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Import and Export for Manufacturing in Mexico
When you operate on a Tetakawi Manufacturing Campus, your goods cross under Tetakawi’s IMMEX program and customs registrations, on declarations our team prepares in our own trade system. In Mexico, Tetakawi is the importer and exporter of record; entering the United States, your company is.
The Problem
Why a Crossing Is Really a Record
In Mexico, crossing the border is not the hard part. Matching the record is, because every part that enters is logged against a program, and what customs has on file for your plant has to match what is on the floor, part by part, month after month.
A Passport for Every Part
Every part entering Mexico needs its papers: number, quantity, value, origin, weight. One missing field and the truck waits at the border, and so does your line, and so does your customer.
Material on a Clock
Raw material enters duty-deferred, on a time limit set by customs rather than by your schedule. Material that outlives its window can become duty, penalties and a liability you did not plan for.
Two Inventories Must Agree
Customs holds the program holder to a record of every part entered and used. Your ERP holds the count, and the gap between the two shows only when someone compares them, usually an auditor.
Our Solution
One Record, One System, One Responsible Party
Tetakawi is importer and exporter of record in Mexico, and our team builds your customs record in our own trade system from the part data you supply. You control production, process and quality, and the duties on your goods stay yours. We answer to customs.
Your Part Master, in Our System
We build your customs record on our templates and hold it in our own import and export system: each part’s description, cost, origin and certificate, and the bill of materials for each finished good. Your people log in to declare what is shipping, and we post the changes you report. What goes in comes from you, and so does its accuracy. Classification is the Mexican broker’s call, made from the data you supply.
Each Load Audited Before It Crosses
We prepare the customs invoice from that record and audit it before anything moves. Inside our cross-dock the Mexican broker’s own inspectors check part numbers, quantities and origins against the paperwork, and only then does the declaration go to customs. An error on an invoice we prepared is ours to correct. Your goods stay yours. The declaration is Tetakawi’s.
Annex 24, Kept True to Your Floor
Annex 24 is the inventory-control record Mexican customs requires of an IMMEX holder: every part that enters, is consumed or leaves, in one auditable ledger. We keep it, post consumption from your bills of material, and reconcile it with you each month against what you declared. You report scrap, engineering changes and cycle counts, so the record is brought to match your floor.
A Cross-Dock on Each Side of the Border
Your freight arrives at our cross-dock in Tucson or McAllen, is received and inspected, and is consolidated with other southbound loads, so a partial load does not have to cross as a partial load. Northbound, your finished goods are received on the U.S. side and shipped on to your customers the way you instruct. When a Mexican supplier or customer of yours is also under IMMEX, the goods cross on paper instead, and we run that too.
The Audit Is Ours to Answer
When Mexican customs audits a declaration filed under Tetakawi’s program, the audit lands on Tetakawi’s entity. Our compliance team meets the auditor, assembles the entry file and answers the questions through to the close. Your part is to keep your data accurate, because whoever caused a deficiency pays for it. A monthly dashboard shows you your crossings, duties and costs, and what we would improve.
Benefits
A Customs Record Compared With Your Floor
Your Crossings Wait on Fewer Missing Fields
Your people declare what ships, our team checks each load against the record before it crosses, and what customs believes sits beside your own count.
- A named import and export contact from the day you sign
- A portal showing shipment status, inventory and what is still missing
- Shipping guides by shipment type, from machinery to samples
- A monthly review of crossings, duties and inventory with your team
Onboarding
Your First Shipment and Every Shipment After
Your import and export set-up is one workstream in the single launch plan your Tetakawi project lead runs. The team on your Campus joins it at signature and stays for every shipment after: invoices, inventory record, permits, reviews.
1.
Questionnaire and Templates
You fill in the questionnaire and the part templates: part numbers, bills of material, values and countries of origin.
2.
Registries and Permits
We build the customs record from that data, then file for the registries and the special permits your products require.
3.
Shipment-Type Walkthrough
We walk your staff through each shipment type, and the Mexican broker we appointed inspects your first loads with us.
4.
First Shipments and Review
You ship. We work the first loads alongside you, then review the crossings, the costs and the inventory with you monthly.
Testimonials
Import and Export Operations in Practice
Manufacturers on a Tetakawi Campus, on how their materials and finished goods cross the border, and what the paperwork looks like from the plant.
“The region of Guaymas is a very strong region in talent, a combination of talent and capabilities. With Tetakawi, we are taking out the burden of indirect labor, hiring, laws, and import-export. I can focus on production, on growth, on the culture of my plant and on the culture of the region.”
Enrique Vega, General Manager, Pursuit Aerospace
“Right now the changing IMMEX rules are one of the biggest challenges for every company in Mexico. With the Tetakawi IMMEX team it is very secure and easy to follow: we meet all the Mexican requirements on import and export, and following the rules is what keeps the benefits of the program. It is complicated right now, but we have good support.”
Mauricio García, Plant Manager, Gemini Group
“Ours is a very busy business. We ship around seven trucks a day, so getting them to the border is a very strategic point. With an operation this size, disruption is critical. Right now it is transparent to us. It goes smoothly every day, and that is a very good service for us.”
Ricardo Gómez, Director of Operations, TE Connectivity
“We leveraged Tetakawi’s import-export service to move all of our equipment and raw material into the country as efficiently as possible. Tetakawi supports us in getting things in and out of the country and helps make sure we comply with all regulations. Once we started, we were up and running and shipping finished product in three months.”
Agustín Mendoza, Plant Manager, Commercial Sewing
Integrated Services
The Integrated Services Behind Every Campus
Our on-site teams help you launch your operation, keep your building running, employ and pay your workforce, move your materials across the border, buy what your plant consumes, and keep your permits, filings and registrations current.
FAQs
Import and Export in Mexico FAQs
The questions we get most often from manufacturers looking at Mexico.
What do you do, and what stays ours?
We are the importer and exporter of record in Mexico. Your goods and your data stay yours.
Your goods cross under Tetakawi’s IMMEX program. We build your customs record from the part data you supply, prepare and audit each entry, and keep the inventory record customs requires. Northbound, your company is the importer of record and your own broker files. The Mexican broker is appointed by Tetakawi, because the declaration is filed under our program, and classifies from the data you supply, which is yours.
What do you need from us, shipment to shipment?
Accurate part data, declared before it moves.
Your people log in to declare what is shipping. You report scrap, engineering changes and cycle counts so the inventory record matches your floor, and you flag hazardous or regulated items before they ship. Every declaration is built from data you supplied, and its accuracy is yours. Your carriers are yours to select and contract; Mexican carriers are vetted for fiscal standing first.
What happens when a shipment stops, or customs audits us?
We work it, and the cost follows the cause.
An error on an invoice we prepared is ours to correct. An audit of a declaration under our program lands on Tetakawi’s entity, and our team meets the auditor and answers through to the close. Duties, VAT, penalties and delays arising from your data, your goods or your process are your cost. VAT on your goods is administered for you, and recovery timing and success are subject to SAT.
What happens when we add a product or a customer?
The new part data comes first, then the record grows.
A new part, a new supplier or a new destination comes back to the templates: part numbers, values, countries of origin and bills of material. We add the registries or permits the product needs, under the same program, and the first loads of it are checked the way your first shipments were. It ships once the record carries it.
How do we explore running our operation on a Tetakawi Campus?
Four steps, in order.
1. Get in touch. A conversation about what you are hoping to achieve in Mexico, and why now.
2. Measure ROI. We build the business case with you: the full cost of running your operation on a Campus, the risks and the trade-offs, and which Campus fits.
3. Site visit. Walk the Campus, meet the people who would run your account, talk with manufacturers already operating there, and meet the trade team that would move your goods.
4. Launch and grow. When you give the green light, the same team that helped you build the case guides the launch.
