Send Cosmetics (Commercial) → 🇲🇽 Mexico
Can I post Cosmetics (Commercial) to Mexico?
Personal-quantity cosmetics can be posted to Mexico; product registration applies to selling, not to personal parcels.
Personal-use quantities; bulk or repeated identical shipments are treated as commercial imports
- Commercial invoice or proof of purchase showing the transaction value
Required at the destination customs authority
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Posting cosmetics to Mexico in personal quantities is permitted — registration and notification regimes govern marketing cosmetics, not personal parcels. Servicio de Administración Tributaria — SAT (Tax Administration Service, Customs Division) applies the ordinary parcel framework to an accurate CN22/CN23 declaration: import VAT/GST at 16% applies above the exemption threshold, plus duty on above-threshold consignments. Mexico lowered its de minimis threshold to USD $50 as of June 2020 (from USD $200) for courier and postal imports, to protect domestic businesses from low-cost imports. The USMCA/CUSMA/T-MEC raised the de minimis for goods from the US and Canada to USD $117 for taxes and USD $117 for duties. VAT (IVA, 16%) applies to imports above the de minimis. Aerosols and nail varnish are dangerous-goods limited quantities for air mail; bulk or repeated identical parcels are treated as unregistered commercial imports.
Keep parcels to personal quantities and declare contents specifically ('face cream', not 'gift'). Check carrier rules for aerosols and nail varnish — they are the commonly refused items in this class.
Personal-use quantities; bulk or repeated identical shipments are treated as commercial imports
- —Commercial invoice or proof of purchase showing the transaction value
Correos de México and customs process international parcels. IVA and customs duty apply to goods above the USD $50 de minimis. Items from the US and Canada up to USD $117 may be tax-free under USMCA rules. Prohibited items are seized.
Sending Cosmetics (Commercial) to other countries
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🇺🇸 United States
Personal-quantity cosmetics can be posted to United States; product registration applies to selling, not to personal parcels.
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🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Personal-quantity cosmetics can be posted to United Kingdom; product registration applies to selling, not to personal parcels.
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🇨🇦 Canada
Personal-quantity cosmetics can be posted to Canada; product registration applies to selling, not to personal parcels.
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🇦🇺 Australia
Personal-quantity cosmetics can be posted to Australia; product registration applies to selling, not to personal parcels.
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🇳🇿 New Zealand
Personal-quantity cosmetics can be posted to New Zealand; product registration applies to selling, not to personal parcels.
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🇹🇭 Thailand
Personal-quantity cosmetics can be posted to Thailand; product registration applies to selling, not to personal parcels.