Overview

• Deputies passed the reform 324–113 and sent the package to the Senate for review.
• The bill replaces lifetime customs-broker patents with 20‑year licenses and triennial certification under a new Customs Council, with backers citing irregularities in hundreds of existing licenses.
• The measure adds a digital monitoring system, strengthens ANAM, mandates monthly bank reports on customs accounts, and raises fines up to 300% plus penalties up to two million pesos.
• Customs brokers face corresponsibility duties to verify clients and documentation and are barred from ties to invoice‑selling firms known as factureras.
• Opposition parties and business groups warn of overregulation, higher costs, concentrated discretion and potential harm to trade and nearshoring.