Overview
- Index formally unveiled a package called IMMEX 4.0 and said it will deliver a proposed new IMMEX decree to President Claudia Sheinbaum imminently, with reports differing on whether the presentation will occur in October or November.
- The proposal is built on five pillars that aim to strengthen legality, require periodic performance monitoring, simplify administrative rules, create a unified digital ventanilla and promote productive linkages with local suppliers.
- Key compliance measures include a reempadronamiento (re‑registration) of IMMEX firms, the creation of firm‑level performance and risk profiles for oversight, and the decision to drop an earlier idea to force simultaneous IVA/IEPS certification.
- Index links the regulatory plan to border and customs upgrades it says are needed to increase throughput, citing projects to double lanes at Aduana Colombia and expand the Puente del Comercio Mundial in Nuevo Laredo to handle more cargo by 2030.
- The industry group framed the reform as urgent for competitiveness, noting IMMEX accounted for 66.1% of Mexico’s product exports, grew 18% in 2025, and supports roughly 3.3 million direct and 6 million indirect jobs while the T‑MEC review raises demand for legal certainty.