Feb. 22, 2012
Yucalandia offers the following update to Aduana’s policies on what is allowed for visitors to Mexico as a part of an ongoing series of articles on common issues. We welcome you to propose your own questions or issues for additional articles.
Full article at: “What Can I Bring into Mexico: Mexican Customs Rules – The Article”
Aduana’s current webpage for passengers and Aduana’s current webpage for import rules for passengers says:
What can I bring in duty free?
° The items allowed in your personal luggage, according to the length of the trip
° Up to US$300 per person in permitted goods, or its equivalent in other currencies. Passengers traveling with family members (spouse and children) may …
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Full article at: “What Can I Bring into Mexico: Mexican Customs Rules – The Article”
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Read-on MacDuff . . .
As far as bringing items into Mexico. What about if you’re flying in and not driving.. What can I bring in my ice chest? Can we bring meats, cheeses, beef jerky, wine, alcoholic beverages? I’ve contacted the airlines and never get a straight answer. I don’t want to go through customs in Mexico and have my goods taken away.
Please advise, thanks.
Hi Carol,
Wine or alcohol within the limits of liters. Beef jerky etc only if it is in its original unopened commercial packaging. Sausages and sliced deli meats may be confiscated as fresh meat products, regardless of packaging.
steve
Do you have any links or specific info available on rules for expatriates returning to mexico regarding personal items and vehicles? I am an expat and will be moving back in less than a month. The information I’ve gathered before was very limited and the Mexican consulate folks in my city are not helpful enough, they seem to love leaving you in the dark. I’ve learned more through your articles and links than any person or other website so far including the aduana site. I’ve found out about the “Menaje de casa” but the fee is 98 just for a stamp on the list that does not guarantee the aduana agent will accept it. Any advice you have or a nod in the right direction would be extremely helpful as I prepare to return. Thank you.
levialmuina,
Did you read our article on this: http://yucalandia.wordpress.com/answers-to-common-questions/what-can-i-bring-into-mexico-mexican-customs-rules-the-article/ ?
Did you read the questions and comments?
I think most of your questions & requests are answered there.
If you are importing a load of household goods under your 1 time exemption under an FM3, within the 6 month window, then in theory you need a menaje de casa. In all other cases, a good Excel spreadsheet with a list of items, and estimated prices based on real values (print out E-bay page prices as documentation) have been widely accepted by Aduana officers along the US-Mexico border. When we entered Mexico with 2 vehicles and a trailer-load of goods at Matamoros – Aduana completely waved-off our Menaje de Casa. Many other internet posters report the same thing, that their efforts to make a menaje de casa went unused.
If you are using a Custom’s Broker and/or professional mover to take your goods across the border, or importing things by sea, then you definitely need the menaje de casa. Otherwise…???