By Richie Lin    Photo：CANVA

According to the statistics, every year, there are over USD 600 billion in automotive, machinery, electronics, consumer goods, medical equipment and other goods flow into USA across southern border with Mexico. And around 80% of the products manufactured in Mexico are transported to USA by the cross-border trucks coming back and forth between Mexico and USA. USA and Mexico share a nearly 3000 kilometers border.

And there are six major urban agglomeration along the border to be the inland ports transferring the products from Mexico to USA and from USA to Mexico.

These six urban agglomerations are San Diego–Tijuana, Mexicali–Calexico, Nogales–Nogales, El Paso–Juárez, Laredo–Nuevo Laredo, Reynosa–McAllen. 

Right now, there are nearly 35,000 trucks cross the Mexico-USA border every day and there are two kinds of services such as Transloading and Through-trailer.

Transloading means cargo is transferred from one trailer to another at a secured facility near the border. Through-trailer means cargo stays in the same trailer throughout the entire cross-border transportation process. Whether customer chooses Transloading or Through-trailer, the structures of charges of cross border truck is as below: 

1.TRUCKING CHARGES AT MEXICO- 
Inland truck from address in Mexico to the trailer yard at the border city in Mexico 
Inland truck from to the trailer yard in Mexico to the warehouse at the border city in USA
2 hours of free loading and unloading, extra hour will be charged if over 2 hours
The Cargo has to be palletized

2.MEXICAN CUSTOMS: 
Export Customs Clearance
Export Taxes
Customs document
DOC FEE
***Insurance

3.AMERICAN CUSTOMS
Import Customs Clearance:  
M.P.F./ Merchandise Processing fee:  $0.3465% over CIF value
Import Taxes: AT COST according to HS CODE 
Annual Bond or Single Bond: 

4.TRUCKING CHARGES AT USA:
Transloading the cargo from Mexican trailer to USA trailer
2 hours of free loading and unloading, extra hour will be charged if over 2 hours
Inland freight from the warehouse at border city in USA to the final destination  

Whether customers use transloading or through-trailer service, their cargo and trailer will be passed through three different trucking companies.

One is the Mexican trucking company which pick up the Mexican trailer or USA trailer to the Mexican Boeder city. Second is the Mexican trucking company which bring the trailers to cross border into USA border city.

Law of United States requires that trucks from Mexican trucking companies cannot travel more than 26 kilometers within USA (distances vary slightly based on the point of entry).

Third one is the USA tucking company which tows the trailers to the final destinations. And shippers in Mexico need to have designated customs broker to handle all their export shipments.

So a reliable and experienced 3PL logistics company is very important to connect between different trucking companies and customs brokers in Mexico and USA to move shipments smoothly from Mexico to USA and also avoid extra charges during the transportation.
 

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