Mexico Export: Restricted and Prohibited
Restrictions and Prohibitions
All countries restrict or prohibit the import and export of certain articles based upon:
- Concerns for health, safety, and public morality (e.g., foodstuffs, agricultural products, live animals, biologic materials, pharmaceuticals, illicit drugs, chemicals, hazardous products, and materials deemed indecent).
- Protection of the physical and economic security of the state (e.g., arms, armaments, dual-use technology, radio and television transmitters and receivers, radioactive materials, seditious materials, and currency).
- Economic protection or subsidization of domestic industry (e.g., non-tariff barriers to trade for imports and control of natural resources for exports).
- Enforcement of provisions of multi-lateral trade agreements (e.g., those designed to protect endangered and threatened species of animals and plants and those designed to protect copyright, patent, and trademark holders against infringement).
The following items are prohibited or restricted Mexican exports: narcotics, live fish, predators of any size, images representing children in a degrading or ridiculous way, used clothes, firearms and ammunitions, and electronic cigarettes.
Special Registration
Registration on the Register of Sectoral Exporters is required for exporters of the following:
- alcohol
- beer
- tequila
- fermented alcoholic beverages (wines)
- distilled alcoholic beverages (liquors)
- cigars and carved tobacco
- energy drinks
- iron minerals and their concentrates
- gold
- silver
- copper
- plastics
- rubber
- wood
- glass
- iron and steel
- aluminum
The application and more detailed information on the Register of Sectoral Exporters can be found on this webpage.
Prohibited
- hydrocarbons
- antiques and archaeological remains
- crude oil products and derivatives
- natural asphalt
Note: The above information is subject to change. Exporters are advised to obtain the most current information from a customs broker, freight forwarder, logistics professionals, or local customs authorities.
Source: National Customs Agency of Mexico (Agencia Nacional de Aduanas de México or ANAM)
Article written for World Trade Press by Felicia Topp.
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