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UPS Adds Features to U.S.-Mexico Services

UPS will give a delivery guarantee when the company is used as the customs broker in several categories of shipments between the U.S. and Mexico, said UPS in a news release (here). The company also created a "new, single national…

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Power of Attorney in Mexico that today covers 27 ports of entry so shippers have less paperwork for more efficient customs clearance into the country," it said. The new offerings are meant to strengthen UPS's "cross-border services to help U.S. exporters capture new opportunities in Mexico, and Mexican exporters to increase trade with the U.S.," it said. There's been about a 20 percent increase in customer requests for U.S.-Mexico cross-border movements, said Carlos Cubias, vice president of the UPS center of excellence for U.S.-Mexico trade.