Atlas Mexicana offers service through the 3 major Mexican airports: Guadalajara, Mexico City and Monterrey. Our services include the customs clearance services and transportation from these airports to any city in the country for delivery of the goods.

We emphazise the importance of ensuring that all documentation be available or readily obtainable from the importer prior to forwarding goods. As is the case in many countries, storage in Mexican airports can become very expensive very quickly, so clearing shipments immediately upon arrival is imperative.

Atlas Mexicana can provide rate quotes for our handling of shipments via any airport; however, to do so and because of the Mexican customs structure, we always require the following information:

1. Description of goods (or HTS number, if available)
2. Commercial value of goods
3. Intended Mexican airport to use
4. Shipped on MAWB or HAWB
5. Specific Mexican city of destination
6. Weight
7. Volume
8. Type of import (definite or temporary)
9. Whether NAFTA certificate of origin will be available
   

The more accurate the information regarding the merchandise, the better able we will be to provide approximate duties and taxes, advise of any compensatory quotas, indicate if any special permits or authorizations are required, etc.

You should bear in mind that to import, at a bare minimum, the importer must be registered as such with the Mexican government; therefore, companies which have never imported previously may have to go through the approval procedure, which could delay the actual importation of the goods. Some types of merchandise may require that the importer be additionally registered as an importer of that specific type of merchandise, and, without this specific registration, they may not be authorized to import the goods.

Regarding values, Mexican customs uses "official" values for goods. If the commercial value of the goods is below this "official" value, then the importer may have to go through a special procedure in order to import the goods, involving setting up a special bank account as guarantee. Under normal circumstances, goods are subject to the payment of ad valorem duties and VAT (on the total of the commercial value plus ad valorem duties). Even if the goods do not pay ad valorem duties, they will still pay the VAT. Any and all duties must always be advanced to us.

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As an IATA-approved air cargo agent, Atlas Mexicana can provide complete and expedient export services from Mexico to any destination worldwide, including pickup from any city in the country and export customs clearance services.

Atlas Mexicana can provide rate quotes for our handling of shipments to any airport worldwide from Guadalajara, Mexico City or Monterrey; however, to do so and because of the Mexican customs structure, we always require the following information:

1. Description of goods
2. Commercial value of goods
3. Shipped on MAWB or HAWB
4. Specific Mexican city of origin
5. Destination airport
6. Weight
7. Volume
   

Atlas can issue it's own FIATA/AMAC- approved house airwaybill on any outbound shipment.

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