What is the customs procedure for the importation of merchandise?
The stages for the importation of merchandise are as follows. 1. Arrival of merchandise: stage that includes the entering of merchandise of foreign origin to national territory, in which the transporters must fulfil a series of formalities before the customs authority, with the purpose of presenting the cargo with the requisites. 2. Storage: period in which the merchandise that were not nationalized in the point of arrival remain stored in qualified warehouses, while its trustee performs all procedures to obtain its release. Merchandise can also be introduced in to industrial duty free zone of goods and services or in to a transitory duty free zone. 3. Processing of the import declaration: in this stage, the importer or the customs broker agent declares the merchandise, under the modality of importation that corresponds to the nature or conditions of importations of it.
