Overview

• The Chamber of Deputies’ finance committee is set to consider a draft on Monday that would make customs brokers jointly responsible for import declarations under Article 54.
• ANAM chief Rafael Marín cited schemes like tariff misclassification in fuel shipments and abuses of promotion regimes such as IMMEX as the reform’s primary targets.
• Broker groups and industry chambers warned of higher costs and likely refusals of hard‑to‑classify goods, risking shortages in sectors such as chemicals, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, medical supplies and fertilizers.
• Agents argue they are authorized intermediaries without coercive powers or access to verification databases, raising concerns about disproportionate exposure under a shift toward punitive fiscalization.
• Press accounts describe new severe penalties, including fines of 250% to 350% of omitted duties or the goods’ value, while Canacintra urges mitigations such as a permanent technical working group, proportional sanctions, OEA-based facilitation and phased implementation.