The border vidette., 1929-12-21
NEW MEXICAN CUSTOM LAWS

Sweeping changes In the Tor
malities necessary for the ship
ment of merchandise into Mexico
will be made January 1, 1880,
when the new customs law oi
Mexico goes into effect.
A copy of the new regulations.
in Spanish, has just reached No.
gales.
These regulations are of the
utmost Importance TO American
exporters of goods into Mexico.
The text of the bulletin, tran.
slated especially for the NoRales
International, follows in part:
'sShippers of merchandise con.
signed to Mexican ports shall
send to the consignees four
copies of the commercial invoices
made out to the consignees, 80
that they may be presented at
the custom house through which
the importation is made.
When the shipment is simply
one of samples, it shall be sun.
cient TO set them forth in . stste.
| ment headed Note of Samples,
which statement shsll be signed
By the shipper.
The consignees of the mer.
chandise shall declare under
their signatures at the bottom of
the original of the invoice that
clearance papers include all the
corresponding articles covered
by them, and that the value as
signed to them is the true one.
The four invoices copies will
be presented TO the customs
house jointly With the. clearance
papers and distributed in the
manner prescribed for the latter.
Commercial invoices shall
contain the following data:
Il. The specification Of the
merchandise in ordinary com.
mercial terms, detailing thsm
according to the same usages,
according TO their classifications.
quantity and value.
%. The name Of tho place
where the sale il taking place,
aud, in she proper place, that Of
the point of origin of the mer.
chandise.
g. The marks, countermarks
classification and number of the
packages containing the mer.
chantlise, and their exact mum
Der, SO that the custom house
may with precision. identify the
packages in handling its work.
This data muss be put in by the
consignee at she bottom of she
invoices when they are not Ia.
corporated' in the body OF shem.'
II. The date that the invoice
was made ont and the signature
of the vendor, ss'4'I - sT@:.AS
"Commefcial invoices shall
have . validity, before < gcustcm
houses, provided that theirrdate
Of execution be prior, 10, that OF
the arrival Of the merchandise
in the republic s::s,t2ssss s:ss''.
t""Failure, to present, the com !.
mercial inyoiee will establish the,
presumption Of tincorectness 10,
the customs declaration. :.g.a,.t ..
j" Shippers Of merchandise. con.
signed to be imported through
any Of the border custom houses
will make out manifest Of such
merchandise in quintuple and
will present it for wise to the
Mexican consul in the frontier
town that is nearest the custom
house through which the impor.
tation is to be made r:. s>t-
This manifest shall contain
the following data:
II. Destination OF the ship
ment. -
W. Marks, countermarks,
numbering of the packages,
g. Glasses Of packages.
"A. Gross weightof the pack
ages.
''5. Designation of the mer.
chandise.
80. Sum total of the pack.
ages.
~. Place and date Of execu
ton of the document and the
signature OF the shipper.
''Iu the same manifest must
be indicated the name Of the
consignee. ~s~.
'Consuls shall return to the
interested party the original
copy OF that document, shall
send one of the duplicates. direct
and on the same date as its le
galization, to the department. OF
the comptroller, and will remit
the remainder to the custom
honsa of destination. by the fast.