Logistics and fulfillment
to scale in Mexico's e-commerce.

Customs value (valor en aduana) is the base for Mexico's general import duty: the price paid for the goods plus freight, insurance and other charges set by Mexico's Customs Law. What's added, what isn't, a worked example, and how it relates to Incoterms and undervaluation.

In Mexico, estiba is how cargo is stacked and secured in a warehouse, a truck or a container. What estibar and desestibar mean, the types of stacking, the rules that prevent crushed boxes, and what to check before sending your goods to a warehouse in Mexico.

INEGI's EMEC survey (published October 21, 2026) shows Mexico's online-only retail grew 17.6% year over year in August, after falling 7.7% in July. The number that isn't moving: three straight months buying more than twice as much merchandise as a year earlier. What it means for your warehouse.

On October 26, 2026, Mexico's national trucking chamber (Canacar) started a nationwide strike with convoys and engine shutdowns in 25 states and Mexico City, three weeks before Buen Fin. What we know, which Guadalajara routes are on the lists, and what to do this week if your inventory is in transit.

On October 13, 2026, Mexico's Senate passed a Customs Law reform that removes the 50% undervaluation threshold customs needed before seizing an import as a precaution. It takes effect January 1, 2027. What changes, what's still undefined, and what brands importing inventory should do.

Cargo falls into general cargo (loose, palletized or containerized), bulk cargo and special cargo: perishable, hazardous and oversize. What each one is with examples, the freight truck types you'll hear about in Mexico under NOM-012, and which cargo an e-commerce warehouse actually handles.

Nearshoring is moving production or sourcing to a country close to the market you serve. Mexico's verified 2026 figures — record USD 34.97 billion in H1 FDI, U.S.–Mexico trade, 5.5% industrial vacancy and the USMCA review — each with source and period, plus what they mean for a foreign brand looking at Mexico.

Traceability means being able to rebuild, from records, the path of every product: which lot it came from, where it sat in the warehouse and which order it shipped in. The three types, what gets recorded at each step, when Mexican regulations require it and how to tell whether your 3PL really has it.

At eRetail Day Latam Mexico on October 15, 2026, AMVO showed e-commerce at 17.7% of Mexican retail sales (16.8% in the US), yet only 31% of retailers match what they show online to the stock they actually hold. The gap isn't in sales. It's in the warehouse.

Inventory types are classified in two ways that usually get mixed up: by stage (raw materials, work in progress, finished goods, MRO) and by purpose (safety stock, in transit, cycle, seasonal, consignment, obsolete). What each one is, an e-commerce example, and which ones an online brand should track separately.

Packaging comes in three levels: primary, secondary and tertiary. What each one is with online-store examples, the materials you'll actually use, and how to choose a shipping box without paying to ship air.

Dropshipping means selling a product you don't stock: your supplier ships it straight to your customer. How an order flows, how it compares with fulfillment from your own inventory, and the signs your store has outgrown it.

The Guadalajara Chamber of Commerce expects Buen Fin 2026 sales to grow about 4%, versus 16% in 2025, with about 35% of purchases made online. Why a modest forecast changes how much inventory to prepare and where to keep it.

Inventory shrinkage is the gap between what your system says you have and what's really there. In US retail it equals 1.57% of sales (NRF, 2022), and not all of it is theft. The 4 causes, the formula to measure it and how to reduce it.

In its October 2026 consumer magazine, Profeco quoted a 5 kg parcel from Mexico City to Gómez Palacio: Redpack Ecoexprés 297.30 pesos, DHL 1,038.96 pesos. The cheapest option wasn't the slowest, and the most expensive wasn't the fastest.

Warehouse management is the control of everything that happens to inventory from the moment it arrives until it ships: receiving, putaway, inventory control, order picking, dispatch and returns. The 6 processes, what to measure in each and the signs something is off.

ABC classification splits your inventory into three groups by how much each product contributes: A holds most of the value in a few SKUs, C is the long tail. How to calculate it step by step with an example, and the four warehouse decisions it drives.

Mexico's Buen Fin 2026 runs Friday, November 13 through Tuesday, November 17. In 2025 the online channel sold almost 46 billion pesos, up 31% year over year. A week-by-week backward calendar so your inventory is ready before the first order.