A pedimento is the Mexican customs entry document, filed by a licensed agente aduanal, that legally clears goods for import into or export out of Mexico. It records the tariff classification, declared value, and duties paid, and no shipment crosses without one.
A pedimento is Mexico's customs entry, the legal record that goods cleared Mexican customs. There is no direct U.S. equivalent in name, but it plays the role of the CBP entry summary on the Mexican side. Only a licensed agente aduanal (or a company's own authorized customs representative) can file it with ANAM, Mexico's customs agency.
The pedimento captures the fracción arancelaria (tariff code), declared value, duties and taxes paid, the importer or exporter of record, and the transport data, including the carrier's CAAT code. Once paid and validated, the load presents at the customs module, where the automated selection mechanism assigns a green or red light.
Brokers never file pedimentos, but dispatching before the pedimento is ready is one of the classic cross-border mistakes: the truck sits at the border burning detention while paperwork catches up. Confirm with the shipper's agente aduanal that the pedimento is paid and validated before you release the truck to cross. Northbound, the pedimento de exportación pairs with the U.S. entry; southbound, the pedimento de importación is the gate. If a load will transit Mexico under temporary programs like IMMEX, the pedimento type changes, which is one more reason the agente aduanal drives the timeline.
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