemical products for pharmaceutical use are subject to an SSA permitbeing issued.

Chapter 30 Pharmaceutical products

Heading HS Code ÿ Prohibited articles

30.01 3001.10

30.06 3006.40

Vaccines against foot-and-mouth disease. Canabis indica preparations, acetylmorphine preparations, samples of tissue, blood, etc, from contagious matter (article 23, Washington Convention).

ÿ Articles admitted conditionally

A permit is required for all pharmaceutical products for human medicine – see Part II, § S1 – and for all veterinary medicine – see Part II, § A1.

Chapter 31 Fertilizers

Nil.

Chapter 32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter; paints and varnishes; putty and other mastics; inks

Nil.

Chapter 33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations

Nil.

Chapter 34 Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations,candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, "dental waxes" and dental preparations with a basis of plaster

Nil.

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2.6 Mineral oils The importation of untreated oils is subject to the obtaining of prior SECOFI authorization.

The importation of oils and lubricant greases is subject to the obtaining of a SEDESOL certificate of environmental harmlessness.

2.7 Narcotics All these products, including psychotropic substances, are prohibited.

2.8 Pharmaceutical products

2.8.1 Health certificate – SSA

2.8.2 Certificate of animal health – SARH

2.9 Chemical matches

2.10 Rubber articles

2.11 Books, brochures, newspapers, printed matter

2.12 Natural or cultured pearls, precious stones and metals, artefacts made of these components, costume jewellery

2.13 Television receivers

2.14 Measuring instruments

A health permit is required for all these products, even when intended for personal use. This certificate must be presented for articles intended for human consumption (S1). Importation of veterinary products is subject to the obtaining of this permit (A1).

As these articles are inflammable or explosive articles, they are prohibited (article 41, 4, d, of the

Washington Convention).

Importation of used tyres, latex, gutta-percha, macaranduba and residues is subject to the obtaining of a SEDESOL E1 permit.

Importation of worn and used tyres is subject to a SECOFI permit. A certificate of hygiene (S1) is required for condoms.

Synthetic rubber, new tyres and surgical gloves must conform with the quality standard (N.O.M.).

Only obscene and immoral publications and publications inciting to pathological conduct are prohibited. The importation of other publications is not subject to any conditions.

The importation of material – tickets, advertising, etc – relating to lotteries or games of chance of any kind without the permission of the competent Mexican authorities is prohibited.

Articles mentioned in the UPU Postal Parcels Agreement, article 20, § b, are prohibited. Any article included in this category must be accompanied by prior authorization from SECOFI and from theMinistry of National Defence in order to be imported.

Importation of these articles is subject to anti-dumping quotas. They must coform to SECOFI quality standards (N.O.M.).

Where their value is considered to be under-estimated, the official rates shall be applied to them. These must be in conformity with SECOFI quality standards (N.O.M.).

2.15 War material The current legislation of the Mexican postal administration prohibits any importation of weapons (24

March 1987).

2.16 Games, toys Their importation is subject to anti-dumping quotas according to the country from which they come (China) and to other provisions adopted by the Mexican Governmentas published in the Official Journal.

Part III:

Special provisions, Customs and other

3.1 Drawing up of customs declarations

3.2 Need to insert invoices

3.3 Need to attest to the origin of goods

3.4 Miscellaneous customs provisions

3.5 Provisions on infringement

Mention should be made here of the special provisions to be observed, pursuant to domestic legislation and regulations (article 109, § 1, j and k, of the Detailed Regulations of the Convention; article 101, § 1, h and i, of the Detailed Regulations of the Postal Parcels Agreement), particularly concerning the points mentioned in this part of the questionnaire.

In accordance with the Washington Convention, a declaration should be completed for each item where the value of the goods is more than 300 SDR. This declaration must be made out in Spanishor English.

Invoices must be inserted for goods with a commercial value of more than 300 USD. However, all items should be accompanied by commercial invoices to make it possible to determine the basic particulars of the items in relation to the description and value of the goods to be imported. These particulars must also be in conformity with the provisions of article 25 of the Customs Legislationand article 88 of its Detailed Regulations.

The country of origin of goods should be indicated as this determines whether preferential treatment, regulations and restrictions other than those pertaining to Customs, or quotas and prohibitionsare to be applied where the value of the goods is more than 1000 USD. A declaration attesting to the origin of the goods may also be provided with the invoice, both of which should be signed bythe sender.

The importation of any radioactive product is subject to authorization from the National Nuclear Safety

Commission. The importation of manufactured articles for fishing (Customs Legislation sections

5608.11.01 and 5608.11.02) is subject to authorization from the Ministry of Fisheries.

Postal items in transit are not subject to conditions of importation or customs rules.

The importation, exportation and transit of goods are governed by the Customs Legislation and its Detailed Regulations, the Mexican Federation's Fiscal Code, Fiscal Regulations, Civil Code andPenal Code.

SECOFI: Secretaría de Comercio y Fomento Industrial (Ministry of Trade and Industrial Development) SEDESOL: Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (Ministry of Social Development)

SARH: Secretaría de Agricultura y Recursos Hidráulicos (Ministry of Agriculture and Water

Resources).

Postal items containing merchandise with a declared value of over 50 USD will be subject to the payment of import taxes as determined by the customs authority. This rule takes effect on 1 March 2019.