The Confederation of Associations of Customs Agents of the Mexican Republic (CAAAREM) assured that its members are not promoting illegal practices, which is why it supports the strategy of Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo’s government against the bad players who have promoted smuggling, a false statement , misclassification and undervaluation.
“Customs agents do not lend themselves to illicit practices, we work with conviction in favor of Mexico, we are foreign trade professionals who intervene in import and export procedures,” said Miguel Cos Nesbitt, president of the organization.
The businessman stated that in Mexico there are few actors as monitored and supervised as customs agents.
“All our accounts are supervised by the SAT, and ANAM has a record of our trusted personnel,” he stated.
Sheinbaum Pardo announced that 40 customs agents presented “irregularities and omissions” in the Inspection program of the SAT and the National Customs Agency of Mexico (ANAM), for which seven patents were canceled.
Nesbitt said that customs agents are part of the consolidation of Mexico as the ninth exporter and the thirteenth importer worldwide, achieving that 83 percent of GDP comes from foreign trade and collecting more than 70 percent for the authorities and the State. of national VAT and other taxes.
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The customs agent is the natural person authorized by the SAT, through a patent, to promote the clearance of goods under the different customs regimes on behalf of others.
“Customs agents do not import, we only intervene in the entry and exit procedures of taxpayers’ merchandise,” said Nesbitt.
“It is the importers who are responsible for returning those goods that enter temporarily under a promotion program, the Ministry of Economy for granting it, the SAT for regulating it and monitoring their return on time, and the ANAM for reviewing the import and export process.” , he stated.
The CAAAREM supported the government’s actions against illegality and bad practices.
“Today, customs agents are allies of the national industry, of importers and exporters who comply with the law. We will always cooperate with the private sector and the authorities to improve controls that prevent these illicit behaviors,” he said.
“There are opportunists from the economic sectors who are always trying to circumvent the laws, the authorities and the customs agents themselves, and there are issues of both information and commercial practices that are far from the reach of the customs agent,” he added.
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Miguel Cos Nesbitt pointed out that they continue to work with the authorities and private initiative organizations at the tables to combat illegality to purge the list of importers and hinder processes.
He recalled that when a customs agent does not comply with requirements, tax or customs obligations, or commits an infraction, he or she is subject to different sanctions.
“The customs agent is another actor in the supply chain in foreign trade logistics that has done so much good for our country,” he stated.
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