Mexico's Tax Administration (SAT) announced that in July 2024, more than 1.4 million goods from China were seized in a precautionary manner, with a value of approximately 418 million pesos.

The goods include slippers, sandals, fans, backpacks and so on. The goods entered the national territory without being able to prove their lawful stay. Given the large volume, it may involve one of the major distributors of such goods in the country.

On top of that, SAT has taken various actions so far this year. From January to June 2024, 181 reviews were conducted and goods with an estimated value of P1.6 billion were seized, 62 of which included goods with an estimated value of P1.19 billion for the Marine, machinery, furniture, footwear, electronics, textiles, automotive and other industries.

The remaining 119 inspections included SAT operations on roads that seized goods worth P420 million in the machinery, footwear, clothing, electronics, textiles, toys, automobiles and metalworking industries.

As part of these actions envisaged in the Master Plan 2024, the State Administration of Taxation has set up 91 checkpoints on the country's major highways, where the greatest flow of foreign goods is located, SAT said. This has resulted in a fiscal impact on 53 per cent of the country's territory and the seizure of goods estimated to be worth P2 billion so far in 2024.

With these actions, the State Administration of Taxation reiterates its commitment to eliminate tax evasion, tax avoidance and fraud by strengthening its surveillance actions, with the aim of combating the illegal introduction of goods of foreign origin into the national territory. According to the Ministry of Commerce website on July 20, Mexico strict import rules for e-commerce and express delivery enterprises.

The Mexican Tax Administration (SAT) issued a notice to amend Annex V to the "General Rules of Foreign Trade 2024", defining the low-price customs declaration tax avoidance behavior during the import of clothing, home, jewelry, kitchenware, toys, electronic products and other goods by e-commerce platforms and express delivery enterprises as smuggling and tax fraud crimes

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