The arrival of resources to the public treasury was for the regularization of 2.98 million vehicles, under the Decree for the Regularization of Used Vehicles issued on December 29, 2022, with the objective of legalizing vehicles brought into the country before October 19, 2021.
“Based on data from the Public Vehicle Registry (REPUVE), the objective of supporting citizens who, at the date of publication of the Decree, required regularization of their vehicles has been successfully met, benefiting almost three million Mexican men and women,” reported the agency in charge of Édgar Amador Zamora.
Do you want to legalize a foreign used car?
Although the Decree that encouraged and facilitated the importation of used cars, with a payment of 2,500 pesos per car, was repealed as of January 1 of this year, whoever wishes to definitively import a used car from abroad in 2026 must adhere to the strictest and most detailed fiscal, customs and environmental schemes in force in a Decree published on November 4, 2024 by the Ministry of Economy in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF).
“It is important to mention that citizens who require to import a used car from foreign origin can do so legally and transparently under the protection of the Decree regulating the definitive importation of used vehicles, published on November 4, 2024, and renewed on November 5,” the SHCP reported.
For this purpose, the cars to be imported must meet the physical, mechanical and environmental protection conditions, without the additional requirement of a certificate of origin and paying the tariffs established in the decree itself.
How much do ‘chocolate cars’ pay in tariff?
For imports into the country’s border region, a 1% tariff is imposed for vehicles five to nine years old and a 10% tariff for vehicles older than 10 years. For the rest of the country, a 10% tariff is imposed for vehicles more than eight years old.
