The Secretary of Economy of Mexico has issued an Official Letter DGN 418.01.2021.572 on March 1 st 2021.
The Document says that all the products with a valid certificate of conformity related to the NOM-208-SCFI-2016, NOM-121-SCTI-2009, NOM-EM-016- SCFI-2015, as well as certificates of conformity issued in accordance with the technical provision IFT-008-2015, may demonstrate compliance if they would be validated before Customs, for which the Certification Bodies must transmit (starting on March 3) the respective information through the Customs and Standards Certificates System.
This Document overthrows the letter No. 414.2019.1952 of May 30/2019 where third parties were authorized to import merchandise using a certificate in the name of a holder other than the importer. From now on all the importers must obtain their own certificates.