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Question About Shipping Stuff From Baja to Mexico
Well surprise, surprise... Found out you can't just drive over to to a local package delivery service and ship a box of gear to the mainland of
Mexico. Turns out the package has to be taken to Aduana first and import duties have to be paid. Then you have to return to the shipper to send the
package.
At least that's how it went this week when I tried to ship a box thru Estafeta in La Paz to Mazatlan.
A local Importer we use to bring things in from the US offered to "help" us, and said they could do it for about 5,000 pesos The goods are only worth
about 4,000 pesos. 
Seems it would be a whole lot cheaper just to stuff the gear in some luggage and take it over myself on the ferry...
Anyone have any experience or tips on how to do this cheaply, quickly and painlessly from either La Paz, CSL or SJDC? Is any shipper better than the
others? Estafeta, UPS, MailBoxes Etc. DHL, or...?
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DENNIS
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What? They want you to pay duty on goods shipped within Mexico?
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Just sell it and then repurchase it in wherever you were sending it
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BCSTech
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Yup.
Apparently Mexico treats Baja like a foreign country for tax purposes. I suppose this is because Baja has a lower importation duty than the mainlaind.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
What? They want you to pay duty on goods shipped within Mexico? |
The reason is that Baja is a 'Duty Free' zone whereas entry into Mainland Mexico is not 'Duty Free'.
However, you still must pay duty on some goods that are brought into Baja.
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BCSTech
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| Quote: | | Just sell it and then repurchase it in wherever you were sending it |
Huh?
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BCSTech
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| Quote: | | However, you still must pay duty on some goods that are brought into Baja. |
I've paid duty on everything
I've ever imported.
(off topic) What is on the duty-free list?
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Have you tried the airlines? Volaris is always advertising their cargo services.
Experience enables you to recognize a mistake every time you repeat it.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BCSTech
(off topic) What is on the duty-free list? |
Probably nothing in the electronics field. Especially if made in China.
I assume electronic equipment is what you're shipping. Maybe you should consider shipping it in the hold of a shrimp seiner. [just kidden']
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A Google search revealed no specific list.
However, Dennis is spot on with electronics (NOT on list) and the duty on goods manufactured in China is at the top of the price list.
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Just sell whatever you want to send then send the money to whoever you were sending the goods and they can buy replacement or keep the money and
when you get there you can buy replacements that way you pay no duty
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When we ship books to the mainland, we have to go to the airport and get a customs certificate before Bajapack will accept them....even if they are
returns back to publishers in Mex City.
Yes we are in a duty free zone. It is the same with cars...you cant just drive a Baja plated vehicle to the mainland. Although I have never done it
myself, I have been led to believe that when you take the ferry, your vehicle is treated just like one with US plates.
BTW we have found Estafeta to be one of the most expensive ways to ship. Check with Baja Pack
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Judy, thanks so much. That's great info. I didn't know Baja Pack went to the mainland.
I'm going to CSL on Monday. Does anyone know if Customs and Baja Pack have offices in CSL and where?
If not, I can go to SJDC. Does Baja Pack have an office near the airport?
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Baja Pack-I know that they have an office in san lucas but I do not know where.
The one here is in Las Palmas Plaza where Scotia bank, MBE, Terramar, Gravi construction...to name the only ones I remember. The office is next to
MBE(mail boxes etc).
I do not know the rules about electronics. Maybe Martinez Martinez at Baja Pack can help you.
As far as I know, you have to go to the airport. Ask Martinez about hours, etc.
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You people in Baja should get together with the elected officials and see if you can negotiate some kind of free trade agreement with the mainland.
Give it an all encompassing, catchy name like...............North American Free Trade Agreement.
Amazing!!!!
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Boy did I have a blond senior moment
It is Multipack not Bajapack...sorry
http://www.multipack.com.mx/
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It is still Martinez Martinez
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Ship it via the bus lines
I used to receive large parcels from Chiapas. Delivered as near to my front door as the bus would stop. No customs declaration , neither. 
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The bus runs from CSL to Mazatlan???
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Funny thing is, these are four satellite TV receivers, all made in Mexico
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