UPS Refines Options for Shipments to and From Mexico
UPS Inc. announced a series of enhancements for dealing with imports and exports between the United States and Mexico, the nation’s second-largest trading partner..
“We re-engineered and aligned our capabilities for more flexibility, reliability, visibility and simplicity,” Carlos Cubias, vice president of the UPS center of excellence, said in a statement.
“Shippers now have the same service options of express, expedited or standard for all shipments regardless of size. In addition, UPS is the only carrier with delivery guarantees for less-than-truckload and package shipments when we are the customs broker,” he said.
Also, UPS said it has a new, single national power of attorney in Mexico that covers 27 ports of entry so shippers have less paperwork for more efficient customs clearance into the country.
UPS ranks No. 1 on the Transport Topics Top 100 list of the largest U.S. and Canadian for-hire carriers.
UPS said its renewed focus on the trade lane, which overall generates $1.4 billion a day in commercial trade, comes amid signs of growth in manufacturing and the middle class in Mexico, increases in e-commerce shipments and the rise in intermodal cross-border shipments.
“With UPS’ acquisition of Coyote Logistics in 2015, shippers gained Coyote’s leading technologies for truckload services, giving customers the ultimate in visibility and confidence,” Cubias said.
The acquisition has prompted almost a 20% increase in customer requests for U.S.-Mexico cross-border movements, he said.
Automotive, manufacturing, aerospace and high-tech are the priority industries UPS said it serves out of Mexico.
“Small -and medium-size enterprises in Mexico have a lot of opportunity to grow through exports, and UPS has solutions to help them,” said Agustín Picado, UPS’s country manager for Mexico.
U.S.-to-Mexico trade includes the same industries. Growth of the Mexican middle class means more volume will go from the United States Mexico from the health care and retail industries, the statement said.
UPS said it began operating in Mexico in 1989 and has more than 2,000 employees in Mexico and brokerage operations in more than 20 cities. In 2014, the accuracy rate for customs entries on small-package shipments UPS moved into and out of Mexico was 99.8%, the company said.
UPS said other changes under the new plan include renaming UPS Freight LTL to UPS Standard LTL. UPS Air Freight Consolidated and UPS CrossBorder Connect LTL shipping services are renamed UPS Worldwide Expedited Ground Freight.
UPS Air Freight Direct has been renamed UPS Worldwide Expedited Air Freight. It is a general service offering with a delivery guarantee when UPS is the customs broker.
Also, UPS CrossBorder Connect FTL has been renamed UPS Worldwide Expedited Truckload.
