Key takeaways The most notable changes relate to (a) the information that importers will need to generate and manage to clear their goods, (b) imports made through courier and parcel services, (c) maquiladora/ IMMEX companies when carrying out virtual import or export operations, (d) management of customs guarantee accounts, (e) ruling requests regarding tariff classification, (f) new obligations for customs brokers, which will very likely translate into additional burdens for importers and exporters in their…

On November 19, 2025, the Mexican President, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, published in the Federal Official Gazette a Decree amending the Customs Law. The main purpose of this amendment is to avoid tax evasion, counterfeit and undervaluation, increase tax collections and digitalize procedures. Some of the most relevant amendments include changes to the responsibilities of customs brokers, changes to the simplified procedure for courier companies, the creation of a more robust electronic foreign trade file and the increase…

Background On August 1, 2025, the Tax Administration Service (“SAT”) uploaded to the Mexican Foreign Trade Digital Window (“VUCEM”) the electronic prescribed form for the “Customs Value Declaration”. This form also triggers the effectiveness of the obligation set forth in Article 81 of the Regulations to the Customs Law, which had been dormant since publication in 2015. The transmission of the Electronic Customs Value Declaration, along with its annexes, will be mandatory starting on December…

On August 13, 2025 the Ministry of Economy published in the Federal Official Gazette the initiation of an antidumping investigation on imports of adult bicycles originating in the People’s Republic of China, which mentions 104 importers and 157 exporters, as potentially interested parties in the proceeding. Below, we share some comments in this regard: Applicant Companies Certain Mexican producers submitted a petition arguing that imports of the product in question, from January 1, 2022 to…