Understanding the Role of your Mexican Customs Team: A Guide for US Managers with Everardo Susaita and Adrian Gonzalez

Welcome to this weeks podcast where we discuss the challenges and requirements of doing business in Mexico from a US perspective. Today's episode focuses on the differences between Mexican and US customs brokers and why the Customs department (Import/Export team) in your Mexican facility should report to trade compliance vs. another local department that may not have the best interests of the company or the role represented by Mexican import/export team.

In Mexico, customs brokers are held jointly responsible with the importer. Which makes Mexican customs brokers more cautious in their operations. Because of that, they will hold their clients, (i.e. you, the foreign manufacturer in Mexico) to much higher standards and will work much closer with you than what you may see in the U.S.

For this reason, US companies and managers need to be aware of these distinctions and make sure that their trade team in Mexico are properly aligned with the management that has the best interests of the company and the department in mind.

In this discussion our guests argue why the various departments in a typical manufacturing operation are not well suited to manage the trade team. This includes Purchasing, Materials, Finance, or other departments that typically take responsibility for this task.

Enjoy the show.

Host: Andy Shiles: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andyshiles/ 
Host/Producer: Lalo Solorzano: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lalosolorzano/ 
Co-Producer: Mara Marquez: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mara-marquez-a00a111a8/

Show references:

• Global Training Center - www.GlobalTrainingCenter.com

• Simply Trade Podcast - twitter.com/SimplyTradePod 

• Everardo Sustaita - https://www.linkedin.com/in/everardo-p-sustaita-32743610/

• Sustaita Logistics Center - esp@sustaita3pl.com

• Adrian Gonzalez - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tradeconsultant/  

• Global Alliance - https://www.globalalliancesolutions.com/ 

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