RULE 3.2.3: PASSENGER FRANCHISE

For the purposes of articles 61, section VI (LA: Art. 61) of the Law, 98 (RLA: Art. 98) and 194 (RLA: Art. 194) of the Regulation, new or used merchandise that make up the luggage of passengers on international trips, whether they are residents in the country or abroad, as well as passengers from the border region or fringe bound to the rest of the national territory are the following:

I. Goods for personal use, such as clothing, footwear and hygiene and beauty products, provided they are consistent with the duration of the trip, including a trousseau; babies items, such as chair, portable crib, stroller, walker, among others, including accessories.

II. Two cameras or video recording cameras; photographic material; three portable equipment for cell phones or other wireless networks; a global positioning equipment (GPS); an electronic agenda; a portable computer equipment known as laptop, notebook, omnibook or similar; a portable copier or printer; a burner and a portable projector, with its accessories.

III. Two personal sports teams, four fishing rods, three water sliders with or without sail and their accessories, trophies or recognitions, as long as they can be carried commonly and normally by the passenger.

IV. A portable apparatus for the recording or reproduction of sound or mixed; or two digital image and sound recording or playback and a portable DVD player, as well as a set of portable speakers, and their accessories.

V. Five laser discs, 10 DVD discs, 30 compact discs (CDs), three software packages and five storage devices for any electronic equipment.

VI. Books, magazines and printed documents.

VII. Five toys, including collectibles, and a video game console, as well as five video games.

VIII. One device for measuring blood pressure and one for measuring glucose or mixed and its reagents, as well as medicines for personal use. In the case of psychotropic substances, the corresponding medical prescription must be shown.

IX. Veils, flasks, trunks and suitcases or any other item necessary for the transfer of luggage.

X. In the case of passengers over 18 years of age, a maximum of 10 packs of cigarettes, 25 cigars or 200 grams of tobacco, up to 3 liters of alcoholic beverages and six liters of wine.

XI. A binocular and a telescope.

XII. Two musical instruments and their accessories.

XIII. A tent and other camping gear.

XIV. For older adults and people with disabilities, items that, due to their characteristics, make up for or reduce their limitations such as walkers, wheelchairs, crutches, canes, among others.

XV. A set of hand tools including its case, which may include a drill, pliers, keys, dice, screwdrivers, power cables, among others.

Passengers may import with them, without paying taxes, up to 3 pets or companion animals that they bring with them, understood as: cats, dogs, canaries, hamsters, including Australian parakeets, cockatiel, ferrets, parakeets, turtles, wild birds of small size (except raptors), as well as the accessories that they require for their transfer and cleaning, as long as they present before the customs personnel the zoosanitary certificate for their import, issued by the Scretary of Agriculture and Rural Development (Secretaría de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural), in the case of wildlife animals, in addition, the Verification Record issued by Federal Attorney for Environmental Protection (Procuraduría Federal de Protección al Medio Ambiente) must be submitted, which verifies compliance with the non-tariff regulation and restriction to which they are subject.

The luggage must be carried by the passengers, and they may also introduce merchandise other than their luggage as franchise, according to the following:

I. When the passenger enters the country by terrestrial: merchandise with a value of up to 300 (three hundred dollars) or its equivalent in national or foreign currency.

II. When the passenger enters the country by aerial or maritime: merchandise with a value of up to 500 (five hundred dollars) or its equivalent in national or foreign currency.

Passengers will accredit the value of the merchandise that are part of their franchise, with the supporting documentation that expresses the commercial value of the same. Under the protection of the franchises provided in the previous paragraph, alcoholic beverages and processed tobaccos may not be introduced, or automotive fuel, except that contained in the fuel tank of the vehicle that meets the manufacturer's specifications.

The franchises of the members of the same family may be accumulated, if they arrive in the national territory simultaneously and in the same means of transport.

In addition to what is established in this rule, when the merchandise is acquired in the border region or fringe, the amount of 300 (three hundred dollars) will be applicable, provided that the passenger proves such circumstance by means of a tax receipt issued in the border region or fringe, with the understanding that the amount may be accumulated by the members of a family in terms of the previous paragraph.

In the periods that correspond to the "Paisano Program", published by the Migration's National Institute (Instituto Nacional de Migración) and the General Customs Administration (Administración General de Aduanas), on the website www.inm.gob.mx and on the Service Tax Administration (Servicio de Administración Tributaria) Portal, passengers of Mexican nationality from abroad who enter the country by terrestrial, with the exception of people residing in the border region or fringe, they may import merchandise under the franchise for up to 500 (five hundred dollars) or its equivalent in national or foreign currency, likewise, passengers from the border region or fringe within the country, may import merchandise under the franchise for up to 300 (three hundred dollars) or its equivalent in national or foreign currency.

Law 61-VI (LA: Art. 61), 178-I (LA: Art. 178), Regulation 98 (RLA: Art. 98), 194 (RLA: Art. 194)