Mexican Manifest, Air Waybill Filers Must Meet Certification Requirements by June 30 or Face Penalties
Air carriers, freight forwarders and express couriers that transmit manifests and air waybills to Mexican customs must certify they meet certain data transmission requirements by the end of June or face penalties, the Mexican Tax Administration Service said in a March 6 fact sheet. Under Mexican regulations, anyone transmitting such data in the Mexican single window (VUCEM) will at that time be required to have a point of contact available “24 x 7 x 365” to resolve any issues, implement all web services developed by SAT for transmitting and receiving messages, and complete required testing along with their software developer, SAT said.
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To satisfy the new requirements, filers must provide a certification to Mexican customs authorities that includes the name and number of the carrier, a diagram of the transmission to VUCEM, a description of their system’s process for informing users of errors and information on their software developer. While filers may transmit air waybills and manifests without meeting these requirements before the end of June, after this date only filers that have completed the required certification will be able to transmit manifest and air waybill data, SAT said.