Assurance and compliance
The IMMEX program and other foreign trade authorizations rest on detailed compliance with their operating requirements, not only on their benefits. A documentary gap or an operation an authority reads adversely during a review can cost the authorization and the export privileges granted to the company. BG Consulting builds internal and external audit programs in foreign trade and customs that validate the legal certainty of every operation within its authorized scope.
Where does your foreign trade operation stand?
Four questions to identify the right starting point.
What is your situation today?
Situations we handle
Risk of losing the IMMEX authorization
The company operates under IMMEX but has no certainty it meets every operating requirement. A non-compliance found by the authority can lead to suspension or cancellation of the program and the loss of granted export privileges.
Pedimento balances that do not reconcile
The fixed assets and raw materials balances recorded on pedimentos no longer match the real inventory. Without an orderly reconstruction of those balances, any review exposes differences that are hard to justify.
A notified audit or review
An audit order or a request for information arrives and the import-export department cannot confirm that documentation supports each operation. The company needs to know its exposure before the review, not during it.
Weak internal controls or an improvised department
The foreign trade area grew without structure, inventory controls fall behind, and no one has clear visibility of the risk. Each operational error turns into a latent customs and tax contingency.
Scope of the service
Foreign trade risk evaluation and analysis
We identify where operations drift from the authorized framework in classification, valuation, origin, and inventory control.
Preventive audits and annual assurance plans
Preventive audits and a continuous annual assurance plan to keep operations within the authorization's limits.
Reconstruction of pedimento balances
Reconstruction and reconciliation of pedimento balances for fixed assets and raw materials against physical inventory.
Internal control and inventory analysis
Review of the Annex 24 inventory control system to confirm it backs every entry and exit of the IMMEX program.
Reengineering of the Import-Export Department
Redesign of import-export department processes and responsibilities so compliance is built into daily operations.
NAFTA Article 303 and rules of origin
Review of duty treatment on non-originating inputs incorporated into exports under NAFTA Article 303 and the USMCA.
Benefits
Compliance and assurance in foreign tradeFrequently asked questions
The authorization is not earned once: it is kept by continuously meeting the operating requirements. Internal and external audits confirm that operations stay within that framework and prevent a non-compliance, or an operation the authority reads negatively in a review, from putting the program and its export privileges at risk.
From diagnostic to sustained compliance.
BG Consulting structures the review, corrects the deviations, and redesigns the controls so the authorization is kept without relying on isolated reviews.
Risk evaluation
We identify where operations drift from the authorized scope: classification, valuation, origin, inventory control, and documentary support. This diagnosis shows where the company is exposed before the authority finds it.
Close to your operation, at every crossing.
Customs, compliance, legal and tax in one firm, by your side between Tijuana and San Diego. Tell us where you are and we'll see how to help.