Operations August 10, 2026
Landed cost: why importing always costs more than the quote
The supplier price is one line out of twelve. What makes up landed cost, which items are real cost and which are only cash flow, and how to allocate them so you know what each unit actually costs on your floor.
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Routes August 8, 2026
Hand carrier, courier and formal freight: which one fits and where each breaks
Three ways to move urgent goods into Mexico, with very different costs and limits. When a courier fits, when you need formal freight, and when a hand carrier is cheaper than waiting.
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Operations August 6, 2026
Samples and goods of "no commercial value": why that phrase exempts you from nothing
Declaring a sample as "no commercial value" doesn't make it free or keep it off the entry. What a sample is to Mexican customs, how it gets a value, and where sample shipments get stuck.
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Compliance August 4, 2026
Amending a pedimento: how a wrong field gets corrected and when it no longer can be
A pedimento with an error isn't edited — it's replaced by an amendment. What can be corrected, what it costs to do it late, and why catching it yourself is always cheaper.
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Compliance July 27, 2026
How to read a Mexican pedimento: what each block means and what to verify
The pedimento is the tax declaration behind your import and the first document you will be asked for in an audit. What each block says, what to check before filing it away and how to correct it.
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Compliance July 24, 2026
PAMA and precautionary seizure: what happens when Mexican customs holds your cargo
When the authority finds an irregularity it can seize goods precautionarily and open a PAMA. What the procedure is, what deadlines run, what it costs in parallel and how to prevent it.
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Operations July 22, 2026
Customs broker, freight forwarder and 3PL: who does what and where the chain breaks
Most import delays come from the gaps between providers, not from customs. What each role covers, where responsibility falls through, and what changes when one provider coordinates everything.
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Compliance July 20, 2026
Customs broker authorization in Mexico: what you sign when you hand over your operation
The encargo conferido is the electronic authorization an importer grants a customs broker to clear goods on its behalf. What it means, what liability you keep and how to revoke it.
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Operations July 14, 2026
International cargo insurance: what it covers, what it excludes and the cost of going without it
Cargo insurance is not the same as carrier liability. Learn about coverage, exclusions, insured value and what to do if goods are damaged in transit.
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