To All Uti / Agents Ocean Exports Departments

Standard Operations Procedure For Ocean Shipments into Mexico

UTi Logistics Mex, S.A. de C.V. La Paz 87 Col. Peñón de los Baños C.P. 15520, México, D.F. Tel.: +52 (55) 5062 5884 Fax: +52 (55) 5062 5870

To All UTi / Agents Ocean Exports Departments

Please review carefully important instructions for Ocean Shipments into Mexico

1. Master Bill Of Lading (MBL) must be issued as follows:

Consignee: MEX BRANCH: UTi Logistics Mex, S.A. de C.V. La Paz No. 87 Col. Peñon de los Baños México, D.F. CP 15520

Notify: UTi Logistics Mex / Ocean Import Department Tel. 52 55 5062 5884 Fax. 52 55 5062 5870 / 71 Consignee:

MTY BRANCH: UTi Logistics Mex, S.A. de C.V. Carr.Miguel Aleman KM 14.2 Desp. 208 Parque de Negocios Alianza Apodaca, Nuevo Leon CP 66600

Notify: UTi Logistics Mex / Ocean Import Department Tel. 52 81 1086 1579 / 52 81 1086 1609 Fax. 52 81 1086 1664 Consignee:

GDL BRANCH: UTi Logistics Mex, S.A. de C.V. Av. Obsidiana 3726 Fracc. Loma Bonita Zapopan, Jalisco. CP 45060

Notify: UTi Logistics Mex / Ocean Import Department Tel. 52 33 3133 4407 Fax. 52 33 3632 6027

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2. Set of Documents

a. Two Original MBL (For Express Release please see point 5) b. Two Copies MBL c. One Cargo Manifest d. Two Original HBL (House Bill of Lading) e. Two Copies HBL (No Photocopies allowed) f. Original or Copy of Shipper’s Commercial Invoice g. Original or Copy of Packing List h. Original or Copy of Certificate of Origin (EUR1, ALADI, or any other) if applicable for the shipment. (Please be advise that there are C/O needed in ORIGINAL for customs purposes) i. AMETA j. Original or Copy of UTi Ocean Freight , plus origin charges if applicable k. When Original documents are issued, they must arrive to MEX, GDL or MTY Branch at least 4 days before vessel arrives

NOTE: Any delays & demurrages charges, etc ., due to Certificate of Origin, will be directed to origin station, this is strictly a responsibility of Origin / shipper.

3. Pre- Alerts

a. All shipments must be pre-alerted by e-mail with scanned copies according to set of documents listed in point 2 within first week of sailing. For shipments with transit time of less than 5 days, pre-alerts must be sent no later than 2 days after sailing.

Pre-alert should be sending to Ocean Import Department and to the following contacts: (Below contacts can be changed or updated, please review latest Empower Directory update (utilities/downloads/downloaddirectory)

MEX Branch: General Mexico E-mail: [email protected] Maria Antonieta Aquino [email protected]

MTY Branch General Monterrey E-mail: [email protected] Noemi Alvarez [email protected]

GDL Branch General Guadalajara E-mail: [email protected] Blanca Martinez [email protected]

4. Collect Shipments in Master Bill of Lading

Collect shipments in Master bill of Lading are allowed previous notification. Due Bank regulations in Mexico payment of Collect shipments are needed to be processed 2 days before vessel arrives. If shipments are not advised on pre-alerts or payment terms are changed from prepaid to collect, Bank commission charge of delayed payment of 45 USD will be billed to the Origin.

5. MBL Express Release

Master or House Bill of Lading Express Release is allowed. Copy of both must be send by e-mail along with the pre-alert as mentioned in point 3. It’s mandatory to send legible copy of MBL. Every UTi Origin must assure that the Shipping line transmit the confirmation to the Shipping line in Mexico, extra charges due to delay, not proper or on time transmission will be transfer to the Origin. Original MBL printed at Destination is not allowed.

6. House Bill of Lading Form

a) HBL consignment must show complete consignee’s name, address, telephone or fax, contact person in order to process correctly the arrival notice. b) In all cases the Master Ocean Freight amount has to be less than House Ocean Freight amount. Negative spread shares will not be allowed. c) Original HBL can be issued “ As Agreed” only with the following restrictions: Non-Negotiable HBL must show the Ocean Freight Amount applicable for Collect shipments, including Origin Charges if applicable. d) It’s mandatory to show the Incoterm applicable, i.e. FOB, EXW, DDP, DUU

7. Consolidations

Consolidations in FCL are allowed only when all the cargo belongs to the same consignee. There are not restrictions for number of the HBL per FCL. Cargo Release is processed thru Master Bill of Lading, the endorsement is only allowed to one Broker at Port.

8. DDP/DDU Shipments/ Customs Clearance

Every Origin must contact the Mexico ocean import department in advance for Brokerage/ clearance services requested by shippers. UTi Mexico will not be responsible for shipments that are not reviewed before. Due to Mexican Customs Regulations, UTi Mex is able to perform customs clearance on consignee’s behalf only when the Importer has the proper registration (Padron de Importadores) and is able to register our current Broker. Each Importer of Record has the authorization to register thru Customs only 5 Brokers. In cases the Importer is not able to register additional ones, different negotiation and procedure will follow with their authorized Broker and fees might change. DDP/DDU services will only billed to UTi offices /Agents.

9. Guarantee Deposit Container

Every shipping line request container guarantee deposit of 1000 USD. For all the shipments in which UTi is not responsible/charge of the clearance and inland transportation, either the final consignee or customs broker must provide the deposit directly to the shipping line. Deposit must be provided before arrival in order to get container released from terminal port.

10. UTRAC / EMPOWER Visibility

Every origin will be responsible for input data entry of every ocean shipment into Utrac/EmPower with the appropriate status on time, the following status are mandatory and should be registered as per Quality Control rules:

BO, RV, SA , in that order.

SA needs to be entered within the 4-5 days after the REAL sailing at most.

By not entering the above status, Mexico can not compromise a good service due to not having visibility of the shipments, our whole follow up process rely on the assumption of visibility within our Utrac / Empower system.

UTi Logistics Mex, S.A. de C.V. UTi Logistics Mex, S.A. de C.V. Managing Director Operations (Ocean Import)

Last Version : 03 November 2005 Updated by : Marycruz Garcia

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